Engineer Sales

Hal R. Good

P.O. Box ***, Cañon City, CO *****

Cell: 303-***-**** *********@*****.***

PROACTIVE COMPONENT ENGINEER

Develops organizational systems in manufacturing that minimize component obsolescence and scrap costs, and prevents future occurrences. Collaborates with design engineering, procurement and suppliers for improvement in component quality and cost efficiencies. Reputation for troubleshooting electrical issues, identifying alternatives for obsolete components, and developing strategies to turn previously scrapped components into a cash flow. Key strengths include in:

Component Engineering

Quality Control

Product Design and Development

Team Management

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

MICROSOFT, Redmond, WA 2016 – PRESENT

Component Engineer (Contract)

Component Engineer, XBOX group. CE Support for Engineers, Production and External Contractors across multiple groups and teams. Authoring and Configuration Management rights in both mechanical and electrical realms.

UTAS – ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS CENTER, Phoenix, AZ 2014 – 2015

Staff Component Engineer

Assisted New Product Development teams in part selection. Provided technical support and resolution of part shortages for internal Supply Chain Management. Created component test plans. Coordinated with suppliers to resolve component failures, resolve obsolescence issues, improve component quality, and reduce component costs.

LUMINATOR USA, Plano, TX 2011 – 2014

Component Engineer

Found and resolved obsolete electrical and mechanical component issues on Luminator USA products. Provided New Product Introduction support on new products. Analyzed products for RoHS, REACH, and “Green Letter” requirements.

LOCKHEED MARTIN COMPANY 2008 – 2011

Component Engineer, Dallas, TX 2010 – 2011

Found and resolved obsolete electrical and mechanical component issues using QSTAR on Lockheed Martin’s missiles and fire control products. Identified and prioritized active/passive components and supported design engineering, procurement, and production and parts control issues with vendors. Products: PAC3 Missile and Fire Control

Component Engineer, Orlando, FL 2008 – 2009

Found and resolved obsolete electrical and mechanical component issues using QSTAR and PartMiner on Lockheed Martin’s missiles and fire control products. Designed interposers to use more available components; consulted about failing capacitor issues. Identified and prioritized active/passive components and supported design engineering, procurement, and production and parts control issues. Assisted engineers in troubleshooting of avionics units and printed circuit board assemblies to component repair level. Products: MLD, LANTIRN, IRST, LAIRCM, TSS, Chaparral, TADS.

SANMINA-SCI, INC., Fountain, CO 2006

Supplier Quality Engineer

Resolved incoming inspection discrepancies and supported production lines by finding and resolving production line issues. Averted numerous component quality issues during new computer product development. Prevented potential supply problems by auditing quality of new suppliers’ manufacturing and business operations.

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, Englewood, CO 2001 – 2002

Sales Engineer

Sold Agilent’s test and measurement equipment to potential customers (especially RF devices designers) by telephone and email. Completed 10 weeks of in-depth, in-house training, including lab work. Developed and participated in specialized cold-calling team.

Generated over $800K in sales of high-technology electronic test and measurement equipment.

Generated over $100K in sales of construction consulting services and earth blocks.

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL, Longmont, CO 2000 – 2001

Component Engineer

Supported 3 production lines, as a production team member, resolving production issues. Only Component Engineer responsible for resolving all the electrical and mechanical component issues with the component suppliers. Found alternative components for components that went obsolete. First user in the company to use PartMiner to find alternative components. Assisted factory technicians in troubleshooting of printed circuit board assemblies to the component repair level.

LSI LOGIC INC., Colorado Springs, CO 1998 – 1999

Component/Product Engineer

Found quality components from consistent suppliers for new SCSI host adapter board products (hard disc drive interface) and alternative components for obsolete components. Developed ways to turn previously scrapped components into a cash flow.

Additional Relevant Experience

VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY, INC., Denver, CO

Field Applications Engineer, Tantalum & Ceramic Capacitors

HEWLETT PACKARD

Component / Materials Engineer, Fort Collins, CO

Created and managed quality improvement and warranty cost reduction teams composed of 5 – 10 people in computer manufacturing environment.

Saved over $4M in product manufacturing by improving the quality of all categories of electronic components, from microprocessors to passives. Won 3 company awards for quality improvement.

Taught Total Quality Control (TQC) techniques to 100+ manufacturing personnel.

Ensured quality manufacturing processes by teaching Taught ISO 9000 quality standards and practices to 75+ manufacturing personnel.

Service Support Development Engineer, Loveland, CO

HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY Los Angeles, CA

Field Service Engineer

BOEING AEROSPACE COMPANY, Seattle, WA

Maintainability Engineer

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

ADDENDUM

Professional Training and Development

Additional Graduate Level Course Work in:

Legal Aspects of Business

Engineering / Business Statistics

Accounting

Marketing

VLSI Microelectronics Processing and Manufacturing

Engineering Management

Agilent Technologies Courses:

MS Access

World Class Customer Service

Situational Sales Negotiation

Power Selling

Professional Tele-selling Skills

Hewlett Packard Courses:

Total Quality Control (TQC)

Design of Experiments (DOE)

ISO 9000 Quality Standards

Project Management

Time Management

Analytical Troubleshooting

Managing Interpersonal Relationships

Personal Communications

Other Courses:

Six Sigma Green Belt (Sanmina-SCI)

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