Michael Wright Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon

- Engineering responsibility to ensure metallurgical and dimensional integrity of nickel based superalloy & Titanium aerospace castings.- Develop manufacturing casting design for new product introduction. Perform all aspects of First Article Inspection Reporting to customers. Including Metallurgical and Dimensional Qualification Packages.- Design castings’ gating system using Solidworks. Gating design tested and modified with aid of solidification modeling.- PCC Six Sigma Black Belt. Utilize methodologies to improve manufacturing costs.- Identify and develop strategies for controlling process variation impacting overallcasting quality.- Designed Experiments to improve yield, reduce labor content, and improve partprofitability.- Team leader for work content reduction programs.- Identified long term solutions to major casting defects- Graduate of Precision's Technical Development Program for Engineers.

Portland, Oregon Area

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

- Developed methods and documentation to further define the department’s processes.- Designed the processes for new parts including runner/gating, coolant lines, and downstream handling. Team leader of initial, confirmation, and pre-production sample runs.- Assisted in the development of departmental procedures to implement QS-9000.- Designated database administrator for die cast department. Database organized themachine set-up information, process change requests, tool work orders, and sampleinformation.- Perform designed experiments to improve manufacturing yield rates.- Sponsored a Western Michigan University Senior engineer’s design project toimprove our die casting machines' capabilities.

Dowagiac, Mi

- Originally placed as summer intern to help refine Inverness’ work instructions and assist in achieving QS-9000 certification. Additional responsibilities included collecting and analyzing metal samples, assisting in process control activities, and coordination of projects between departments.- As Die Cast Engineer I designed, monitored, maintained, and documented the die cast process variables / settings.- Provided input on runner, gate, overflows, and cooling line placement on new dies. - Member of new product launch teams.

Masters Of Science, Engineering And Technology Management

Bachelors Of Science, Manufacturing Engineering; Cast Metals Option