Résumé
Qualifications:
• 10 plus Years of Manufacturing industry/Quality Engineer experience
• Program management and process improvement
• Precision Machining and Tooling . New Product Introduction.
• Certified CMM/CNC Programmer
• ISO:9001/AS9100D Certified Internal Auditor
• Hazard, Reliability and Risk (Analysis, Evaluation, Control)
• ISO14971,ISO13485,GMP,FDA 21 CFR 820,CPSC,EN,UL,REACH,ROHS
• Supplier auditor and onboarding
• Successfully develop and maintain long term client relationships
• Creating, implementing and enforcing specifications
• In depth Root cause corrective action and problem solving
• Machined components, composites/PCBA, avionics
• Avionics specific IPCWHMA-A-620C and IPC-A-610
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Experience:
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February 2021 - Present
Product Quality Engineer
Rad Power Bikes: Seattle WA
-Providing innovative solutions in development, management, and improvement of New Product Introduction process. Working directly with manufacturing, QC & QA teams globally to ensure successful launches for new Rad products while maintaining high quality , continuous improvement and customer satisfaction in existing products .
APQP, FMEA, 8D,MSA,Gage R&R
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October 2019 - February 2021
Supplier Quality Engineer
Contract: Raytheon Technologies & Blue Origin
• Conduct Supplier Quality Investigations. (RCCA) Relentless root cause and corrective action
• Verify defined mistake proofing, valid corrective actions are implemented and tracked.
• Review (PPAP) production part approval process, including (FMEA) design or production failure mode effects analysis. Drive the activities at suppliers.
• Conduct and train suppliers on Manufacturing Process Reviews (MPR), Pro-Cert, Gage R&R, etc.
• Lead Manufacturing Process Reviews at supplier for new product or process or after Engineering or production change.
• Introduce (ZDP) zero defect plan to supplier after on boarding. Drive maintenance, planning, execution and relentless continuous improvement of ZDP.
• Collaborate with sourcing team to strategically source parts matched with supplier competencies
• Review and assess supplier manufacturing processes and (QMS) quality systems to provide feedback as appropriate on manufacturing methods.
• Recommend technical product improvements to reduce risk and potential defect opportunities
• Improve quality performance of suppliers by conducting workshops at supplier locations, providing technical assistance in developing a quality system, or other technical support as required
May 2019 - October 2019
R&D Hardware Quality
Amazon Prime-Vehicle Development ,Seattle WA
• Participate and engage as a quality professional embedded within Amazons’ quality operations team
• Participate in drawing and tooling design reviews to address component manufacturability on flight hardware ensuring compliance with ASME requirements
• Create and Implement methods of acceptance and inspection plans • Implement and maintain QMS that supports products in development R&D, NPI and production environments
• Develop and implement in-process and final quality inspection process for vehicle production.
• Measure, analyze, and improve quality system performance consistent with organization and federal quality goals
• Integrate quality system applications between engineering, manufacturing, and operations to ensure the consistent and ongoing use of quality best practices and communication of quality issues
• Facilitate troubleshooting of quality issues with diverse teams, lead supplier and internal RCCA events
• Perform periodic audits, Gemba walks, 5s events and all other continuous improvement exercises.
• Recommend initiatives and/or changes that will improve product quality
• Provide quality assurance subject matter expertise to receiving assembly and manufacturing
• Work with suppliers to ensure delivery of high-quality parts. Evaluate supplier quality systems. QMS
• Monitor the metrology program to ensure precision and accuracy of production, measurement, and testing equipment.
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January 2018 - May 2019
CMM Source
Space Exploration Technologies, Hawthorne, CA
• Perform virtual documentation review and verification of certifications, specifications, and conformance to design and specification requirements
• Support the development of inspection plans at suppliers • Support supplier corrective action process, including verifying corrective action implementation
• Technical verification of custom part suppliers for mechanical, composite and electrical commodities
• Collaborate with source inspection team to strategically source parts matched with supplier capabilities.
• Review and assess supplier manufacturing processes and quality system to provide feedback as appropriate on manufacturing methods and abilities.
•Travel up to 95% of the time to perform visual and dimensional inspections on manufactured parts, assemblies, and/or sub-assemblies at supplier sites
• Analyze supplier quality & delivery metrics to identify trends and pinpoint systemic performance gaps and root causes. (RCCA)
• Recommend technical product improvements to reduce risk and potential defect opportunities.
• Manage supplier improvement/corrective action plans.
• Improve quality performance of suppliers by conducting workshops at supplier locations, providing technical assistance in developing a quality system, or other technical support as required.
• Function as liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues and to provide technical support.
May 2011 – Dec 2017
Metrology NC Programmer, Tool and Die
Exotic Metals Forming Company, Kent WA
• Assigning schedules for CMM workload
• Creating /manipulating engineering CAD models for export to the CMM software
• Analyzing part and tooling blueprints to properly create and report data after CMM run
• Adjusting new and old tooling on CMM to conform to customer requirements up to +/- .0005 and under.
• Designing, modeling and drafting set-up tools for QA/shop use.
• Writing efficient and detailed CMM Programs both online or offline from MBD, LWG or engineer drawing
• Inspect aerospace detail parts and assemblies using coordinates measuring machines
• Import MBD models from Siemens, UG, IGES, STEP, using PCDims, to set up and run machine
• Conduct conventional inspection to engineering requirements using height gauges, calipers, micrometers, bore gauges, protractors and other standard inspection gauging methodologies
• Responsible for first part buy off, final inspection, first article reports, rejection tags and supplier nonconformance notifications
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