Quality Assurance Engineer

JASON KENT REBER

**** ****** **** ***** 586-***-****

White Lake, Michigan abnuyf@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Quality Assurance Engineer with 28 years of product supplier procurement, production launch,

quality control and nondestructive testing. Expertise in product development and quality control

of plastic, metal and electro-mechanical commodities. Manager of Quality Assurance

departments and certified in nondestructive testing.

ISO 9001:2001/TS Advance Product GD&T/Gauge

16949 supplier auditing Quality Planning development

(APQP)

Six Sigma Green Belt Design, Specification

Certified/DOE Change Request and Tooling Reviews

Management

Nonconformance SPC/Capability Studies

Reporting/Corrective Specification and Nondestructive Testing

action/MRB Procedure development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TRW AUTOMOTIVE, Farmington Hills, MI 1994-2008

TRW Automotive is a tier one automotive supplier of automotive safety systems.

Principal Supplier Development Engineer 2005-2008

Responsible for monitoring the development of electro-mechanical, plastic injection molded,

metal stampings and die cast components procured from strategic suppliers.

Reviewed and approved 20 electro-mechanical braking modules and multi-pinned air bag

headers through the Production Part Approval Process, (PPAP).

Managed quarterly APQP reviews during the development and launch of electro-mechanical

commodities assuring suppliers conformance to specifications and manufacturing

capabilities.

Evaluated suppliers for production readiness utilizing Launch Readiness Audits.

Identified $230,000.00 annual savings for the GM Volt electric hybrid car by resourcing the

braking module die-castings to a new supplier.

Monitored and completed Product Validation builds documenting capacity requirements

utilizing Run at Rate/Capacity Verification audits.

Audited and transferred production tools into a new strategic die cast supplier.

Deputized as Senior Supplier Development Manager as needed.

Senior Supplier Development Engineer / Launch Team Leader 1995-2005

Tracked 138 program launches and PAPP approved over 1,000 mechanical components for

serial production.

Managed three Supplier Development Engineers.

Built agreement and managed relationships between the OEM and tier II suppliers, obtaining

approval of interior decorative switches of the Ford F-150 truck line.

Tracked and approved molded in color bezels resulting in $250,000.00 savings annually.

Led the development and implementation of all mechanical drawing notes.

Audited new suppliers in Germany, Mexico and Costa Rica to ISO/TS 16949 quality

standards.

Reviewed and approved suppliers with compliant pin technology for TRW printed circuit

board assemblies for compliance with the European Union’s directive on lead-free products.

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Supplier Development Engineer 1994-1995

Performed audits for compliance to QS-9000 quality standards approving six new suppliers.

Initiated and engineered procedures for PPAP and Supplier Request for Change processes.

Major contributor to the Supplier Awareness Quality Conference held for strategic suppliers

and presented QS-9000 requirements.

JERVIS B. WEBB, New Hudson, MI 1993-1994

Tier one supplier of conveyor systems to the automotive industry.

Quality Assurance Manager

Developed and maintained a quality assurance system in accordance with ISO 9000.

Supervised six Quality Assurance Technicians including training and merit reviews.

Reduced the scrap rate by 20% providing cost savings.

Initiated quality inspection stations throughout the manufacturing process.

Developed receiving inspection for purchased commodities.

Led quality improvement teams in seven manufacturing processes

Developed and implemented Nonconformance Reporting/Corrective Action Request

process.

A-LINE PLASTICS, Plymouth, MI 1992-1993

Tier one suppler of plastic molded commodities and assemblies.

Quality Engineer

Supervised four receiving inspectors.

Reviewed and approved the control plans for receiving inspection.

Performed supplier audits and source inspections for purchased commodities.

Resolved customer quality concerns and tracked sample submissions.

JERED BROWN BROTHERS INC., Troy, MI 1985-1991

Manufacture of deck edge elevators, steering gear, anchor windless and retractable bow planes for

the United States Navy.

Quality Assurance Specialist

Certified per American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) as level III in Radiography and

level II in Ultrasonic, Penetrant and Magnetic Particle inspections.

Supervised two nondestructive test technicians.

Wrote inspection procedures in compliance to Military specifications for Magnetic and

Ultrasonic test methods which were approved by US Navy ship builders.

Interpreted and attained approval of 1,300 radiographs from US Navy ship builders.

DETROIT TESTING LABORATORY INC., Oak Park, MI 1980-1985

Independent Testing Laboratory performing nondestructive testing, (NDT).

Lead Technician

Certified per ASNT level II in Radiographic, Ultrasonic, Magnetic and Penetrant test

inspections.

Performed test inspections for Marathon Oil, Detroit Edison, General Electric and Pratt &

Whitney.

Interpreted radiographs, performed weld inspections and documented the test results of all

NDT test methods.

Performed radiographic inspections of jet engine components, turbine blades, pressure

vessels and welded piping for power plant boilers and oil refineries.

EDUCATION

B.B.A., Quality Management, Cleary University, Howell, MI

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