Engineer Manager

PHILIP L. MALOWITZ

**** ********** *****, *********, ** 76051

614-***-**** ************@*****.***

SUMMARY

. 20+ years in quality and manufacturing engineering spanning across

industries that include commercial, medical, military and consumer

products.

. Managed projects & staff including engineers, technicians and domestic &

international inspectors.

. Created new drawings, inspection instructions, specifications, test plans

& procedures.

. Captured cost savings by reducing scrap, defects & process variation, and

extending tooling life.

. Experienced with corrective and preventive actions, FMEA's, First

Articles & ISIR/PPAP's.

EXPERIENCE

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Dublin, OH

2008 - 2014

Quality Assurance Engineer

. Interim Quality Manager-performed added tasks during leave of current

manager and continued afterwards.

. Reviewed First Article samples for new product development & production

of the new Bottle Screening Device used by Heathrow Airport, Canadian

TSA, Iceland and Australia.

. Reviewed First Articles for production of 3 military assemblies for the

Blackhawk Helicopter and four military assemblies for Homeland Security.

Reviewed all new circuit boards to mitigate risks during production.

. Monitored daily nonconformances and First Pass Yield to maintain the goal

of 90% across all product lines.

. Became a Certified IPC Trainer to train and maintain technicians'

certifications onsite and at sister company.

PARTYLITE WORLDWIDE, Inc., Plymouth, MA

2004 - 2008

Senior QA Engineer & Corporate Compliance

. Developed a validation test plan for all new consumer products to assure

safety & compliance with applicable regulations and standards (ex. FDA,

16CFR1303 lead testing, salt-spray, ISTA packaging test).

. Developed a Final Inspection sheet for international supplier factories

to ensure product is compliant.

. Managed inspectors in Asia, Europe & USA, and trained them on ~225 newly

approved products/year.

QA Engineer

. Created illustrative specifications for glass, ceramic & metal products

to reduce product variation & rejects.

. Reviewed international supplier factories and provided production support

to ensure continued compliance.

. Implemented corrective actions to reduce defects by 50% from '05 to '06

for a cost savings of ~$400,000/yr.

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Warwick, RI 2002 -

2004

Quality Engineer

. Created an illustrative library of pc-board defects and visited suppliers

to reduce rejects. Resolved quality issues, tracked trends using

histograms, and issued and tracked complaints & corrective actions.

. Facilitated MRB and Engineering-Change Improvement Teams.

. Developed Visio process flowcharts and issued procedures &

specifications.

. Supervised and led internal ISO 9000 audits to maintain corporate

compliance.

AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION, Devens, MA 1997 - 2002

Manufacturing Engineer

. Designed the first production facility for HTS wire in North America

using lean methodology. Used AutoCAD to create drawings of new facility

layouts, parts and equipment.

. Reviewed and commissioned new equipment to increase production capacity

by 75%.

. Managed program controlling the inventory and extrusion of $1M/yr in

silver ingots. Obtained 8% savings by improving yield, tooling life and

reducing scrap.

. Provided technical & maintenance support to Production for the drawing

and rolling (and proprietary processes) of superconducting wire to

eliminate downtime.

STRANDFLEX, Division of Handy & Harman, Oriskany, NY

1995-1997

Quality Manager

. Developed a traceability system to comply with military and FAA

specifications.

. Issued FMEA's and ISIR/PPAP reports for customers

(automotive/medical/aircraft).

. Obtained new equipment to improve inspection & reduce process variation.

. Traveled to customers and suppliers to troubleshoot problems and minimize

product variation.

. Handled customer complaints and completed customer corrective actions

(CAR's & 8D's).

Process Engineer

. Created equipment set-up sheets and Six-sigma control charts for

automotive & medical device customers.

. Studied DOE & Taguchi methods to solve quality process problems and

reduced scrap from 15% to 8%.

. Provided tech support for drawing and stranding brass, galvanized and

stainless steels to reduce downtime.

ROME CABLE CORPORATION, Rome, NY 1992-1995

Production Supervisor

. Project Manager to reduce usage of $60M/yr and ensure ASTM compliance.

Achieved a $600k/year savings.

. Supervised up to 27 production machine operators and shut down plant at

shift end.

. Lean Team Leader: Managed SMED & Continuous Improvement Teams. Used

Problem Solving Training with Pareto, Fishbone, and Design of Experiments

for $30k/year cost savings and scrap reduction of 1.1%.

Process Engineer

. Commissioned new drawing & stranding equipment, prepared capability study

reports and implemented SPC control charts to maintain a $75k/month

savings.

. Created SOP's, equipment capability & material specifications to prepare

for first ISO:9003 certification.

. Developed a new water-blocking process and apparatus to simulate cable

testing after being insulated.

. Solved problems with drawing, annealing, tinning, stranding & insulation

of copper wire. Select tooling, trouble-shoot process problems, perform

creep tests, inspect dies & create [6-sigma] SPC charts.

SKILL SETS

. Certified Trainer for IPC-610 & J-STD-001 standards (for solder & circuit

board quality)

. Internal Auditor ISO:9000, ISO:13485 & AS9100.

. New product development & technology transfer to production.

. FMEA's, Continuous Improvement, Corrective Actions, Root Cause Analysis &

Problem Solving

. Lean concepts, 5S and quick Kaizens.

. ISIR's, PPAP's & First Article inspection reports for parts and

assemblies.

. Statistics: calculating X-bar, Six-Sigma, Cpk.

. Microsoft Office, Visio, AutoCAD, Minitab, SAP, BAAN, Sharepoint and

PeopleSoft systems.

EDUCATION & ADVANCED TRAINING

1991 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of New York

at Buffalo

Minor in Material Science, University of New York at Buffalo

1993 EIT Certificate, New York

ISO 9000 Auditor Certification, MACNY Management Training

Institute

1999 Project Management Certificate, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

Plant Design and Facility Layouts, TurnKey Manufacturing Seminars

2000 AutoCAD 2000, Assabet Valley Vocational Center

2005 Certificate in Glass Annealing at American Glass

2009 AS9100 Auditor Training

ISO 13485:2003 Internal Quality Systems Auditor

2012 Certified IPC Trainer for IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001

2013 Certificate in Export & Defense Trade Controls (EAR & ITAR)

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