Experience

STERIS Endoscopy

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sustaining Engineer

  • Dec 2019 - Present



US Endoscopy

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sustaining Engineer Co-op

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Completed projects involving development, quality, regulatory, design, and manufacturing work in US Endoscopy’s newly created sustainment engineering group:  Evaluated product design changes for safety and effectiveness through engineering tests to improve usability and address customer complaints. Communicated findings to a CFT to develop a new product specification.  Managed a CFT of clinicians, marketing, manufacturing, quality and regulatory personnel to reassess risk management for over 35 products for the company’s newly adopted risk assessment process.  Conducted engineering and animal model feasibility testing on products for marketing insight.  Worked with manufacturing to create better equipment configurations to reduce scrap and improve product workability through Minitab DOE analysis. Show less



US Endoscopy

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Engineer Co-op

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  As a process engineering co-op, my main responsibility was implementing a new resistance spot welder on the production floor which included some of the following tasks:  Completed an FDA-level process validation to develop new resistance welder settings that improved weld strength, consistency, & scrap. Converted three welders to continuously run newly validated settings to support product growth.  Implemented an ergonomic resistance welder cell with newly designed fixturing that lessened setup time by 50%.  Improved and trained production personnel to standard welding operating documentation that specified new product inspection standards and equipment changeovers.  Coordinated and validated a vendor material change to reduce production scrap by 10%.  Programmed and fabricated a PLC-controlled pneumatic fixture to efficiently test 100% of product at a welder cell. Show less



1st Day School Supplies

• United States
• Consumer Goods
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Kit Assembler, Quality Inspector, & Team Captain

  • May 2016 - Aug 2018

  (Worked Summers) A Northeast Ohio company that manufactures exclusive custom school supply kits nationwide. The company’s overachieving STEM career based summer associates work to accomplish nearly one-hundred percent accuracy in kit kitting orders for customers. One of the twelve new employees hired out of the 500 applicants in Summer 2016 to work on a production line for assembling kits. Later endowed as a Quality Inspector to ensure absolute accuracy for the company’s zero-error guarantee for its prestigious school clients. Promoted by CEO in Summer 2017 to be one of four team captains responsible for managing a section of production while supervising 10 other employees for day-to-day tasks. Expected to recognize potential improvements in product assembly and the assembly process to efficiently guarantee company goal completion.  Gained manufacturing experience by kitting over 50,000 items a day per production line.  Responsible for product quality on designated production lines & processing inventory stock reports.  Trained and managed a team of 10 assemblers for daily operation. Show less



US Endoscopy

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Engineer Co-op

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  As a quality co-op, I was involved in several aspects of the company's quality system including: calibration, process scrap tracking, NCRs, SCARs, supplier control, customer complaints, inspection protocols, and more:  Maintained company FDA compliance by identifying root causes with assemblers, process engineers, and suppliers to resolve customer complaints.  Implemented a real-time manufacturing scrap tracking system, ATS Inspect, to enhance scrap compliance.  Maintained supplier control by assessing a vendor’s ISO 13485 compliance through an onsite audit.  Participated in a Kaizen/Lean event to eliminate quality issues regarding internal manufacturing documentation.  Established test instructions to calibrate scales and weights to save money using in-house calibration. Show less