Quality Assurance or airplane cockpit displays.

• Reviewed and supplied comments for: drawing changes, engineering reports, training materials, manufacturing build instructions and Quality Alerts.• Collaborated with Design Engineering to establish standard dispositions for test failures.• Developed ways to document data when the designated computer system was unable to do so.• Wrote Failure Review Board summaries.• Reviewed space-flight electronics hardware documentation and identified issues that needed to be addressed prior to selloff. • Collected and evaluated Environmental Compliance data.

Taught Introduction to Engineering. Topics included: The Engineering Profession, Career Planning, Time Management, Study Skills, Computer File Management, Ethics, Teamwork, The Engineering Design Process, Engineering Requirements, Engineering Drawings, Units of Measurement, Effective Use of Email, Holding Meetings, Scheduling, Budgeting, Writing Reports and Using Microsoft Excel.

• Reviewed Customer Requirements, Engineering Drawings and Manufacturing Instructions. Identified design conflicts and collaborated with Design Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to reach solutions. • Improved Company Operating Procedures and Process Specifications.• Reviewed Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs). • Provided Training for Engineers and Inspectors• Conducted audits to assess compliance to AS9100 / FAA requirements and identified areas for Corrective and Preventive Actions.• Led company preparations for audits conducted by external auditors.• Worked with external suppliers and external customers to achieve company and project goals. • Collected/organized/validated weekly manufacturing quality data and created/distributed associated metrics reports.

Provided Quality Assurance for a wide variety of electro-mechanical and software projects. Acted as an individual contributor on small projects. Managed groups of QA personnel for large projects and multiple small projects.• Effectively juggled multiple projects all of which had different customers, requirements and procedures. Redistributed QA personnel and tasks to improve efficiency and reduce risk. • Addressed employee concerns and issues to improve team effectiveness. Increased productivity and self-sufficiency of QA engineers and Project personnel by creating training materials and providing training. Created Templates, Checklists and Instructions to improve efficiency.• Collaborated with Engineering, Manufacturing, Configuration Management and Program Management to improve processes thereby cutting costs and improving quality. • Worked with project teams to ensure compliance to customer requirements and adherence to Company Policies and Procedures. Collaborated with project personnel to address Customer and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) concerns.• Participated in Design Verification Testing (DVT) / Qualification Testing planning and execution. Evaluated test readiness before test events to ensure test integrity.• Contributed to Design Reviews, Failure Review Boards, Material Review Boards and Configuration Control Boards. Identified procedural and technical issues and worked with project teams to improve efficiency and quality.• Participated in ISO9001, AS9100 and CMMI Audits. Conducted internal project-level audits to identify non-compliant areas. Issued Corrective Action Requests (CARs) and worked with projects to identify Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA). Ensured preventive action was established to avoid re-occurrences.• Reviewed manufacturing and inspection instructions for ground-based and space-flight hardware. Dispositioned non-conforming hardware to insure appropriate rework and retest.

Motorola Computer GroupCoordinated mechanical design of single board computers. Worked with customers, marketing, vendors, circuit board designers, mechanical designers, electrical engineers, quality assurance and manufacturing to produce mechanical designs meeting functional, dimensional, EMI,manufacturing and thermal requirements.Initiated numerous process improvements to streamline the design and documentation of printedcircuit boards and associated mechanical parts.Performed thermal analyses and conducted thermal tests of computer equipment. Designedcustom heatsinks.Authored a technical paper on Common Mezzanine Circuit Board Mechanical Design that was published in the proceedings of the Motorola Computer Group 2001 Technical Ladder Conference.Worked with suppliers to improve the quality of their products.Wrote thermal test reports.Created solid models using HP Solid Designer and conducted thermal Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) analyses with FloTHERM.Reviewed Printed Circuit Board Layouts with Mentor Graphics.

Coordinated and reviewed structural analyses. Supervised qualification testing for space flight electronics. Documented new designs and design changes for commercial grade electronic test equipment including printed wiring boards, circuit card assemblies and system configurations. Coordinated mechanical design of space environment circuit card assemblies. Design factors included heat transfer / reliability, vibration/fatigue and manufacturability. Resolved conflicting design requirements.Redesigned and documented modifications for valve components used in space applications. Reviewed and updated procedures for valve testing. Conducted stress analyses of valve components subjected to random vibration and multiple loadings.