Engineer Six Sigma
Resume:
HOWARD MORGENSTERN
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL HIGHLIGHTS
SUMMARY OF Increased yields and reduced flow times in manufacturing and
QUALIFICATIONS administrative environments.
Certified Black Belt in Six Sigma and have used it to save money and
generate new customers. Certified in Designing for Six Sigma and have
used it to implement new processes. Certified in Lean Manufacturing and
have used it to eliminate waste in manufacturing and administrative
operations.
These accomplishments have been achieved over twenty-five plus years of
professional experience including 12 plus years as the leader of a
project that developed and implemented a custom microelectronic ceramic
package technology. Experience with and built components for Radars,
Telemetries, Firesets, AF&Fs, Satellites and Secure Electronics. Job
functions have included Quality Control, Quality Assurance,
Microelectronics Assembly, Wafer Fabrication, Discrete Semiconductor
Manufacture and Basic Research. Work environments range from running own
company, working in private industry to working for government
contractors.
SKILL Statistical techniques and Six Sigma tools including Process Mapping,
HIGHLIGHTS Measurement System Evaluation (MSE), Cause and Effect (C&E), Quality
Functional Deployment (QFD), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA),
Design of Experiments (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Lean
Methodology, Root Cause Analysis and Mistake Proofing.
Certifications in Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt and Design for Six
Sigma (DFSS) all in Honeywell Six Sigma Plus system. Lean Certificate
from the University of Michigan obtained through Los Alamos National
Laboratory. Have used these techniques many times during of my career.
Trained in and implemented ISO 9000 philosophies. Certified Quality
Engineer (CQE) through the American Quality Society.
Black Belt Projects have included evaluating, characterizing and
optimizing new and old processes, materials, equipment and products.
Participated in the publication of a Design for Manufacturability (DfM)
guide.
Engineering skills including sustaining processes, enhancing yields,
purchasing equipment, modifying equipment, specifying materials and
developing new processes. Also have experience working with and building
parts to drawings and designs, material and process specifications,
vendor interface and quality audits, establishment of in-process
verification to assure product quality, setting up production travelers,
process instructions and bill of materials.
Management skills include budgeting, planning and resource allocation for
short term and multi-year projects ranging in value from tens of
thousands to multi-million dollar projects. Assembling engineering teams
to work on specific products and technologies which included directing
the efforts of up to 16 people.
Clearances: hold security clearances from the Department of Energy and
the Department of Defense
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
EDUCATION Bachelor of Science degree in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University
Pursuing Master of Science degree in Materials Science from New Mexico
Tech
CERTIFICATIONS Six Sigma Black Belt
Six Sigma Green Belt
Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) - All in the Honeywell Six Sigma Plus system.
Lean for Six Sigma (LSS) from the University of Michigan through Los
Alamos National Laboratory
Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) through the American Quality Society
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
December 2010 to Present
Systems Engineer
Systems Engineer in the Test and Evaluation Group in the Engineering Directorate.
Group responsible for all systems including Gravity Bombs, Cruise Missiles and
Rentry Vehicles.
Sandia National Laboratory
Albuquerque, New Mexico
November 2009 to June 2010
Technical Team Leader
Team Leader of the Export/Import Control Office (EICO) supervising a staff of four
Analysts that provided analysis, advice, training and support to the Laboratory
staff on export/import issues involving the EAR and ITAR regulations.
This included processing a variety of Temporary and Permanent Export and Import
licenses, agreements, exceptions and exemptions. Worked to determine customer
needs, regulatory requirements, map processes and find improvement opportunities.
Worked to reduce cycle times by 75% by setting up task tracking and improving
customer interface by reducing and focusing required customer inputs.
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 2009 to August 2009
Senior Quality Engineer
Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Production Quality and Analysis Department
supporting the development, prototyping and manufacturing of the Inertial
Measurement Unit and Guidance system for Trident Missiles. Worked on component
qualification for an upgrade to the Trident Guidance, Navigation and Control
system. Also responsible for electronic component receiving inspection. Worked to
understand customer needs, quality requirements, map processes and find improvement
opportunities. Used this information to initiate effort to reduce cycle time in by
75%.
