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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Develops and manages plans, guidelines, policies and processes, to ensure the achievement of quality targets. Leads implementation of organization projects and processes to ensure overall quality is continuously improving. Oversees quality improvement processes to ensure on-going reductions in Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) and escapes. Manages teams collecting and analyzing quality information from multiple sources to develop long-term quality strategy and programs. Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality evaluation, control systems and protocols for materials being processed into partially finished or finished products. Collaborates internally to ensure quality standards are in effect. Ensures that projects and process control documentation are compliant with requirements, objectives and/or contracts. Identifies and manages risk in product development primarily utilizing and driving UPPAP core elements (e.g. PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow and Control Plans, etc.). Develops proactive quality initiative strategies and drives their implementation. Performs Escape management procedures, root cause analysis, and recommends corrective action for design problems for internally produced products & processes. Ensures all requirements are met for work transfer and process change management including Resourcing Gate and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) acceptance. Responsible for both Program and Product Quality Engineering. Owns the execution of long-term strategy (e.g., more than 3 years) and operational direction, typically for an entire region, country, product or business of considerable size and scope. Owns the establishment and execution of short- to medium-term operational plans (e.g., less than 1 year to 1-2 years) for the organization.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Develops and manages plans, guidelines, policies and processes, to ensure the achievement of quality targets. Leads implementation of organization projects and processes to ensure overall quality is continuously improving. Oversees quality improvement processes to ensure on-going reductions in Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) and escapes. Manages teams collecting and analyzing quality information from multiple sources to develop long-term quality strategy and programs. Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality evaluation, control systems and protocols for materials being processed into partially finished or finished products. Collaborates internally to ensure quality standards are in effect. Ensures that projects and process control documentation are compliant with requirements, objectives and/or contracts. Identifies and manages risk in product development primarily utilizing and driving UPPAP core elements (e.g. PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow and Control Plans, etc.). Develops proactive quality initiative strategies and drives their implementation. Performs Escape management procedures, root cause analysis, and recommends corrective action for design problems for internally produced products & processes. Ensures all requirements are met for work transfer and process change management including Resourcing Gate and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) acceptance. Responsible for both Program and Product Quality Engineering. Owns the execution of long-term strategy (e.g., more than 3 years) and operational direction, typically for an entire region, country, product or business of considerable size and scope. Owns the establishment and execution of short- to medium-term operational plans (e.g., less than 1 year to 1-2 years) for the organization.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

- Responsible for managing the Configuration Management group, controlling engineering, production and quality documentation.- Responsible for managing the New Product Development group for Oxygen and Passenger Service Unit design.- Responsible for managing the Engineering Service group across multiple B/E Life Support System sites in Everett, WA, Lubeck, Germany and Lenexa, Kansas.- Lead CM processes including release of new items, the design engineering portion of the BOM and item master files, design change requests and design change control.- Provide leadership, oversight and direction to all supporting CM personnel.- Responsible for managing 15 internal design engineering resources and 8 outside design engineering resources for all service groups.- Develop process and product specifications for regulatory documentation.- Facilitate project coordination and point of contact between outside engineering resources and in-house product design. Create statements of work, documentation packets for product revisions and new design completion.- Manages one discipline over a range of products or processes, or a diverse range of engineering disciplines within subordinate units.- Focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation; provides expert resolution of issues and monitors integration of work.- Responsible for the direction, coordination and evaluation of new product development engineering within my group and configuration management group.- Executes resource allocation and planning, hiring for new product development and configuration management.- Manages cost to complete of engineering programs.- Guides development of and contributes to inventions, new designs, or techniques that are regarded as major advances in the field. - Responsible for recruitment, succession planning, and performance reviews, and training needs.- Provide engineering KPI to executive management.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

