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Palo Alto, CA, US

• Electrical Manufacturing Engineer providing the technical link between Varian's product development organization and the supply base to drive product cost and quality optimization through the product life cycle.
• Source and qualify electrical components and sub-systems to improve quality/reliability, performance, reduce cost and for obsolescence.
• Develop and implement Value Engineering (VE) & Design for Manufacturing (DfX) conventions in the factory and supply base.
• Design tooling and fixtures to support supplier build and assembly processes.
• Develop prototypes and design tests to verify and validate design/sourcing changes.
• Manage Material Review Board (MRB) activities (containment, root cause investigation, dispositions, corrective/preventive actions).

San Jose, CA, US

• Project engineer responsible for redesign and build of critical wear components and subassemblies comprising popular photolithography i-line steppers and deep UV scanners. to improve quality/reliability, performance.
• Project management and product development for new product offerings.
• Develop modifications and improvements to current OEM designs; conduct and supervise validation testing of prototypes.
• Manage and qualify new supply chain partners.

Boston, MA, US

Led site QMS compliance efforts, consistently achieving high audit compliance scores. Led annual internal and TUV audits, oversaw CAPA metrics process, developed comprehensive verification/validation program, updated facility operating procedures to align with site rescoping.

Boston, MA, US

Responsible for evaluation of up to 100 electronic/electro-mechanical components and PCBAs annually; performed root cause analysis on defective components/subsystems; identified CAPA for external vendor follow-through. Responsible engineer for 30 annual ECRs, providing manufacturing support and designing product subsystems.

In an auditor capacity, assessed operating systems and classified computer system hardware used at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) to determine compliance with Department of Energy (DOE) Procedures and Orders.

US

Managed staff of test engineers, software programmers and technicians. Responsible for all facets of personnel recruitment, hiring, training and motivation. Team responsibilities included test workstation design and $6M field use test system specification/procurement.

Norwalk, Connecticut, US

Designed test equipment used to assemble and test new line of Xerox high-volume printers.