HORACIO MENDOZA
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OBJECTIVE
Senior Manufacturing Engineering Technician position
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Complex equipment maintenance, problem diagnosis, and repair.
Machine shop skills: lathe, milling machine, saws, and grinders.
Solid Works Proficient.
Ability to work well with others to support team in obtaining the objectives.
Ability to work from written and verbal instruction with little or no supervision.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sr. MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN:
Aptus EndoSystems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 2006 2009
Generated and released ECO’s to change production documentation and part drawings
Support production line
Learned the Assembly Process of two of the Catheters built here and trained new production
personnel.
Built test units and run all the testing (Torque and Tensile) for a catheter OQ screening.
Made custom tools and parts in the Machine Shop and generated their Drawings in SolidWorks.
Sr. MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN:
REVIVANT Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 2002 2006
Trained assemblers and new personnel on the manufacturing and function of the Automated CPR device
Support production line
Assisted Q.A. Q.C. with Production Equipment Calibration program
Modify and improve production equipment
Utilized Solid Works to design and machined new Process Aid Tools
Generated and released DCO’s to change production documentation and part drawings
Sr. MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN:
VNUS Medical Technologies, San José, CA 2001 2002
Transferred and implemented of PM Program from a Log Book to a Software generated data base
Provided production line support
Addressed and solved facilities related issues
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN:
Perclose, Inc., Redwood City, CA 1999 2001
Production line support, including troubleshooting of machines, mechanical and electrical fixtures
Trained new technicians in all equipment and fixtures functions
Control of all spares fixtures and parts in order to have enough back up tooling to keep production lines up and running
EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN:
Inhale Therapeutic Systems, San Carlos, CA 1999
Supported Clean Room in maintaining manufacturing equipment
Controlled of Manufacturing Equipment Calibration
Ordered and assembled fixtures and equipment for duplicate production lines
TOOLING ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN:
Vascular Therapies, Menlo Park, CA 1997 1999
Performed equipment maintenance, both mechanical and electrical, for catheter and stent groups
Assisted R&D department in design and in solving problems
Extensive processing experience in micro blasting and electro polishing nitinol stents
Trained technicians in equipment maintenance
HIGH VACUUM TECHNICIAN:
I.H.T. Corporation, Fremont, CA 1991 1997
Extensive experience with high vacuum systems
Casting aluminum alloy ingots under high vacuum conditions
Experience working with acid etching processes
Maintenance and cleaning of equipment
Qualified in the safe handling of chemicals
Experience with bead blasting
Light manual machining
EDUCATION
SOLIDWORKS PROFICIENT
PLC PROGRAMMING, Omron Training Center, Campbell, CA
ADVANCED 6000/MA SERVO TRAINING, Parker Hannifin Compumotor, Rohnert Park, CA
MICROBLASTER OPERATOR/MAINTENANCE TRAINING, Comco Inc. Burbank, CA
MICROSOFT WORD, Opportunities Industrialization Center West, Menlo Park, CA
COLLEGE ACCOUNTING, University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México