Experience

SUHNER Components

• Switzerland
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Parker Meggitt

• United Kingdom
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer III

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2021

  Deliver exemplary operational support designing and implementing tooling aimed for defect prevention and discovering error proofing solutions in the manufacturing process for both commercial and government aircraft fuel tanks.Key Accomplishments:• Compose, review and revise work instructions, production aid manuals, and product visual aids.• Develop and institute standard operating procedures for capital equipment utilized in the production process.• Validate or reverse engineer items using contact and non-contact portable coordinate measuring machine. • Liaise with division management, offering comprehensive functional and financial engineering guidance on capital expenditures. Follow-up on the implementation process answering questions or suggesting improvements. Show less

• Manufacturing Engineer II

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2018

  Worked alongside other engineering departments (quality, industrial, plant) executing continuous improvement initiatives including: process failure models and analysis, root cause corrective action and value stream mapping. Key Accomplishments:• Identified needs and tooling requirements for programs (existing and upcoming) and draft a Cost Estimate Request (CER) and submitted it internally for approval.• Draft statements of work and capital equipment requests for permission to purchase tooling from outside vendors.• Created, updated and maintained production BOM’s using ERP software SAP. Show less

• Manufacturing Engineer I

  • Feb 2011 - Jan 2014

  Offered support resolving daily production or quality assurance issues in the production process by identifying the cause and executing pro-active corrective measures. Additionally, generated maintenance repair instructions for the shop.Key Accomplishments:• Consistently audited the manufacturing process specifications to verify their correspondence to SOPs and other processes being utilized in production.• Supported upcoming programs by reading, analyzing and creating CAD parts, assemblies and drawings required. Show less



General Dynamics Land Systems

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer / Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Sep 2010 - Feb 2011

  Assisted in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency, reduce cycle time, reduce defects, and eliminate waste in the MRO of the U.S. Army LAV Stryker. Assisted in the development and implementation of mistake proofing solutions into the production process and developed and maintained work instructions for use by the quality engineering department. Identified and documented conformance issues utilizing the TipQA database. Helped define task requirements for section personnel and assisted with on-the-job training to ensure technicians were capability to meet performance requirements. Provided production support with day-to-day Quality / Test engineering activities. Supported new plant initiatives for teaming such as: (Whole Systems Architecture, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma). Show less