Stephen Taylor Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca, Us

Milpitas, California, Us

Milpitas, California, Us

Optimized test procedures for a complex aperture assembly resulting in a 30% cycle time reductionLed taskforces or personally performed failure analyses that drove to root cause and then implemented corrective actions on issues ranging from: controls, mechanical resonance, microcontroller logic, ESD, tolerancing / design errors, refrigeration systems, error-proofing, part qualityDrove a vendor management project that included quality improvements and the release of field-replaceable parts and troubleshooting procedures. Project significantly reduced subsystem field returns and paid large dividends in customer satisfactionBecame the primary owner for all in-house manufacturing escalations for the opto-mechanical subsystems of the Broadband Plasma product lineup.Created and improved mfg. processes and created process flows and developed supporting documentation

San Jose, California, Us

Design, prototype, fabricate, and repair exhibits with the goal of inspiring innovation in everyone that visits The Tech MuseumProblem-solving and troubleshooting issues under strict time deadlinesDesigned or sourced all mechanical components for a Mars rover, and then oversawfabrication of finalized designSignificantly reduced ongoing maintenance costs and eliminated exhibit downtime byintroducing and implementing long-term maintenance programs

Fabrication of complex parts from drawings or from customer specificationsStructural and decorative welding

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

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