Thomas Hermann Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, US

Cardea Bio, Inc. is the world’s only mass producer of biocompatible semiconductors, the BPU™ (Biosignal Processing Unit). The BPU is the first and only semiconductor capable of translating real-time streams of multiomics signals into digital information.Cardea is headquartered in San Diego and has additional activity in Los Angeles. Cardea is a 100%.

San Diego, CA, US

• Developed and led New Product Introduction department. Reporting to the vice president of quality, leading experienced principal engineers responsible for ensuring key products meet all specified requirements prior to.
• Developed charter, vision, strategies, processes and metrics. Expanded charter to develop QCT’s first Software Quality team, applying CMMI model to measure and improve SW product launch
• Developed and chaired escalation processes designed to inform and include executive leaders in major issues involving cross-functional business and technical solutions
• Designed and implemented customized process to address major customer NPI complaint. Eliminated issues from 65 complaints in 60 days to zero (0) complaints in subsequent 3 years, across 20 product launches
• Enabled product core team focus on quantifying and mitigating risks and using Right First Time approach.
• Established lessons learned and CAPA propagation that ensured issue resolution in adjacent and future designs. Primary signatory for external customer communications, deviations and waiver requests.

• SENIOR ENGINEER - SENIOR STAFF MANAGERRole description: Increased responsibilities within the nascent Qualcomm CDMA Technologies division in supplier quality, operations quality and product quality teams:
• Designed or vastly improved the following critical quality and engineering processes: Corrective and preventive action (CAPA), lessons learned system, quality excursion management, internal training, quality alert.
• Led QCT participation in JEDEC and IPC standard development during key industry shifts in ESD, Pb-Free, environmental and test methodology. Drafted company proposals and responses in key standards, including.

• PRODUCT ENGINEER – SENIOR ENGINEERRole description: Product engineer/lead for Globalstar satellite communication products, including handset, radioantenna unit and car-kit products.
• Supplier management for all component parts, including semiconductors, passives, molded plastics, batteries,antennae, cast aluminum housings, packing materials, and technical documentation
• Hardware, reference design and test troubleshooting in prototype and high-volume handset manufacturing
• Drafted and implemented design improvements for antenna deployment system – working with operators,designers and suppliers to improve assembly time, and mitigate customer ‘sticking on extension’ issue
• Developed design improvement for field issue with moisture intrusion in RAU; enabled immediate fix andrework for all production and FGI units, with minimal cost and complete resolution. Minimized line-downsituation.

• Role description: Manager of quality, engineering and safety functions, providing supervision for 100 employees,across two shifts; lead designer for new products, quality manager for inspectors and technicians, and.
• Increased assembly line productivity by 60% and reduced in-process defect rates by 20% in four months byimplementing improvements in process, tooling, automation, workstation redesign, and plant layout.
• Designed a trademarked product line that reduced material cost by 35% while creating competitive aestheticand ergonomic improvements to the product
• Created CAD drawings, developed standards, procedures and documentation for all aspects of design,manufacturing processes and quality assurance
• Directed Total Quality Management program that improved the manufacturing facility, productivity, OSHAcompliant safety program, and employee relations
• Created ISO 9000 level standards for Quality Systems, testing and documentation

• Role description: Group leader for new product and new part approval, including dimensional, process, form, fit,function and stress testing for all parts and assemblies prior to HVM
• Design review and pre-production testing
• Supervision and training for engineers, technicians and operators in SPC, CMM operation, precisionmeasurement devices, testing methodologies, and documentation
• Developed and deployed inspection sampling based on Mil-STD-106 (now 1916) for incoming parts at allfacilities; saving hundreds of personnel hours monthly from previous 100% sampling system
• Established ISO9000 standards for Quality Management system, testing and documentation
• Supplier selection, approval, capability assessments and audits for international supplier facilities.

San Diego, California, US

• Role description: Design lead for custom microwave filters for RF devices. Secret security clearance.
• Designed microminiature lumped-element, suspended substrate, bandpass, lowpass, highpass, combline,waveguide, interdigital, cavity filters, and multifunction modules
• Designed revolutionary manually tunable bandpass filter for government agency, enabling flexibility for securetesting and communication
• Designed all components, custom housings, jigs, assembly fixtures, test beds, and packaging
• Scheduled all projects. Final review and approval for all specifications from design team (7 designers andengineers), responsible for training and performance review for engineers and technicians
• Extensive knowledge of CAD, CAM, ANSI Y14.5, DoD, MIL-STD and MIL-SPECs

Regulatory Affairs For Medical Devices

Engineering Management

Certificate, Total Quality Management

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Automated Manufacturing

Associate Of Science - As, Engineering Graphics