Quality Assurance Engineer

Antonio Fernandez

** *** *****

Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438

973-***-**** (home)

973-***-**** (cell)

********@***.***

Manufacturing professional with over 20 years diversified experience in

precision electro/mechanical aerospace arena seeks challenging career

opportunity in a growth company where skills and expertise can be utilized.

Professional Profile:

Highly organized self-starter, ability to work with minimum

supervision

Able to handle multiple assignments under pressure and maintain

control

Experienced with Continuous Process Improvement and Lean Manufacturing

Experienced in Assembly Specifications, Drawings, Engineering Change

Notices, technical data, Creating Manufacturing Method Sheets, and,

Inspection Instructions

Experienced in Supplier and Internal Audits

References Available upon Request

Education / Specialized Training:

B.S. Management, Nyack College, Nyack NY

A.A.S. Mathematics / Natural Sciences Bergen Community College,

Paramus NJ

RAB Accredited ISO 9001 Auditor

Quality Systems: ISO/QS 9000, AS-9100, NASA 5300, NASA 8739, J-STD-

001C, MIL_STD

Process Controls: FMEA, SPC, Inspection

Tool and Gage Control: Design, Evaluation, Containment and control,

Capability

Special Processes: PCB/ PWB, Soldering, Forming, Clean Room Assembly,

Cable and Harness, Hybrid Assembly and Inspection

Product Testing: ANSI/ASTM. IPC-610, MIL-SPECs

Top Secret (SCI) Cleared

Bilingual English / Spanish

Employment Record:

L3 Communications

Space & Navigation Division

Budd Lake, New Jersey

Quality Assurance Engineer Lead

Space Programs

2003 - Present

Responsibilities include the direction of eight direct reports and assigned

consultants across several Space Programs. Provide QA support RFQ thru

delivery on developmental hardware, Qual items, and, Production flight

units. Disposition Material Rejection Reports for both internal and

externally sourced items. Review and suggest changes to drawings for

Critical to Quality characteristics and special inspection criteria

including PCB/PWB boards, sub-assemblies, and complex optical assemblies.

Resolve manufacturability and process quality issues. Initiate, review,

validate and approve Supplier Corrective Action Responses. Supported all

manner of hardware development: and inspection including: electronic

components, hybrid microelectronics, electro-mechanical assemblies, and,

circuit card assemblies (PWB/PCB).

Execute corporate Quality System initiatives and requirements.

. Develop and maintain appropriate program metrics using the

QDS System as a basis

. Support customer proposal review/negotiations and contract

review for quality requirements.

. Prepare and maintain Quality Program Plans and quality

requirements flow down to Operations and vendors.

. Primary customer interface for customer quality audits and

coordination/resolution of internal quality issues via FRB.

Coordinate and perform supplier and internal audits.

. Support Preliminary (PDRs) & Critical (CDRs) Design Reviews,

Physical Configuration (PCA) & Functional Configuration (FCA)

Audits.

. Support Program Management Reviews (PMRs).

. Primary representative for Preliminary Review (PR) and

Material Review Board (MRB) for assigned programs.

. Lead ADR for final buyoff

Inspection and Metrology Team Lead

(2001 - 2003)

Coordinate internal audit function to ensure consistency of performance to

standards and ISO 9000. Provide and maintain training records for fifteen

direct reports that included receiving, in process, and final inspections

of all sub-assembly, integration, and testing of product. Oversee the

layout inspection operation to ensure dimensional tolerencing to

engineering drawings. Maintain the mechanical calibration department

including identification, control, documentation, calibration and the plant

wide recall system to ensure traceability to N.I.S.T. standards. Provide

feedback to the performing department when issues arose or trends become

apparent. Control an overall yearly budget of 2.25 M.

. Reduced turn around time of calibration tools from three days

to less than one day

. Developed and maintained a visual chart for all departments

to ensure compliance to the recall system. Achieved a 25%

improvement in the first 6 months.

. Streamlined the number of tools requiring calibration by

auditing owner areas and determining actual necessity.

. Perform internal audits Host customer audits

. Schedule and coordinate the flow of material through the

Receiving Quality department

. Maintain reports on the status of material in the quality

area, product and material yield data, and defect data

. Generate corrective action, preventative actions, and

supplier corrective actions

. Calibration compliance, date sensitive material, and,

material handling and storage audits.

