Experience

Topcon Positioning Systems

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  • Plan, organized, and coordinate all GPS/Survey & New Product Introduction. • Authored 6 new Standard Operating Procedures and trained technicians on new process. • Improve manufacturing planning to reduce bottlenecks by aligning engineering objectives with process capabilities.• Coordinate with cross functional groups to identify opportunities for new and improved processes.• Knowledge of tooling, fixture aids, fabrication for manufacturing floor.• Review and approve BOMs, ECO’s, and MRO’s.• Implemented digital cell to eliminate all human error during assembly.• Manage and coordinate input for DFM.• Analyzing raw data to see feasibility of digital cell and future business needs.• Lead efforts to document and correct nonconforming hardware.• Maintain training records for production floor Technicians/Assemblers.• Layout new manufacturing and quality process in new factory.• Contribute on Prototype/NPI builds with engineers, technicians, and project managers.• Performing destructive/non-destructive test on all first articles products from Supplier.• Tracked First Pass Yield on GPS and GNS products.• Coordinate with CM, Suppliers, and vendors with technical issues and problem solving techniques.• Perform root cause analysis and PFMEA on GPS products.



Space Systems/Loral

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Dec 2007 - Jan 2014

  • Coordinate manufacturing efforts for major satellite OEM subsystems from concept design proposal phase through final launch of spacecraft (end of life) • Implement 5S initiative in Harness Assembly Lab reducing lost time by 15 percent and foreign object debris non-conformances by 7 percent • Author 10 new manufacturing MPI’s and trained technicians on new process currently in use on the shop floor• Improve manufacturing planning to reduce bottlenecks by aligning engineering objectives with process capabilities • Coordinate with cross functional groups to identify opportunities for new and improved processes while serving on several Yellow Belt projects • Review and approve BOM’s, ECO’s, & MRO’s.• Lead efforts to document and correct nonconforming hardware.• Interface between Mechanical and Design Engineering, Planning, Technicians, Quality Control, Third-Party Suppliers, and Executive Management.• Manage and coordinate input on Design for Manufacturing.• Plan and schedule all rework per spacecraft assembly.• Create mock up fixtures of spacecraft panel to route & dress wire bundles.