Engineer Manufacturing

A NDREW R . W HITE

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P R OF I L E - S R . M A N U F A C T U R I N G E N G I N E ER

Detail oriented, process focused, result and data driven professional with a background in manufacturing engineering and

management. Recognized for keen ability to engineer and be mindful of entire process. Broad experience in various

management positions including know-how in equipment specification, capital procurement, equipment troubleshooting,

process problem solving, tool design & build, programming robots, cost-reduction and FTQ initiatives.

C A R EER H I GH L I GH T S

Redesigned, rebuilt and achieved production worthiness of a prototype robotic copper braze paste application machine for

automotive fuel rails. Project resulted in a 53% headcount reduction and FTQ improvements for the paste application

process. Project included design of a paste dispensing gun, paste delivery manifold system, and the redesign of braze

furnace racks for pack efficiency & minimal operator intervention.

Sought and retained a new copper braze paste supplier willing to collaboratively develop a formula better suited to

automatic dispensing equipment.

Designed a $100 custom part for an existing hydrogen atmosphere brazing furnace that resulted in saving $200,000 in

capital expenditures.

Designed, built and qualified a tubing end form station for an existing machine that eliminated an extra process step for a

new General Motors fuel rail manufacturing program.

Designed and led a project to install a $600,000 process cooling water system for the Rochester, NY Delphi plant

(completed this project as a Kettering University Co-op student).

Redesigned and rebuilt a copper ring feeder that resulted in a headcount reduction of one.

Planned collaboratively for the consolidation of two mold repair departments resulting in a $600,000 annual savings.

P R OF ES SI ON A L E XP ER I E N C E

DELPHI CORPORATION ROCHESTER, NY

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer 2003-Present

Responsible for tube end forming, tube bending, projection welding, and brazing processes for automotive stainless steel fuel rail

production. Job responsibilities include quoting new business, process development, new equipment qualification, trouble

shooting, statistical process control, tool design, and problem solving.

Reduced cycle time of paste application machine by 7%.

Designed a fixture for laser welding a prototype General Motors fuel rail and led studies to understand how laser welding

affects dimensional control and process capability.

Designed and built a prototype die to pierce a 20 mm stainless tube with eight holes for the purpose of determining

production feasibility and product dimensional stability.

Solved multiple dimensional quality problems with fuel rail welding fixtures.

Designed multiple 3/8” and ” end form tools for improving process capability of critical tubing features

Specified and purchased a custom vision system that removes an oil film and then measures a key functional feature on

an end formed fuel tube.

Integrated a new Keyence LED dual micrometer to measure bent tubes on an existing robotic CNC tube bending

machine.

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Andrew R. White

General Supervisor – Tool Room & Maintenance 2001-2003

Managed three shifts of supervisors and tradesmen (117 people) responsible for preventative and reactive maintenance of punch

presses, progressive dies, plastic molds, screw machines, plating and assembly equipment.

Consolidated two cribs into one for an annual savings of $85,000.

Led an effort to convert a lube system to save $50,000 per year.

Supervisor – Tool Room & Maintenance 1998-2001

Supervised and worked collectively with 24 tradesmen responsible for maintaining assembly and fabrication equipment.

Participated on a cross-functional team that incorporated lean methods to reorganize maintenance departments.

Directed and supported tradesmen as lean methods were introduced into their environment.

Redesigned portions of an electrochemical de-burring machine that resulted in improving uptime by 15% and reducing

spare parts costs by 75%.

XEROX CORPORATION ROCHESTER, NY

Manufacturing Engineer 1996-1998

Initiated process improvement projects for an ink jet print head functional test line. The test line ran two shifts, produced 3000

units/day and utilized various computer operating systems.

Developed and wrote a Visual Basic 4.0 PC application and Microsoft Excel macros to automatically transfer data from a

production line to real time FTQ data processing. Achieved familiarity with Unix operating system.

Converted test equipment to use plant generated de-ionized water yielding $40,000 annual savings.

Reduced overall test line cycle time by 5%.

DELPHI CORPORATION ROCHESTER, NY

Manufacturing Engineer 1994-1996

Led process improvements projects and provided direct engineering support for a throttle body fuel injection assembly and test

complex.

Specified and procured a custom assembly stand for testing a new throttle body.

Integrated a new part lubrication system that saved $9,000 per year.

Co-op Engineering Student 1989-1994

Completed various projects in Test, Facility, Manufacturing and Process Engineering departments.

SKILLS

SolidWorks, Solid Edge, AutoCAD Cognex/DVT Vision Applications

FANUC Robot Programming Shainin Problem Solving Apprentice

PLC troubleshooting/editing (Modicon/PL7) Microsoft Office Applications (macro utilization)

E D U C A T I ON & C R ED EN T I A L S

BS in Mechanical Engineering (GPA 94.1/100), Kettering University 1994

Honor Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, Management Honor Society, Order of the Engineer

Rochester Institute of Technology – completed two courses towards a MS in Computer Science

EIT Certificate NYS

Two patent applications filed through Xerox Corporation for ink jet print head product design improvements

References available upon request

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