- Ensure the program hardware and associated documentation is accurately identified, controlled and accounted for during all phases of the program's life cycle.- Provide compliance with all customer required configuration management requirements per the program configuration management plan and related contractural requirements.- Provide leadership, oversight and direction to all supporting CM personnel and ensuring their output is in compliance with CM requirements.- Serve as primary CM interface to related project team, customer and teammates.- Lead CM processes including the release of new items, the design portion of the BOM and item master files, design change requests and design change control.- Ensure that the processes between B/E LSS and outside offshore/outsource are documented in flow diagrams and standards as necessary.- Control the master design documents. This includes all CAD master and non-CAD files.- Monitor all design change requests, route to the responsible engineer/team, route responses to the requestors and ensure that a list of open requests is maintained and regularly addressed.- Assign and control all (part numbers/document numbers), change numbers, request numbers and document revision levels.- Responsible for growing the engineering services team through mentorship and training.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

• Design aircraft interior components focusing on the oxygen supply systems, passenger service units, and beverage maker products. • Create 3D engineering models to be supplied to customers for digital fit checks and to suppliers for manufacturing use.• Work with project teams in a multiple locations for the design and development of a project.• Performed FEA evaluation on product designs• Create Engineering Design Standards for the engineering department.• Lead training sessions for the department. (CAD Unigraphics, TeamCenter, General Engineering, etc.)• Fill in for the product development engineering manager when needed and assume administrative and project assignment duties. • Mentor product engineers on manufacturing practices, engineering practices and company design standards. • Develop and perform engineering testing on new product to ensure they meet design and customer requirements. • Develop process and product specifications for regulatory documentation.• Facilitate project coordination and point of contact between outside engineering resources and in-house product design. Create statements of work, documentation packets for product revisions and new design completion.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Developed concepts and designed layouts of complex mechanical and electrical equipment, parts and assemblies using Pro/E Wildfire 2.0. • Consulted with engineering shop, inspection and manufacturing personnel to verify a reliable design.• Assembled prototype equipment/designs with limited documentation. • Used CAD models to calculate dimensions and tolerances to assure function, fit, and manufacturability of components. • Created in-process models for CNC programming. • Worked on cost reduction teams and participate in Six Sigma projects for process and product innovation.

• Lead Engineer on new equipment designs and product development.• Assigned work for 4 designers and evaluated their designs for manufacturability and costs.• Designed foundry equipment for sale and for use within the company.• Produced professional working drawings utilizing Unigraphics CAD software for the use in equipment fabrication. • Created complete bills of materials and maintenance manuals for new and for current equipment designs. • Project manager for new equipment fabrication, design and initial equipment start-up.• Designed and built equipment required for new manufacturing processes while working with foundry engineers and tooling engineers on production requirements. • Worked with maintenance personnel to correct mechanical failures, equipment modifications and process modifications.

• Designed foundry equipment and related tooling for the production of permanent mold aluminum castings.• Produced and maintained CAD (Unigraphics) models and drawings foundry equipment.• Project management; included contacting vendors for pricing and delivery times, and coordinating with fabrication and assembly shops for timely production.• Worked with different level of personnel to solve issues that were found during fabrication or assembly.• Developed equipment that improved work cell efficiency and production output.• Designed hydraulic and pneumatic systems for new equipment design.• Trained production personnel on equipment operation and function.

• Supervised the production of a work cell containing 3 or more employees.• Filled in for shift Lead Cell Leader when needed. • Cleaned and maintained foundry dies and equipment.• Inspected specifications of the parts being produced per customer requirements.• Had knowledge of all working areas of the production cell. • Worked with the foundry engineering on the correction of production problems and determine process when needed.

• Operated tilt-pour permanent mold aluminum casting machine. • Cleaned, repaired and maintained foundry dies to produce quality castings. • Produced aluminum castings to customer specifications and process specifications. • Worked with foundry engineering to correct production and quality issues.

Master'S Degree, Engineering Management

Bacholer'S Degree, Manufacturing Management

Associate'S Degree, Mechanical Design