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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

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.