Yoonie Seo

***** ****** **. ******* ******, CA **679 Phone: 949-***-**** E Mail: acfutl@r.postjobfree.com

Experience

Aerospace Technology of Korea, Inc. –Sacheon, S. Korea

Quality Engineering Director 2012-2014

• Setting clear objectives and goals for the relatively new aircraft fuselage manufacturing quality team of

32 in regards to supplier, manufacturer and customer requirements after writing job descriptions.

1. WATCHDOG role as basic quality personnel – preventive action. Genji Genbutsu.

2.Clarification of responsibilities for rejects (internal, suppliers, customers) and

writing precise / simple CAR – who, where, why, interim solution, RCA, final solution,

preventive actions, disciplinary actions if needed, etc. Internal / Supplier auditing.

• Collaborating / building and partnering across teams of manufacturing, planning, purchasing, business

planning groups regarding suppliers’ qualification, customer quality satisfaction.

• Reviewing / revising / writing overall company procedures in English required by AS9100, rev. C in

preparation for audit.

• Reviewing / revising / writing overall company procedures in English required by AS9100, rev. C in

preparation for audit.

• Various troubleshooting.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Lake Forest, CA

Production Trial (Pilot Line) Tech Supervisor, Technical Liaison 2002 2012

• Hiring, training, evaluating (performance Appraisal), instructing employees such as manufacturing

engineers, planners, coordinators and technicians. Delegating jobs between employees. Managing and

cross training Japanese engineers and mass manufacturing personnel during their stay at PT as helping

hands.

Supported production, design groups such as HWE, ME, SWE, QA, etc. for InFlight Entertainment

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Systems production by resolving product issues prior to design transfer to production. Produced Rev. A

level units for Qualification Test according to FAA regulations, Boeing, Airbus and other Airliners or

Aircraft manufacturers’ requirements.

Attending meetings: Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, Design Release, and

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routing / layout meetings in between. Globally interfacing with all types of design engineering groups,

mass manufacturing and quality organizations to ensure manufacturability, timely delivery, product

quality / reliability, and continuous cost reduction.

Attending meetings: Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, Design Release, and

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routing / layout meetings in between. Globally interfacing with all types of design engineering groups,

mass manufacturing and quality organizations to ensure manufacturability, timely delivery, product

quality / reliability, and continuous cost reduction.

Providing corroboration to design groups, mass manufacturing personnel and quality personnel

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regarding manufacturing issues to support smooth mass manufacturing flow (DfX) in relation to on time

delivery, lead time, reject rate and productivity.

Distinguishing and analyzing issues so that which groups are responsible for the issues: root cause

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analysis

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• Introducing latest technology trends and methods to mass mfg. to optimize manufacturing flow as well

as for the freedom of designing.

• Continuous mass mfg support by working in conjunction with project managers, hardware, software,

mechanical design engineers, component engineers, PWB designer, procurement agents, QA/QC,

internal/external customers, vendors by problem list generation, materials procurement, PCB and

mechanical assemblies.

• Developing and determining priorities and monitoring status of projects in light of meeting tight

schedules, lean manufacturing and quality / reliability of the products. Attending / initiating the schedule

/ technical issue meetings. Helping engineers in various issues during product development. Making

decisions by helping engineers in various issues during product development according to

manufacturing specifications.

• Achievements: Major projects involved: eX2, eFX, GCS * Designed, built and

staffed a pilot line. Operation of this lab has resulted in smoother design releases followed by greatly

improved PCB assembly flow. Liaised between manufacturing, design group and global repair shops to

resolve tech and part issues.

• Developed and implemented Access inventory management database system catered to

departmental needs at a minimum cost that boosted data entry efficiency by more than 50X, solved

problems of double orders, etc. * Troubleshoot manufacturing issues especially Pb free problems by

being a median between design groups and mass manufacturing. * Cost Buster project: Value

engineering, components sharing between pilot line, engineering, mass mfg and maintenance / repair

shops.

Six Sigma/Winslow Automation, San Jose, CA

Technical support engineering manager/production supervisor 2000 – 2002

Kyocera America, Inc., San Diego, CA

Microelectronics / Semiconductor Chip Assembly product engineer 1996 1999

Management of products from design to production to obsolescence

Education

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

MS degree in Materials Science and Engineering

Researched III-V materials, specifically on GaAs solar cell applications.

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering

Studied electronic, electrical, mechanical, magnetic, optical and thermal properties of materials.

Skills

Fluent in Korean, Lean / Six Sigma Manufacturing Certified, Experience in DOE, SPC,

Windows, MS Office, MS Outlook, CAM350, Oracle / ERP, etc.

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