Soon Kwon Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

• Developed and kept Master Data (routings and BOM) and validated and maintained manufacturing process routings for automotive parts (Brackets, fuel doors, etc.)• Conducted new product/part launching processes with performing PFMEA, PPAP, engineering changes (EC) activities and maintaining Gate keeper for various automotive parts• Conducted various continuous improvement projects including cycle time reduction of MIG welding robot and reduction of tip change of spot welding by adopting stepper function, etc.• Participated in the development and maintenance of APQP meeting and PFMEA documentation, and performed RPN reduction activities in manufacturing new automotive parts• Wrote and maintained various work procedures such as changeover procedures, set-up and operator instructions, packaging instructions, etc.

Newmarket, On

• Created robot programs (Fanuc) for robotic MIG welding and material handling for various welding cells for new car suspension parts• Performed trouble shooting and adjusted robot programs and/or welding parameters for defected welds such as burn-through, off-location welds and insufficient weld throat thickness, etc. • Established welding procedure specifications for new parts of car suspensions and evaluated weld quality through performing cut-etching examination for weldment profile• Draw Pareto diagram for weld defects improved weld quality by reducing off-location welds through modification of welding jigs, and adjusting post welding parameters for lack of fusion for crater welding• Conducted continuous improvement projects including modification of dimension and shape of a boot assembly fixture failing boot mounting for ball joint assembly automation line• Conducted machine efficiency analysis by collecting process data (fault time, starve time, and number of defect parts) and weekly distributed trend of equipment overall efficiency (OEE), maintenance efficiency and operator performance to related personnel (Quality, Maintenance, Production), improved 5% of OEE of robotic welding cells,• Wrote and maintained various work procedures such as changeover procedures, preventive maintenance procedures and schedules, and trained maintenance crews

Markham, On

• Developed and implemented welding tools/equipment for robotic MIG welding from concept design, system integration, testing and validation to final launching including turn table for mounting automotive parts each side to be welded• Created robot programs (Fanuc, ABB) for MIG welding for automotive parts through on-line jogging and teaching a robot avoiding singularity points, and PLC/HMI programs (Labview) for sequential operation for welding cells, increasing system efficiency• Set up welding procedures with optimum welding parameters by design of experiment (DOE) for robotic MIG welding process and by using Stepper function of Medar controller for Projection welding• Set up optimum pre/post parameters for robotic MIG welding through DOE welding experiment, and adjusted parameters (move delay time, IWFS, crater time/volts/current), resulting in weld quality improvement (ex: short weld rate 10%->0.5%)• Conducted cycle time analysis for robotic MIG welding cells with time study, saving 20% of cycle times by removing redandunt times such as welding time, pre/post processing time, cleaning time, spraying and clamp returning time• Selected various automaton components including motors with power calculation, proximity sensors, relays, valves, fittings, etc.• Performed various continuous improvement projects including rearrangement of power route and fluid line for projection welding system for better efficiency, zero off-location weld, less scraps and waste time• Modified a part holder jig to mount a small flat piece on an axle bracket to be welded through changing a flat piece into round chamfered type and adjusting tightness of a mounting hole, helped easy mounting of a piece by more than a factor of 5 which eliminates finger injury• Attended technical meeting for reviewing customer drawings with GD&T and established welding schedules and stamping processes • Ensured all welding practices at production site meet the standards and customers requirements

Scarborough, On

• Designed and procured roll-forming tools (rolls) for tubing processes to make a flat steel coil into a round tube through eight rolls with spring back calculation• Designed and implemented new mechanism/equipment including 2-axis auto MIG fillet welding equipment for a seat frame pin, accumulator, and auto. sorting mechanism for defected tubes• Established standard welding schedules/parameters for welding processes (GMAW, ERW, GTAW) for 3 mill lines including piping, steel coil and pin welding, reducing 30% scraps by avoiding repeated testing • Designed weld joints for pipes T-joint of cooling lines, butt joint for steel coil connection, and fillet joint for pin connection • Conducted failure analysis by examining macro-structures of HAZ through cut-etching test, and utilizing PFMEA analysis for suspected tubes, wrote analysis report with corrective action plans and delivered presentation to clients and closed the case• Conducted daily in-process quality checks for welded tubes by performing destructive testing (flatness, bending, flaring, v-bending test) and cut-etching profile examination• Established standards for welding tool (impeders) in terms of permeability, measured permeability after every use and only maintained the quality impeders, resulting in 10% increase of machine efficiency• Set up standard welding temperature ranges, UCL and LCL, for each tubes, installed temperature measuring unit for easy adjustment of welding parameters, reducing 20% of scraps• Conducted internal audit for AIAG’s Welding Systems Assessment (CQI-15) upon request from customers, corrected minor findings, reported audit results to customers • Performed design review with GD&T and engineering changes, and adjusted the existing welding parameters and forming rolls data for new parts (seat frames, head rest, etc.)• Wrote documents for work procedures, safety operations, preventive maintenance schedules and procedures, etc.• Delivered weld training for 20 operators

Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-Do, Korea

• Developed and Improved over 5 production processes and welding technologies including vertical and flat groove joints, resulting in cost saving of $2 millions• Designed over 50 weld joints including X-butt joint for a large cylindrical foundation for on-deck crane with 2m diameter, 30mm thick• Conducted various mechanical systems designs through systematic approach for derrick of off-shore drill ship, ballasting/ pumping systems, Mooring Winch/Windlass, Piping systems, etc. • Conducted structural designs for least vibration around an engine room through vibration modal analysis, reducing structural vibration through adding stiffeners or mounting counterweights• Designed propeller shafts with geometric dimensions (dia. 700mm) through engineering calucations from allowable torque, rotating speed (rpm), and mechanical properties of shaft• Designed and installed the derrick structure of an oil-drilling ship with small/large pipe elements and generation of cutting drawings for various weld joints• Established and implemented about 50 WPSs (welding procedure specifications), WPQs and PQRs with most suitable processes, parameters, and consumables for steel structures • Developed and implemented a new welding technology for EGW (electro-gas welding) welding for vertical, butt joint for thick material • Designed and installed foundations, with 2000mm in diameter and 25mm thick, of an on-deck cranes and hatch covers of bulk carriers and performed weld joint designs• Conducted a structural design for torsion blocks for rudder and rudder stock of ships, and established welding sequences for minimum distortion • Conducted the ballasting/deballasting systems design with selection of pipe sizes and pump capacity through corresponding calculations • Performed experimental welding to evaluate new welding equipments and consumables, and specified and procured the most suitable ones• Acted as customer liaison and resource for troubleshooting welding related problems

Geoje, Korea

• Developed CAD software to automatically generate production drawings of pipe piece fabrication, from 3-D pipeline model of an engine room, with detail dimensions and engineering data (bending angles, spring back data, etc) • Developed a software program for engineering calculation for shaft alignment, using Bending-moment theory to find proper positions of bearing, deflection, gap and sag for easier installation• Supervised installation of large shafts to ensure accuracy, less labour and safety by following the calculated engineering data (gap, sag, deflection, etc)• Built welding robot systems with interfaces including robots, welders, PLC and peripheral equipment (fixtures, jigs, etc)• Calculated and designed weld joints loaded with primary stress for offshore steel structures• Designed and implemented the various fixtures and positioners for robotic welding for a boom of excavator, pressure vessel, and steel structures by using Solidworks • Designed equipments and facilities for welding automation with loading/unloading mechanism, and applied to production • Developed new welding technologies including a weaving SAW and multi-process welding (TIG+FCAW) to increase production efficiency• Implemented the new production process by changing vertical welding into flat welding for butt and fillet joints of steel assemblies• Developed robotic programming (on-/off-line) using Arcmate robot language for a 6-axis articulated robot for arc welding • Designed and/or selected, tested and implemented welding equipment (including jigs and fixtures) and and facilities for automatic welding• Generated CNC programs for machining of various propeller shafts for commercial vesselscharacter-marking machine, grinding machine, portable milling equipment for removing lugs• Calculated elongation of various pipe bending and applied CNC bending machine• Performed layout simulation for pipes fabrication/production line, evaluated and implemented until stable operation

Bupyeong, South Korea

• Performed flow plan layout simulation for automobile body-in-white assembly by utilizing Solidworks• Performed tooling design for a fixture to hold an automobile seat frame to be welded by using Solidworks• Set up welding schedules with most suitable welding parameters for resistance spot welding (RSW) for car body-in-white, and implemented in a car assembly line• Installed, tested and verified the spot welding robots (Fanuc) for automation line for automobile body assembly• Created motion programs for robots (Panasonic, Fanuc) for welding and material handling• Conducted robot motion simulation with collision check and developed Off-line programs for spot welding robots (Fanuc) for automobile body assembly• Assessed and evaluated spot welding machines and tooling equipments (Jigs and fixtures) by comparing prices, functions, weight and maneuverability• Supported products development in design for manufacturing/assembly (DFM/A) jigs and fixtures for a front corner module and a charger housing• Coordinated vendors and other teams to communicate project schedule and monitored the progress of project • Developed arc-sensing algorithm for weld seam tracking for better accuracy for an automatic welding robot and applied for fillet joints• Designed computer algorithm for evaluation of nugget size of spot welding by use of neural network theory

Geoje, Korea

• Performed welding experiment to evaluate base material of new materials (low alloy steel, etc)• Researched & developed arc-sensing algorithm for weld seam tracking for fillet joints with wide gaps, applied robotic welding and increased 30% in accuracy• Conducted weld joint designs and established 50+ WPS with PQR for various welding processes (FCAW, GMAW, GTAW, SAW, EGW) for steel structures and piping• Organized requirements for suitable welding equipments through discussion with production departments and performed practical welding experiments• Performed chemical and mechanical analysis to examine the root cause of failed material for pipes and alloy steels • Supervised procedures for weldment inspection to meet Quality Assurance and customer’s specifications, and feedback to related departments• Organized and validated the equipments for destructive testing for welded specimens: Tensile/V-notch impact/hardness/bending testing equipments• Applied design technology of welded connections with allowable stress and fatigue stress • Practiced how to proceed WPS, how to choose consumables, and fundamentals of welding technology• Participated in On-the-job training at production for 3 months and learned state-of-the-art of welding

•Engineering Codes, Standards And Work Culture

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Engineering

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering