• Collaborate with design engineers on new product development and prototype builds • Create visual work instructions for production team. • Ensure production uptime with preventative maintenance program and identify, assess, and select new production equipment.

Consulting on new product development and technical feasibility of residential lighting designs.

* Build and mentor engineering team to grow individual skills and focus on business results.* Create, build, and deliver thorough production specifications process to insure product meets customer requirements.* Reduce dwell time of incoming inspections and increase vendor credits by automating flow of quality documents.

* Identified gaps in engineering knowledge and effectiveness and created and executed on plan to build out the product engineering team by hiring into new skills. * Collaborated with cross-functional team to reboot product development cycle using value stream mapping and PD production board.

* Made design and technical decisions based on refined knowledge of design intent, vendor capability, production capability, and cost requirements.* Led small product engineering team in design and creation of CAD assets and technical documents for products.* Visited domestic and international vendors to communicate on quality expectations and design direction.

* Designed customized lighting product for commercial and hospitality markets.* Created quality specification and work instructions for various products including blown glass vessels, stamped parts, and plated parts.* Educated engineering and non-engineering team members on NPI process, Autodesk Inventor best practices, and ERP system.

* Created new product designs by specifying components using spinning, forging, casting, and machining processes.* Managed production routes and bills of materials.* Modeled 3D solids and 2D technical documentation for manufacturing new lighting and hardware components.

* Practiced concurrent engineering to implement design changes in the manufacturing of auto transport vehicles. * Applied knowledge of lean principles.* Improved designs to increase product quality and manufacturing efficiency, generate manufacturing content for production teams, write service bulletins, and act ascengineering point-of-contact with vendors.

* Managed production of flexible circuit material on a reel-to-reel copper electroplating machine.* Designed and implemented process improvements for electroplating equipment resulting in increased production yields by 12% over the course of one year.* Provided troubleshooting for QA equipment including XRF, pull testers, optical inspection equipment, and coating measurement equipment.* Organized kaizen events and managed quality assurance team and trained quality assurance technicians.