Engineer Continuous Improvement
Resume:
Matthew Platta
Elkhorn, WI 53121
**********@*******.***
Education:
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering
May 2014 Graduate GPA: 3.33
Experience:
Miniature Precision Components, Inc. – Walworth, WI
Product Engineer, December 2014-October 2017
Lead Engineer on 50+ new part launches for products including oil caps, oil fill tubes, check valves, battery vent assemblies, PCV/MUA tubes, purge tubes.
Lead Engineer for new product developments including liquid coolant tubes, liquid fuel tubes, and secondary start/stop battery vent assemblies.
Interface with Powertrain Engineers and Supplier Technical Assistance Engineers from customers including Ford, GM, FCA, Cummins, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Roush, and Eaton.
Negotiating and collaborating with customer Engineers on SOR, drawings, models, test plans, CP/IPs, DFMEAs, and other PPAP documentation.
Quoting new products and product changes based off customer source packages. Distributing models, drawings, BOMs, test plans, and design assumptions to departments and reviewing their feasibility input. Present quote packages during customer Tech Reviews.
Work with Designers and Tooling Engineers to ensure product robustness while optimizing tool design and cost. Also applying best practices and design guidelines.
Drive mold flow, FEA, and other CAE analysis tools to prove out product designs.
Hold design reviews and ensure continued customer alignment through design to launch.
Review test plans with R&D to establish methods and fixture designs.
Approve DV/PV test reports before customer submission.
Review drawings with Dimensional Lab to establish measurement techniques.
Review component drawings with Gauge Buyer to establish in-process checks and approve QA gauge designs used in plants.
Support Supplier Quality Engineers on supplied component drawings, testing, and builds.
Approve prototype builds and work with Prototype Engineers on fixture and tooling designs.
Analyze dimensional and capability reports to communicate required mold adjustments to Tooling Engineers for sample runs. Also drive down iterations to improve timing.
Support Quality Engineers to close customer CARs relevant to oil caps and oil fill tubes.
Lead continuous improvement VA/VE activities for legacy products and meet cost objectives for new part launches. Work with VA/VE Engineers to meet margin targets and company goals.
Support molding and assembly plants during customer visits and builds.
Ensure product development milestones are achieved and work directly with Program Managers to drive project management downstream.
Documenting and communicating design timing, feasibility, and risk to cross functional team.
Final PPAP approval and signature before customer submission.
Miniature Precision Components, Inc. – Janesville, Prairie Du Chien, WI
Manufacturing Engineer, June 2014-December 2014
Worked at Janesville Assembly and Prairie Du Chien Assembly sites through Leadership Development Rotational Program.
Familiarized with assembly methods/processes for products including coolant bottles, degas bottles, carbon canisters, vacuum reservoirs, water outlets/inlets, oil caps, oil fill tubes, check valves, PCV valves, quick connects, urea fill tubes.
Training in assembly equipment/techniques including hot plate welders, IR welders, ultrasonic welders, spin welders, pad printers, curing ovens, vision systems, photoelectric sensors, PLC controlled pneumatic assembly cells.
Interface with vendors to launch multi-station automated assembly cells including rotary dial, in-line, carousel, power and free conveyor systems.
Trained Production Leaders how to use earned standard hour values to match operators with cells that maximize efficiency and positive EH variance.
Created an Observe, Plan, Do, Check, Adjust (O-PDCA) continuous improvement system for operators and floor personnel to submit safety, quality, productivity, ergonomic, or team communication observations and suggestions to Engineering. Both the floor and Engineering then have visible, actionable records for historical tracking and coordinated implementation.
O-PDCA system was launched at the assembly sites and then adopted by molding sites. Some locations also added a “Suggestion of the Month” prize.
Rexnord Industries, LLC – FlatTop North America, Grafton, WI
Design Engineering Co-Op. Lab/Engineering Technician, January 2013-September 2013
Worked at FlatTop facility, which specializes in tooling, injection molding, and extrusion of conveyor chain components primarily for industrial, beverage, and food industries.
Also worked with design and testing of new products and data collection methods at the Rexnord Innovation Center.
Assisted Quality Assurance Lab with various dimensional and hardness studies.
Participated in Sales Engineering School training.
Major projects included: product handling tests, design/analysis of dust collection apparatus’, wear/fatigue analysis of chain materials and designs, testing/experimentation of prototype conveyor designs.
UW-Milwaukee University Services and Research Building, Milwaukee, WI
Undergraduate Research Assistant, September 2012-December 2012
Worked cross functionally with students from Department of Kinesiology on hand held devices in the ergonomics lab.
Conducted DOE studies and data analysis focusing on the optimization of efficiency and comfort for common hand held devices used in manufacturing, warehouses, and service industries.
Used ProE and 3D printer to design and build custom electrical plugs for biomechanical devices designed for motion and force sensing used in data collection.
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