CTS Electronic Components, Inc.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
July 2008 to September 2008
Lead Engineer
Worked on the Piezoelectric Product line with primary responsibility for thick film
printing. Also, developing new processes including Plasma Etching. Providing Six
Sigma Black Belt support for Piezoelectric Foundry which includes: Formulation,
Batching, Milling, Blending, Spray Drying, Pressing, Firing and Sawing. Assisting
in the transfer of products and processes from recently acquired company. Also,
providing Black Belt assistance to other divisions. Scheduled to provide Green
Belt Training for this division, and other divisions through out the company.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico
October 2005 to July 2008
Quality Engineer
Technical Staff Member in the Quality Performance group that is part of the
Stockpile Manufacturing Support division working with departments that deliver
Telemetries, Detonators, Explosive Powders and Materials. Responsibilities
included preparing parts and their quality packets for submission to the customer.
Performing audits and evaluations of processes, and identifying concerns.
Corrective Action Coordinator (CAC) for Corrective Action Reports (CARs) that
identify manufacturing and documentation deficiencies. Developed and implemented
Quality Assurance Plans. Part of group that wrote the Weapons Quality Assurance
Plan now in use by Los Alamos National Laboratory Production Agency. Assisted
organizations in setting up Production Process, Process Instructions, Inspection
Points and verifying Inspection Methods accuracy and repeatability.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS (continued)
Cofire Ceramic Associates
Lee's Summit, Missouri
December 2004 to October 2005
Chief Technology Officer
Start up company providing training services in six sigma black belt, six sigma
green belt, designing for six sigma,
lean manufacturing, root cause analysis, mistake proofing, process engineering, and
project management. Also provided consulting services in low temperature cofire
ceramics, high temperature cofire ceramics, microelectronic manufacturing, and
microsystems manufacturing. Company included eight engineers and scientists all
with at least 20 years experience in their specialty.
Honeywell International
Federal Manufacturing & Technologies
Kansas City, Missouri
July 1991 to December 2004
Microsystems Engineer / Project Leader
Project Leader of effort to manufacture custom ceramic packages for
microelectronics and microsystems. This effort based on Low Temperature Cofired
Ceramic technology in an ISO 9001. This included directing technical efforts,
planning, budgeting, and consulting with customers on technology selection.
Delivered hardware supporting MEMS Packaging, Telemetry (Wireless Communication),
Programmers, Controllers, Secure Electronics, Radars, High Speed Electronics, High
Voltage Insulators and Satellites.
Achieved manufacturing line yields in the high 90% range.
Fastest microelectronics technology development and implementation ever at this
facility from the time the
base technology was brought on-line to first substrate qualified and put into
production.
New low temperature firing ceramic microelectronic fabrication facility brought
on-line.
New equipment specified, purchased, characterized, optimized and qualified for
production use.
Honeywell International
Albuquerque Microelectronics Operation
Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 1987 to July 1991
Microelectronic Assembly Engineer
Packaged silicon semiconductor devices to Mil-Std-883. Primary responsibility for
Wafer Dicing, Die Separation and Sorting, Cleaning, X-Ray Inspection, Gross Leak,
Fine Leak, Temperature Cycle, Stabilization Bake, Laser Marking, and Lead Forming.
Experience with Eutectic and Epoxy Die Attach, Aluminum Wire Bonding, Belt Sealing,
and
Hot Platen Sealing.
During this time Production Line Yields went from 75.6% to 93.9%, Sealing Yield
went from 83.4% to 98.1%;
Flow Time went from 60.2 days to 23.1 days.
In September 1990 the department won the Department of Energy Award for Quality
Improvement.
Implemented an operator certification program.
Consulted on package issues, and on Failure Analysis of devices and determination
of contamination sources.
June 1984 to October 1987
Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Engineer
Produced several different radiation hardened integrated circuits in silicon
including RAMs, ROMs, CPUs, Gate Arrays and ASICs. Responsible for 24 Atmospheric
Oxidation, Doping and Diffusion furnaces. Backup responsibility for
Ion Implantation and low pressure CVD.
Brought into production an EEPROM enabling technology, a thin memory oxide with a
tolerance of plus or minus
2 angstroms.
Increased overall CMOS and MNOS performance and yield by improving gate oxide
uniformity.
Improved overall yield and cycle time by reducing the amount of stacking faults,
increasing equipment uptime and implementing Statistical Process Control.
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