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St-Niklaas, Flemish Region, Belgium

ST Engineering iDirect is a global leader in IP-based satellite communications, providing technology and solutions that enable our partners to deploy advanced satellite services that profitably expand their businesses.

Edegem, Flemish Region, Belgium

• Drove industrialization activities for electronic assemblies (xDSL gateways and cable modems) with original design manufacturers (ODM) across Vietnam, China, and Indonesia.• Oversaw and executed the introduction of new products, parts, accessories and packaging according to project milestones, cost, and quality.• Engaged in the RFI/RFQ process, reviewing technical feasibility, suppliers and material costs.• Managed supplier partnerships, facilitating regular meetings to review technical innovations and cost reduction opportunities, and presented details to the management team.• Led a cross-functional team to align parts between different business units according to best practices and costs. • Defined KPI's, including setting targets and monitoring attainment of critical project and business objectives• Created new packaging designs for cost efficient pallet- and container loading.• Created and maintained the Bill of Material (BOM) and part lifecycles in Oracle Agile PLM.

Edegem

• Oversaw operations for bespoke projects; developed the procedure and process for customization (box build) and rework activities.• Assisting and training the customization project leaders.• Updated and tested scripts (phyton) for the customer software upgrade tool.• Led the factory transfer of customization activities and parts from Poland to the original design manufacturer (ODM) in China.• Initiated projects to reduce the ecological footprint of packaging and printed materials.

Edegem, Flemish Region, Belgium

• Managed the industrialization activities with a local electronics manufacturing services supplier (EMS - CEM) and box build activities in a customization center. • Completed cost and benchmarking activities and presented findings in monthly meetings with the management team.• Created labeling specifications for devices and packaging according to customer and national regulatory requirements.

Heverlee

• Responsible for regulatory qualifications of vision systems with external labs.• Acted as a technical point of contact for after sales customer support.• Responsible for 3D measurements of high accurate mechanical parts (vision metrology - touch probe).

Heverlee - Leuven

• Managed a team of four with accountability for assembly, quality control, test strategy, and customer repairs of printed circuit boards (PCBA).

Heverlee

• Developed embedded software (Unix, C, Assembler) and hardware for functional testing of VME based vision boards.