Sr.Quality Reliability Process Assurance Engineer

Randal Adams

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The Colony, TX 75056

Home: 972-***-****

Summary

Multi-disciplined engineering specialist experienced in production, design,

process development, quality, and procurement with high degree of

adaptability to work in a hardware or software environment. Problem solving

self-starter with the ability to communicate with all levels of people.

Professional Experience

NEC Corp - Irving, TX 10/12 - present

Contract SQA Analyst

Provided support to major project in the evaluation and conversion of

uniface system to a dot net one. Required evaluation of system, document

creation/review, interaction with developers, Quality Control, program

management, test, technical writing, and reporting of Quality issues to

management.

Corrected major document template formatting errors with developers and

designers improving customer acceptance rate significantly.

Initiated activities to evaluate the project with a metric scoring card.

Raytheon - McKinney, TX 3/06 -

8/12

Sr. Quality Program Hardware Process Engineer

Responsible for the development, design, process, and execution of quality

compliance to production contractual requirements as a Sr. Quality

Program Hardware Process Engineer. Provided labor and cost inputs for new

business proposals as well as supportive basis of estimates. Additionally

responsible for but not limited to; conduct of internal process audits,

MRB, disposition and analysis of non-conformance problems, design change

control approval and release of new drawings, procedural development and

approval, developmental design evaluation, Root Cause and Corrective Action

(RCCA), Quality metrics presented in monthly Corrective Action Board (CAB),

First Article Inspection (FAI), direct customer interface, final product

acceptance in customer source inspection, training of QC personnel, and

reporting of Quality issues and trends to management in a quick paced

continuous improvement setting.

Assisted in the review, test, demo, and approval of OSI performance upgrade

currently used by the US Navy and US Customs Border Patrol resulting in

greatly improved detection capability on two radar surveillance programs.

Managed and supported quality engineering requirements for eighteen radar

surveillance programs both domestic and international in scope

successfully executing production and repair contracts with on time

deliveries.

Identified numerous product non-conformances that were a result of drawing

errors that required design change updates resulting in significant product

improvement.

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Experience Continued:

Played significant role in assisting the attainment of CMMI level 3

production process status which enhanced the companies ability compete for

new business.

Developed a Quality help reference as a guide to assist new engineers to

acclimate into the production environment which contained links, acronyms,

and other useful information reducing the learning curve. It was published

and placed into standard use.

VLSIP Technologies Inc. - Richardson, TX

7/01 - 12/05

Medical Business Unit Quality Assurance Process Engineer

Responsible for the development, establishment, and execution of quality

contractual

requirements as the Medical Business Unit Quality Assurance Process

Engineer. Additionally responsible for but not limited to; conduct of

internal process audits, metric yields, SPC,

documentation control, supplier control, training of operations personnel,

procedural development, MRB, disposition and analysis of non-conformance

problems, direct customer interface, engineering design evaluation, and

daily presentation of Quality issues with associated trends in a continuous

improvement environment.

Conducted and organized preparations for two recent annual critical

audits, a process capability assessment and quality system assessment by a

major medical customer with successful outcomes for increased business

market share.

Provided cost and quality engineering inputs as a part of the engineering

team in the acquisition of new business and purchase of new equipment.

Analyzed and identified critical process steps enhancing produce-ability

of current device build by 40 percent.

Conducted critical temperature experiments on modular sub-component devices

supporting customer engineering qualifdication resulting in approval by the

FDA.

Evaluated sub-tier Supplier Nonconformance on substrate laminate boards

identifying the cause for process variation resulting in production

schedule recovery.

Implemented continuous improvement initiatives and establishment of quality

improvement teams improving operations and internal communication reducing

cycle time, nonconformance, and increased yields.

EFW Inc. - Fortworth, TX

11/00 - 6/01

Sr. Quality Hardware Program Engineer

Responsible for Hardware support of multiple program defense contracts for

both ground and airborne platforms. Additionally participated as part of an

engineering team to address MRB, CCB, and material support issues in

connection with these contracts as well as assessing metric evaluation of

supplier deliverable parts and assemblies. Tasked with responsibility for

Hardware Quality Program Procedures at site level with flow down to

individual projects in accordance with contract requirements.

Evaluated and supported various projects as part of a program team to input

and define quality systems ensuring compliance to contract with associated

technical data packages.

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Experience Continued:

Provided quality engineering labor and cost inputs for proposals and design

reviews resulting in accurate data for successful acquisition of new

business.

Developed new quality design development process procedures for hardware in

the execution of current and new programs at EFW.

