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Canuck Engineering works primarily in clean technology and aviation industries focused on consulting, low - med volume advanced manufacturing, composites, tool and mold making, and design engineering. Commercial Business Classification EUI: DUSABD2NJ135 CAGE Code: 9TS14 NAICS Codes: 339930 – Primary 336411 541690 541715

Boulder, Co, Us

I help build systems to enable scientists to solve big problems using engineering principles. Electra is a VC funded technology company working on developing a green iron with no green premium.

Boulder, Co, Us

Converted to full time. Electra was founded in my workshop. I enable the scientists to solve difficult problems by providing real world manufacturing and test solutions.

Battery R&DProject I worked on:Circuit Design including PCB layout using Orcad BMS Prototype - LTC6811 based with Atmel ARM processor.Embedded Firmware - Atmel 32bit C & C++Fixture Design - Design and CNC machining of various sheet metal forming dies.Fusion 360 - CAD & CAMLabView Software Design - Data Acquisition Data and Statistical analysis using JMP, JMP scripting, and Excel

Broomfield, Co, Us

My role helped to establish the quality assurance department and mature the quality management system. Gogo Business aviation is the industry leader in providing cabin radio and entertainment systems and services for business aviation globally with $75M/qtr in sales. • Responsibilitieso Product BI Analyst and Developero Team Lead* Mentored and trained Junior Engineers and technicians* Managed QA Summer Interns* Reviewed +1500 Engineering Changes per yearo New Product Development Quality Leader for all new productso Customer Quality Engineer - OEM, fractional, and end user customers.o FAA & Gogo Agent (FAA 8130-9 forms): Part Conformity, Test Setup, and Installationo AS9100 Lead Internal Auditor• Successeso Interim QA manager and FAA contact under 14 CFR Part 21 for all product lines.o Failure Analysis & Product Quality Engineer Lead – Optimized FA and repair processes to ensure 5 day turns for customer and 30 days for exchange equipment.* 400 returns per month. o Metrics BI Developer * Developed RMA metrics and definitions.• Product yields, failure rates, MTBF, MTBUR, NFF, etc.* Created tiered RMA coding scheme used across all company departments.* Created and maintained ~100 Dashboards and +50 ETL data cubes. o Data Analyst/Developer/Admin* FRACAS – Developed and implemented custom Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System. Basis for all RMA metrics. • ~25k RMAs reviewed and dispositioned in 6 years. o Tool Calibration Manager: +1000 tools calibrated yearlyo Successfully lead cross functional team to drive >50% reduction Out of Box returns and No Fault Found returns in 1 year. o Lead effort to exceed company goals for out of box quality and field reliability resulting in favorable to goal metrics for + 2 years continuously. o Developed COPQ – Cost of Poor Quality macro and micro models to assist corporate goal of 5 - 10% reduction in COPQ year over year.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Experience covers various rolls of increasing responsibility from junior engineer to lead engineer. Advanced Energy is technology leader in semi conductor manufacturing power conversion equipment.• Responsibilitieso Product Owner and Engineering Lead: All 8 HF (13MHz 1.5KW to 10 KW) product lines ($90 million sales per year).* High Mix Low volume: More than 300 individual products.o Project lead and SME for all product line improvement projects and customer requested product derivatives. Engineering Liaison across departments inside the company.* People manager: 3 – 5 junior engineers and interns.• Successeso Managing 10+ active projects per month. Project lead on 3 – 4 active projects simultaneously. Completed an average of 4.2 projects per month generating an average of $116K in new business per project closure.o Project manager for major product line redesign to account for OBS components. Planned, tracked, and implemented the project. Changes included component, assembly, mechanical, V&V testing and documentation updates.o Designed BOM OBS part software to review +300 BOMs and found 4,700 unique components.

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Responsibilitieso Product Quality representative for 2 major product lines: 13MHz RF and 162MHz RF power supplies. * Field population: 50,000 units * Yearly run rate: 8,000 units. o Technical customer interface for product line quality issues.o Customer root cause corrective action report creation.o Weekly and Monthly management product line status reports.• Successeso Customer reports: Maintained greater than 80% on time rate with a 14 day completion window. o Received 2 department awards for greatest number of RMA’s completed per quarter.

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Responsibilitieso Design Engineer – 2MHz Plasma source from prototype to production.o Product Owner – Company flagship product family with 242 variations.* Product SME and change control managero Sustaining Engineer - Cost reduction and product improvements.• Successeso PCBA Layout Projects – Schematic and Layout creation for the following assemblies: 2 MHz RF Power amplifier, DC – DC Converter (8oz, 4 Layer), DSP Control Boards (1oz, 16 layer mixed signal)o Product Line material cost reduction. Implemented complex ECOs (Copy Exact Products) to reduce number of PCBA assemblies in product line. o Special Project Engineering Test Lead: 1000V MOSFET improve packaging and manufacturing cost reduction project. Responsible for engineering manual test. Result was 10C lower die temps, improved MTBF, and higher production yield. o Special Project Team Lead: Designed and built RF Calorimeter to accurately measure RF power from 100 – 3000 watts from DC – GHz frequencies.

Litmas was 12 people startup producing semiconductor processing equipment for primarily PFC abatement. Roles encompass production line technician and firmware design engineer. • Responsibilitieso R&D embedded firmwareo R&D and Production technician for 1200W and 300W Plasma Source Products.o Facilities Improvements – production lineo PCB Assembly – automated test• Successeso Designed DC – DC aux. power supply and developed firmware for prototype 3KW Plasma Source.o Created automated test for 3 PCB assemblies using Lab View.o Facilities build out for new production line in new building. Included water recirculation system, air, vacuum, and compressed gas.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

Assembly line PCB board and product troubleshoot of two types of GSM 1900 MHz handsets. Production line included component to finish product producing 4,000 units per 12hr shift.• Responsibilitieso SMA Lead Troubleshootero Troubleshoot 150 – 600 PCBs per 12hr shift• Successeso Reduction of WIP from 100K to 0 handsets in 12M (Team Effort)

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Machining

Hs, Honors Diploma