Kottaimari Karthick
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer at ASM Assembly Systems- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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ASM Assembly Systems
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Germany
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
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May 2017 - Present
• Manage Production/Customer complaints and resolve them timely• Supplier performance monitoring and reduce incoming inspection to zero• Engage suppliers in achieving zero defects through quality improvement projects• Supplier Qualification, Annual and periodic Supplier Audits• Manage engineers and technicians in First Article team• Collaborate with NPI project teams on product development and meet project schedule• Source Inspection and FA buyoff at supplier site to reduce inspection activities at ASM• Lead Lean Six Sigma projects o Reduce incoming inspection from 70% to 30% o Increase Production First Pass Yield from 24% to 90%
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Senior Quality Engineer
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Feb 2012 - Apr 2017
• Manage process & outgoing quality technicians to audit production line (400 operators) • Factory Escapes reduced from 60,000 dppm to 20,000 dppm• Increased In-process First Pass Yield from 98.2% to 99.45%• Lead production team on root cause analysis and implement CAPA for audit findings• Organize Cross Functional team to resolve customer complaints & commissioning failure• Handle Customer audits and resolve audit findings timely• Collaborate with regulatory bodies (ABS/ BV/DNVGL) for product certification • Supplier Qualification (PPAP), Annual and periodic Supplier Audits• Supplier performance monitoring and drive quality improvement projects• Work with NPI team to identify/predict quality issues and implement quality checkpoints• Lead Lean manufacturing projects like VSM, Kaizen, TPM and 6S
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Sys-Mac Automation Engineering Pte Ltd
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Singapore
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mechanical Design Engineer
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Jan 2010 - Oct 2011
• Understand customer requirements and develop conceptual design• Design and develop parts, sub-modules and machines to meet customer requirement• Project planning, design standardisation and budgeting• Testing, validation and optimisation of design• Key projects completed: Packaging line (Pick & place), Thermal Labelling and Ink-cart
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Project Engineer
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Sep 2004 - Dec 2009
• Manage assistant engineers and engineering assistants (20 personnel) in production floor• Plan, Organise, Implement and Monitor Assembly Production lines and output• Handle Customer audit and resolve complaints• Work with Cross functions to meet product quality and customer expectations • Ensure production work conform to standard operating procedures and code of practices• Build, Install and Commission of production lines in USA, Malaysia and China • Create and implement FMEA, Risk assessment and Process Management Plan (PMP)
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Education
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University of South Australia
Master of Engineering - MEng, Technology management -
University of South Australia
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering -
Nanyang Polytechnic
Diploma of Education, Manufacturing Engineering