Conducted ISO and internal process audits in preparation for ISO 9000 re-

certification resulting in a successful outcome.

Flextronics International - Richardson, TX

2/00 - 11/00

Sr. Quality Systems Engineer

Responsible for supporting multiple board product lines with management

over a 17 person three shift operation to provide conforming product for

some 25 board types for telecom customers as an ISO 9002 certified

operation. Additionally analyze non-conformance problems with emphasis on

yields and defects preparing data and presentation monthly on quality

metrics and trends to upper management.

Evaluated and streamlined processes with process engineering supporting PCB

build on six product lines achieving nominal yields producing 250 finished

assemblies per day.

Managed 17 personnel as quality auditors directing line and process audits

in preparation for successful ISO 9002 re-certification.

Provided quality engineering labor and cost inputs for proposals and

metrics in design reviews establishing accurate process capabilities.

Raytheon Systems Company - Richardson, TX

1995 - 2000

Project QA Engineer

Responsible for supporting multiple project activities for land mobile

intelligence surveillance satellite communications systems and multi-

conferencing digital switches.

Evaluated, established, and executed Quality Program Planning Requirements

in pre-contract proposals for 10 projects totaling $100M.

Analyzed mechanical and electrical non-conformance problems in system

design and performance with resulting design changes as required.

Coordinated with customer and internal management for acceptance testing,

project costs, engineering change proposals, non-conformance issues, and

Quality System Reviews.

Evaluated Supplier Quality systems for multiple projects recommending

retention or dismissal based on cost, delivery, schedule, and product

quality compliance.

Negotiated contract bid proposals.

Periodically performed training on quality matters for staff and

colleagues.

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Experience Continued:

Boeing Space and Electronics - Corinth, TX

1993 - 1995

Contract Engineer Associate

Responsible for Full Scale Development (FSD) support as a Reliability,

Mechanical, and Electrical Engineer in the redesign of passive airborne

antenna radio frequency processor systems (AWACS upgrade).

Implemented major program corrective actions reducing change cycle time and

improving performance 94 percent.

Centralized activity coordinating assignments with engineering subgroups

resulting in improved communication flow.

Performed engineering change analysis implementing actions resulting in

successful prototype design.

Executed documentation peer review for all engineering changes implemented

maintaining a configuration change history for the program.

Texas Instruments Incorporated

1983 - 1993

Configuration Manager - Dallas, TX

1990 -1993

Provided support actions necessary to monitor and coordinate logistics and

incorporate changes into technical data packages.

Established performance tracking system to monitor progress of engineering

change documentation in review improving efficiency while reducing cost and

cycle time.

Implemented and maintained All engineering change requirements for 13

optical tracking sensor systems in production and potential future design.

Procurement QRA Engineer - Lewisville, TX

1984 -1990

Performed annual quality and process audits for 44 subcontracted suppliers

requiring extensive knowledge of processes, production methods,

specifications, and acceptance testing for 20 electronic component types.

Initiated and participated in the reduction of product discrepancies from

subcontracted suppliers through implementation of statistical control

methods improving yields and process controls.

Managed, developed, and qualified the explosive and propulsive sections of

an air to air delivery system for production.

Established Quality Systems within major subcontracted suppliers certifying

them to support stringent government contract requirements.

Performed on site supplier source inspections and acceptance of some six

thousand propulsive sections and nine thousand explosive units.

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Experience Continued:

Production Control Planner - Lubbock, TX

1983 -1984

Provided Front and Back-end support coordination, scheduling, testing, and

fabrication of both software and MOS devices in support of build,

inventory, and warehouse shipment requirements of multiple Home Computer

product line, three shift operation producing 1500 units daily.

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & TRAINING

Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point Six Sigma

Statistical Process Control (SPC) Taguchi Experimental

Design (DOE)

Geometric Dim. & Tolerancing (GD&T) Effective Negotiations

Reliability Training (FMEA) Integrated Logistics Support (ILS)

Design for Mfg. Assembly (DFA) Electrostatic Discharge

(ESD)

Production Planning Quality Training (TQM)

ISO 9000 Interpersonal Communications

EDUCATION

B.S. Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

MILITARY

U.S. Army Armor Officer - Rapid Deployment Combat Unit, 1978 - 1982

AWARDS

USMC Outstanding Project Support on Development Project (1997)

Selected to Marquis's "Who's Who in Science in Science and Engineering"

(1994)

Selected to Marquis's "Who's Who in Science in the South and Southwest"

(1993)

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