Manufacturing Manager

• Mar 2021 - Present

Production Engineer

• 2012 - Present

Responsible for transition to production of new System on Modules (SOM), and Imaging Platforms. Responsible for maintaining successful mass production of System on Modules (SOM) and Imaging Platforms. Total volumes exceeding 40,000 PCB/PCAs across all product lines per year.Experienced in working directly with contract manufacturers in all aspects of manufacturing - SMT related questions, X-ray, AOI, visual inspection. System level box-build process questions, approving process deviations, component substitutions, test & debug.Experienced in working with hardware engineering teams and PCB fabrication board houses to resolve engineering questions (EQs) pertaining to board fabrication.Experienced in providing Design for Manufacturing (DFM) feedback for new products and existing products.Experienced in working with hardware engineering and hardware change control team to process ECR/ECO for supporting design updates due to component obsolescence, component availability issues or BOM consolidation efforts for cost reduction.Experienced in documenting test procedures, assembly procedures, Bill of Materials (BOM) for electro-mechanical systems, test fixtures and Job Aids for the successful manufacturing of products. Led tiger teams to help engineering and manufacturing teams to successfully troubleshoot complicated problems. Directly interfaced with team members internally at Critical Link, externally with customer and supplier teams. Utilized data visualization tools such as Power BI to generate automated reports to monitor Quality objectives such as Product DPPM and On-time delivery.Experienced with the implementation and maintenance of a successful Quality Management System (QMS).Experienced in supporting supplier and customer audits.Responsible for managing a team of five manufacturing engineers and providing mentorship to interns/co-ops.

Electrical Engineer, Test and Debug Support, Critical Link, LLC, Syracuse, NY

• Jul 2006 - Present

Testing and troubleshooting of electrical circuits for airport lighting and guidance systems. Fixed bugs and refined software algorithms for airport lighting and guidance systems. Guided these lighting systems from prototypes to production, ensured they passed FCC regulatory tests. Designed hardware and software to modernize legacy products. System integration to aid the implementation of a wireless HDMI home theater system. Performance benchmarking of hardware to help with selection of new components example USB chips. Delivered technical support for third party spectrography instrument, such as application software support, system test and alignment and debug of electrical and mechanical assemblies. Provided system level test and debug support for various projects. Timing and functional verification of third party FPGA design using ModelSim.

Test Engineering Intern

• Sep 2005 - Nov 2005

Involved with design, troubleshooting and PCB layout of electrical circuits. Developed data acquisition systems in LabView for testing transmission chain on car engines. Involved with design, troubleshooting and PCB layout of electrical circuits. Developed data acquisition systems in LabView for testing transmission chain on car engines.

Product Sustainment Intern

• Mar 2005 - May 2005

Reverse engineered legacy communication systems for modernization due to parts obsolescence. Performed design and implementation of test fixtures. Reverse engineered legacy communication systems for modernization due to parts obsolescence. Performed design and implementation of test fixtures.