Engineering Support Specialist

ENGINEERING SUPPORT SPECIALIST

. Responsible for facilitating and executing Engineering Changes

Orders to support new products, product improvement and material

rework.

. Experienced reading engineering drawings, BOM's, and interpret the

changes and apply material disposition (Use As Is, Scrap, Rework,

etc.)

. CAD Administrator assisting end users with technical issues,

software installation, upgrades and training.

. Demonstrates positive communication to help resolve issues and

increase productivity.

. Initiate cross functional meetings to resolve manufacturing and

material issues (shortages, rework) to expedite Engineering Changes

(ECO's).

EXPERIENCE

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. Morgan Hill, CA March 2012 -

Current

Document Control Specialist

. Process documentation changes in Arena and Expandable; ensure

electronic capture and retrieval of documents and records by

reviewing, evaluating and processing ECO's accurately and promptly to

meet department objectives.

. Manage and participate in projects that support continuous improvement

efforts and support manufacturing changes and new product development.

. Enforce document naming and numbering convention in addition to

ensuring standards for BOM structure for production release.

. Liaison with outside vendors regarding ECN's and part approval

process. Manage, organize and process all electronic data for part

approval documentation.

. Review and acquire signatures on all new engineering drawings. Manage

SolidWorks CAD data and verify the data in Arena and Expandable

matches latest production release.

. Generate new part approval documentation; create new BOM's for

subassemblies and sustaining products using Arena and Expandable.

. Implemented Arena Bom Control from Expandable to replace existing PLM

system and generated all training material for end users (Work

Instructions).

Philips Medical Systems San Jose, CA April 2007 -

March 2012

Engineering Services Supervisor

. Managed the workload of the drafters and designers to support new

product introduction, cost reduction, and manufacturing efforts to

meet the organizations objectives.

. Responsible for supporting work requests from field service,

manufacturing, suppliers and engineering for multiple business

locations (San Jose, Cleveland, Mexico and China).

. Delegate and complete drafting requests, BOM structure and changes,

and new design documentation for ECO release using Agile PLM.

. Generated technical work instructions for SolidWorks users for

installation, upgrades and troubleshooting.

. Provided written and verbal updates to senior staff and program

managers on the status of ECO documentation changes.

. Evaluate and select tools to ensure best practices are applied to 3D

solid modeling, drawings, and database management to improve the CAD

group.

Philips Medical Systems San Jose, CA March 1996 -

April 2007

Drafter/Designer

. Detailed engineering designs, generate layouts for prototype design

and interface with suppliers to produce a working prototype for

conceptual designs.

. Incorporate Engineering Change Orders (ECO's) to structure and

document manufacturing assemblies and field service procedures.

. Coordinated with supply chain and manufacturing to disposition

material (scrap, rework, use as is) appropriately during ECO

release.

. Generated engineering drawings and maintain data file management.

. Submitted drawing packages for quotes to approved vendors.

Silicon Valley Technical Institute San Jose, CA August

2006 - May 2007

Solid Works Instructor - Part Time

. SolidWorks evening instructor for a technical trade school.

. Generated all lecture material, lab assignments, student syllabus

and modeling demonstrations for class instruction.

. Maintained attendance logs to meet training requirements for

student certification.

. Maintained classroom setting with system maintenance (software

updates). Generated tests and quizzes for student development.

MedaSonics, Fremont, CA August 1992 -

March 1996

CAD Drafter/Detailer

SKILLS

SolidWorks Windchill PDMLink 9.1 Pro-E Wildfire 4.0 AutoCAD

Agile 9.2 PLM Clear Quest SAP

eDrawings

Microsoft Office Adobe Acrobat Product View Office

Communicator

DBWorks Expandable Arena BOM Control ClearQuest

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Organizational Management, 2011

Ashford University, Clinton, IA

Associate of Science, Electrical & Mechanical Design Drafting, 1993

Masters Institute, San Jose, CA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

NxRev, Santa Clara, CA

Introduction to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0, Certificate 2009

Masters Institute, San Jose, CA

Mechanical Drafting Specialist Diploma, 1991

GEI Technology

SolidWorks Certification, 1997 - Current

Central County Occupational Center

Manual Industry Machining Diploma, 1995

Industrial Drafting CAD Diploma, 1990

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