. Create, review and modify procedures, instructions, forms and

drawings

Lucent Technologies

236 Richmond Ave

Staten Island, New York

Production Manager

Fiber Optic Metallization

(1999 - 2001)

Primary responsibilityfor start-up and subsequent ramp-up of the fiber

metallization program for the facility. This included the design and

installation of a class 1000 clean room, hiring, training staff members,

and initial hourly associates, optimizing Electroless nickel and immersion

gold metallization processes, destructive testing, inspection, quality

assurance, and shipping. Initiated SOP's for all processes and maintained

same when changes were instituted. Primary liason to customer for

implementation of changes as requested.

. Qualification of process lines achieved within the first

month.

. Established SOP's for all fiber-related processes and

inspections.

. Instituted formal training program for subsequent associates.

. Ramp up of program from start up to over 15,000 fibers

produced per week (150% increases).

. Increased production yields by 80% from May through November

. Partnered with a medical tubing machine manufacture to

enhance the fiber cutting and coiling operation thereby

increasing capability and fewer rejections.

. Incorporated robotics to replace operators at crucial process

junctures thereby minimizing scrap losses and ensuring

standardization.

AlliedSignal Aerospace

Teterboro, N.J.

Manager Precision Machining

(1997 - 1999)

Responsibities included coordinating all machine shop tasks to provide high

quality precision parts and subassemblies to both internal and external

customers. Maintain and control 4.7M budget with emphasis on reducing SRV

(scrap, rework and variance). Managed six direct reports with an overall

broad control of fifty plus operators in a three shift operation

. Initiated and implemented a visual workplace to set metrics

for shop goals, these were aligned to the facilities business

needs (AOP). Met weekly with entire staff to communicate and

challenge the performance to these goals.

. Proposed and established in conjunction with the local union

leaders a training program to crosstrain operators on various

machines and processes.

. Reduced total SRV by 12% (15 vs. 27) by tasking process

engineers to refocus on ineffective processes.

. Reduced manpower by 10% after six months while increasing on

time delivery from 65% to > 85%.

. Reduced cycle time by trimming redundant or obsolete

operations.

Production Engineer

Space Station Control Moment Gyroscope

(1995 - 1997)

Responsibilities included being the primary program liaison to support

production in the identification, documentation, and, resolution of issues

that could potentially jeopardize the timely delivery schedules, or,

quality of deliverables. These include processes, specifications,

equipment, tooling, documentation, bills of material, method sheets,

inspections, operator errors, and resource conflicts. Coordinated daily

status meetings with program management, quality assurance, quality

control, materials management, customers, and, production personnel.

Trained production personnel in the assembly and testing of qualification

and flight unit hardware.

Reduced cycle time 45% from qualification of the program through flight

unit build.

Delivered all harnesses ahead of schedule by providing new tooling and

fundamental design changes.

Reduced production manpower by 33% as a result of these improvements.

Recognized by the customer as an integral team member, for on-time delivery

of the product.

Manufacturing Team Leader

Inertial Guidance and Avionics

(1992 -- 1995)

Responsilbilites included the coordination of final assembly, testing and

integration of inertial navigation systems, printed circuit boards,

electrical harnessing, sub-assemblies, and, final integration of land and

space military navigational systems. Control the flow of materials,

manpower and inventory to assure monthly quotas. Ensure the thoroughness of

assembly and testing to comply with strict government / customer

specifications and standards.

. Direct/ assist/ coach 70 line personnel with the daily

assembly and testing processes

. Closely monitor the calibration of assembly, test and

environmental equipment to conform to established standards

. Maintain employee records for Production and Q.C. personnel;

recommend rewards, recognition and disciplinary action as

warranted

. Track yearly manload requirements for the Manufacturing

Department, recommend new hires, transfers and skills

training to meet long and short-term scheduling requirements

. Statistical Process Control certified facilitator; initiated

and implemented S.P.C. for the Inertial Guidance Assembly

Department

. Saved $119K scrap cost per year as integral member of the

MLRS Scrap Reduction Team

Contact this candidate