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Role required knowledge of industry best practices, current and emerging technologies. Maintained a safe lab environment compliant to ISO standards. Managed a high performance team of up to 35 individuals, consisting of test development & automation, project managers, product level verification testing (mechanical, electrical and environmental stress including ESD) and failure analysis.Accomplishments:• Contributed to the successful completion of the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 audits.• Created a hardware test specification council and led specification reviews between global sites.• Generated cash revenue and through surplus equipment sales. Technical:• Managed multiple projects, including the global engineering Operating and Capital budgets.• Created a Failure Analysis Process review of design and manufacturing defects.• Developed electrical, mechanical, and environmental specifications and test plans for hardware under development, including ISTA packaging testing.

• Improved product yields by training technicians in the R&D organization as well as New Product Implementation technicians in the manufacturing organization.• Approved test and root cause analysis reports drafted by the technical team.• Streamlined processes to ensure lab efficiency, some through automation.

• Conducted electrical and mechanical Hardware Engineering Design and Verification Testing. • Performed root cause analysis on product defects observed throughout the engineering test lifecycles and drafted DFMEA reports on all findings with proposed recommendations.• Drafted Engineering Change and Temporary Deviation documentation.• Provided test support to all engineering groups including RF, Mechanical, Audio and Display.

• Undertook a leading role within the technical team, which consisted of being the technical contact for global outsourced repair centers, taking ownership of the triage process for in-life hardware products, dealing with customer escalations, preparing progress reports and aided in the planning of future projects. • Strong technical and troubleshooting experience; debugged a wide variety of devices at component level.• Maintained automated test systems on the production floor.• Analyzed and improved processes to quicken turnaround time and reduce scrap.

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