Manufacturing /Engineering Liaison
Manufacturing/Engineering Liaison POD Cable/Harnessing Design Group 2017- DEC 2020Responsible for multiple liaison tasks in different systems in an effort to get new sets of flight/test cables built from the concept meeting to prototype release and then installed in the underwing pod. This involves close interaction with two engineers, a cable designer and cable/3D router designer which comprise a five-person design group. This group works across a range of company marketing/engineering groups which are in process of moving forward with new defense concepts or specific customer design requests. For a given project I will start checking component availability, inhouse stock and also perform mating component research for well-established product types. From there I will be ordering materials through one of four channels. I have a yearly budget of $240,000 for company PCARD purchases for cabling materials which translates to $20,000 a month limit spending. I perform the month end reconcile online and submit the signature statement with project allocations. The other channels are SAP purchase orders, an inhouse action group and an inhouse email request to the Mission Systems factory. Received materials are routed through QA inspection for certs verification and green tagging as flyable components. Once I kit the materials, I submit an online Engineering Service Request and transfer the kits to the Aeronautical System cable lab to start the build process. During build I handle all the in-process redlines. The completed cables are then delivered to POD development lab for installation by the techs. As usual with any project there are status reports and charge hours to be tracked. Have occasionally stepped in for some fill in design work and 2D harness drafting or interconnect diagram.