Erik R. Brönnimann

Cell 954-***-****

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Firestone, CO 80504

Continuing 19+ years in the electronics manufacturing industry, advancing education and my engineering career.

11/11-Present Confidential Longmont, CO

Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for engineering support of entire Northrop Grumman product line of aeronautical and military assemblies.

Developed work instructions from assembly documentation based on customer specifications and requirements.

Training in accordance with AS 9100, ISO 9001, QS 9000 and ISO 14001 including internal QMS requirements.

Monitored and adjusted process controls to better support quality assurance and line balancing.

Worked with production support personnel to better quantify necessary documentation changes.

Authored white papers to provide feedback to customers and vendors to improve quality and product development.

Incorporated numerous tooling, equipment and process changes to support manufacturing processes and improve quality.

Monitored and supported entire process for new product introduction.

05/01-11/11 KB Electronics Inc. Coral Springs, FL

Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for managing SMT personnel, daily scheduling and new product introduction.

Programmed, repaired and maintained Siemens S15, S20, S27, F4, D1 & D4 Surface mount equipment.

Programmed MPM Screen printers and Heller reflow equipment.

Increased SMT productivity by grouping setups, thus reducing setup time, increasing machine efficiency and changeover.

Responsible for training employees to the IPC-A-610C standards to worker proficiency and SMT equipment guidelines.

Taught specialized hand soldering of SMT and Through-Hole technologies.

Wrote assembly procedures for final and hand assembly utilizing Excel, Word and Word Perfect.

Re-trained with IPC to ANSI-J 001C standards and IPC-A-610C standards.

Worked with quality control and engineering departments on new product development and manufacturing procedures.

Worked with AS 400 system inputting and reviewing Bill of Materials information.

Maintained Bill of Material information through AS 400 database system.

ROHS compliant process training.

05/99 - 05/01 Adecco Technical Staffing Services West Palm Beach, FL

Technical Trainer/IPC and ANSI Certified Instructor

Taught courses in IPC-A-610 and ANSI J-001B

Wrote and taught courses about worker safety, inspection, proper usage of tools, job safety and thick and thin film circuits.

Worked with technical trainers and site engineers to maintain highly skilled employees for contract manufacturing.

Researched employee background and skill levels in order to properly place individuals in appropriately skilled positions.

Operated and maintained technical training center utilizing workstations with the latest SMT assembly equipment.

Trained on latest SMT techniques and soldering techniques of 0201 components and ultra-fine pitch packages.

Scheduled with management to properly meet manufacturing needs of training center.

06/95 - 05/99 Sony Professional Products Company Boca Raton, FL

Lead SMT Inspector/Machine Operator/Technician

Troubleshooting of complex analog and digital circuit board to component level.

Tested products used in professional audio and video applications.

Inspected both Through-hole and Surface mount printed circuit boards used in making professional audio and video

electronics products.

Trained and certified to both IPC and Japanese soldering standards.

Responsible for maintaining a Microsoft Access database monitoring non-conformances.

Trained in the entire process of automated assembly equipment.

Programmed Panasonic MV2C, 2E and Sony SMT placement equipment.

SUNY Westchester Community College

AAS Electronics Engineering Technology-May 1994

Certifications

Dynapace Operator Training Course-May 1995

Electrovert IR 500 CLV, Econopak I and H-400 Hydro cleaner-May 1995

Manufacturer Training Group Quality Awareness/SMT Rework-Apr 1997

SONY Micro soldering/Insertion Mounting/SMT soldering-Jan 1999

IPC-A-610B and ANSI-J-001B certified technical training-Jul 1999

IPC Overview of National Soldering Standard-May 2001

Siemens Siplace Pro Programming SMT equipment-Aug 2003

IPC-A-610C re-certification technical training-Aug 2004

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