Luis (Lou) Bernal

***** ******* ******

Castaic, CA 91384

661-***-**** acp178@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Manufacturing Engineer with Continuous Improvement & progressive experience designing and developing fixtures for RI, Test, & Manufacturing. Skilled in all facets of product development life cycle from analysis and design through development, implementation, documentation, BOMs, and user training. Excellent problem solving skills with ability to effectively communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences. Effectively work in cross functional teams across all areas of operations. Consistently enhancing existing systems with an eye on increased production, decreased cost, and refined product design for manufacturability. Worked for military, commercial, and medical companies. Held SECRET DoD clearance. TQM Certified.

Expertise in:

Non-Destruct Test

Through hole and SMT technology

ITAR

Military Specification

Test procedures and BOMs

Create work instructions and travelers

Receiving specifications

Spanish; Read, write, and speak

Trouble-shooting to component level

Assembly procedures

Communication and people skills

Test and calibrate of electronic hardware

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Machine shop tools

IPC-A-610D Certified

Continuous Improvement

IPC-ESD-Certified

Prototype Engineering

FOD / FOE, MSD

UL CSA CE Knowledge

Computer literate

Schematic Capture, Oracle, SAP, CAD

Power supply design

Electro-Mechanical Design

Failure Analysis

ISO 9000/ 9001

Tiger Team Acquisition member

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Reduced production NCMR’s from 45 per quarter to less than 1 per quarter through Lean manufacturing, process improvement, new procedures, tooling, and training.

Transition a 300 sq-ft quasi-manufacturing area to a 2000 Sq-Ft production and test department.

Successfully completed power supply designs meeting extremely critical size and weight constraints within budget and on schedule.

Research and mitigated SMT ceramic capacitors fractures due to divergent T.C. materials on dissimilar materials.

Reorganized Test Department to improve functionality, increasing productivity and eliminating waste and rework.

Reduced packaging cost by requesting a stress analysis, which resulted in the removal of unnecessary hardware.

Saved labor-intensive cost on packaged Magnetics by introducing DIP type leads for ease of inspection and cleaning.

Mentor and develop staff, setting goals and expectations.

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EXPERIENCE

SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL, Sylmar 2012 – Present

Principal Manufacturing Engineer

Take medical product manufacturing from an R&D mode to a volume production environment. Focus on Continuous Improvement to reduce defects, improve yield, and minimize variance between lots. Write, review and approve engineering drawings, new specifications, processes and procedures for Manufacturability, Quality, and Engineering.

Improved quality by introducing IPC-A-610 awareness throughout the company.

Created a separate test and production department.

Performed time studies for costing and process improvements.

Design tooling, test and production fixtures to improve production consistency.

Weekly production status meeting to address issues, set priorities, set goals and milestones.

Manage product BOM’s for RoHS, end of life, and component quality issues.

Managed outsourcing of product assemblies and custom requirements

Actively contribute to design reviews and MRB meetings

GOODRICH CORPORATION, Monterey Park 2011 – 2012

Aerospace / Component Engineer

Chaired Obsolescence Review Board, performed Risk Management Analysis of components for allocation, obsolescence, and LTB. Worked with cross functional groups; Quality, Procurement, Scheduling, Design, Manufacturing, and Program office.

CCB meetings to, review ECR and ECOs for drawings and component requirements.

Wrote procedures to improve processes; focus on Six Sigma, CI (Continuous Improvement) and A3.

Review of Mil Specs and other requirements for new contracts.

VOLT / CURTISS WRIGHT, Valencia 2011

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Contract)

Designed production manufacturing fixtures improving product flow, wrote work instructions, routers, processes, procedures, handled customer returns, identified problems and potential for improvement at daily status meetings with a focus on Continuous Improvement.

Engineering Change Board for ECO review and approval noting impact on manufacturing.

Worked closely with Operations personnel; Quality, Design, Engineering, Purchasing, and Planning.

Researched, sourced, and purchased manufacturing and production equipment.

STELLAR MICROELECTRONICS, Valencia 2009 – 2011

Project Engineer / MFG Engr. / RI Supervisor

Managed schedules (MS Project), project budget, Statement of Work, labor, tooling, testing, materials, internal and external resources and personnel on development projects. Conducted design reviews, product reviews, weekly status meetings for timely product development. Worked closely with internal cross functional groups.

Performed market research on like product development.

Supervised Receiving Inspection (RI) department and Chair (MRB) Materials Rejection Board.

Supported design efforts, SMT lines, NPI Lines, production floor, and clean room.

Trained personnel on MSD Awareness and company procedures.

Updated procedures, generated assembly drawings and production routers.

Performed DOE on medical products for best practices of product production.

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JOHANSON DIELECTRICS INC., Sylmar 2007 – 2008

Applications Engineer

Provided solutions and technical support to customers, internal and external on new and current designs, failures, and potential failures of ceramic capacitors. Wrote technical training modules to support end users, distributors, and sales teams.

Research and investigated potential markets and product marketing options.

Designed and built test fixtures to accumulate empirical data of ceramic capacitor capabilities.

Research and development on high voltage AC effects on ceramics substrates.

POWER – ONE, Camarillo 1998 – 2007

Sr. Component Engineer / Materials Management

Provided technical support to design engineers in researching, evaluating new Manufactures and qualifying new components to SCD specifications which meet RoHS & REACH standards, ISO 9000. Qualifications entail Life Test, X-ray, cross section, CCTV analysis inspection; writing test specifications / procedures for RI, and establishing 2nd source Test Standards.

Performed circuit analysis to identify component failure, test to ID non-conforming components, and coordinate with Manufactures to determine root cause of failure.

Led efforts to standardize common components and integrate multiple component databases in Oracle for all divisions.

Technically supported all production facilities, Quality, and Purchasing to alleviate shortages, allocation, and work cost reductions.

Maintained and updated component library and maintained component history for each device used.

Proactively monitored PCNs for Obsolesces, review impact, and create workaround solutions to ward-off component shortages, line-downs, and potential component failures.

Coordinated New Technology Introduction with Engineering, Purchasing, and FAEs while working with Mfg’s Senior Scientist to design new technologies to meet evolving demands.

Sustaining Engineering technical support for Materials Rejection Board (MRB).

Verified certification of UL Components and assisted with safety requirements CSA, VDE, UL.

POWERCUBE, Chatsworth 1996 – 1998

Design Engineer / Test Department Manager

Managed Engineering projects, schedules, proposals, customer design reviews, staff, Test and Repair Dept. in the design of military switching power supplies (isolated DC / DC, Forward, fly-back, Linear, buck, digital monitoring circuits). Provided designs; prototype, test, schematic capture, PCB, BOMs, mechanical concept designs and ESS to Mil-Spec.

R&D on ceramic capacitor failures relative to differential TCs on metalized PCBs and materials.

R&D on potted magnetics, effects on magnetizing strength relative to potting compounds and materials.

Supplier Interfaced with PCBs to determine failure root cause and corrective action.

EDUCATION

MBA, University of La Verne, Ca

BS, Electrical Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

Dean’s List

Special Projects: Component Sensitivity on 3dB point of Active Filters

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