Senior Manufacturing Engineer

• Mar 2021 - Present

Owner / Founder

• Mar 2018 - Present

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

• Jun 2019 - Mar 2021

• Clear communication between departments in a global, decentralized, business structure. • Assisted in the startup and transfer of knowledge and processes from an east coast facility to a new west coast facility. • Performed time studies of the assembly process to optimize assembly performance. • Project lead on development and set up of new production process w/ capex budget near $300K. • Employed statistical methods to efficiently determine labor hours required per system. • Responsible for LEAN cell manufacturing system design layout and implementation. • Supported material data migration between ERP systems involving over 5000 materials. • Established and manage document control and SOP creation processes for manufacturing. Show less

Sustaining Engineer

• Aug 2015 - May 2019

• Project leader on integrating quality controls throughout vendor, and in house, production. • Designed, updated and provided training for 20+ operating procedures to increase production throughput by 16%. • Identified and reduced deformation of parts due to process induced stresses leading to a 28% improvement in alignment time. • Developed processes to cut laser scrap waste by 60%, equaling $153K/year in savings. • Led efforts to mitigate risk to production, predict performance and prevent schedule loss due to poor part conformance. • Lead for new product introduction to production. • Acted as the assistant manager of laser production • Quality inspection of incoming laser components. • Developed process improvement procedures for laser assembly. • Worked with returned units using root cause analysis to determine in-field failures. • Optical alignment of laser systems. Show less

Line Coordinator

• Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

• Member of the Process Improvement Engineering Team. • Production line coordinator responsible for leading a team to meet all daily requirements. • Move product using SAP and MES. • Recipient of the 2014 MVP award. • Ensured SOP’s were accurate and up to date for use on packaging lines. • Responsible for document review of completed production runs. • Member of the Process Improvement Engineering Team. • Production line coordinator responsible for leading a team to meet all daily requirements. • Move product using SAP and MES. • Recipient of the 2014 MVP award. • Ensured SOP’s were accurate and up to date for use on packaging lines. • Responsible for document review of completed production runs.

Lab Assistant

• Jan 2010 - Mar 2012

Tested residential water for coliform levels Prepared test media and collected data independently. Maintained proper inventory stock Tested residential water for coliform levels Prepared test media and collected data independently. Maintained proper inventory stock

Lifeguard

• May 2004 - Aug 2009

First responder for on site medical emergencies. Guard of the pool 2008. First responder for on site medical emergencies. Guard of the pool 2008.