Engineer Quality

SOHEIL ETEMAD

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Prospect, KY 40059 ******.******@*****.***

SUMMARY

Experienced and extensively trained in Design, Production, Development Engineering, Quality Assurance and Project Management.

Qualified by extensive experience and expertise in: Plastic Design, Sheet metal Fabrication, Statistical Process Control, Advance Quality Planning and Reliability goals and standards.

Innovative, creative and profit oriented business professional willing to assume responsibility and solve problems quickly.

Team player with excellent communication skills and ability to motivate and engage associates in achieving customer satisfaction and business goals.

Successful in negotiating favorable design and construction contracts.

US Patent holder for 3 unique features in the GE Horizontal Axis washer / dryer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT – Louisville, KY 2008 - Present

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION / Refrigeration Group - Evansville, IN

CATERPILLAR CORPORATION, Lafayette, IN

Six Sigma Black Belt – Contract Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Supported product development efforts by preparing quality plans, reviewing design plans and overseeing qualification and verification/validation process.

Delivered quality plan for new product concepts by integrating customer needs and expectations into the design and development.

Processed DFMEA, PFMEA, DVP&R, corrective actions and customer quality concerns.

Served on the integrated product team for design validation and release of new parts and subassemblies.

Managed all aspects of quality improvements at the new site in one of Caterpillar’s overseas plant.

GENERAL ELECTRIC CONSUMER & INDUSTRIAL

Lead Systems/Product Engineer, GE Appliances, Louisville, KY 2004-2008

Design Engineer, GE Appliances, Louisville, KY 1999-2001

Intern and Contract Quality Engineer, GE Plastics and GE Appliances-Cooking, IN, KY 1988-1991

Used Six Sigma methodology to design, release and implement parts for new dryer introduction and utilize current manufacturing process and tools.

Designed and Installed two Electro-mechanical test fixtures for the Reliability test eliminating human interaction.

Managed all aspects of the product design and development of the Profile Horizontal Axis Dryer Program.

Developed and proved feasibility of a unique dryer load sensing approach improving the initial dry time estimate accuracy 40% by implementing a unique calculation process

Led dryer sound reduction projects and successfully reduced sound level by 5 dB and maintained price point.

Ensured product designs meet technical specification requirements, including marketing features, claims, product appearance, performance, reliability, cost, SCR goals, CTQ Z-scores, project schedule, resource commitments, serviceability requirements and product safety.

Ensured thorough documentation of all design work including drawings, tolerance loops, bill of materials, problem and action lists, design record books, risk management, FRACAS reports and safety reviews.

Revised the GE dryer design engineering B-Course lecture package and led the presentation to a group of 25 Edison program members.

Led the presentation introducing new GE dryer to 100+ GE sales team members.

Determined the reliability requirements of systems and components to achieve customer, company and governmental agency reliability objectives.

Suggested design methods and statistical process control procedures for gaining required product reliability.

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WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, OHIO 2001-2004

Senior Product / Quality Assurance Engineering Manager

Evaluated Marketing requests for new products determining manufacturing and cost feasibility.

Provided technical assistance to Sales, Marketing and Customer Service improving product quality.

Changed the manufacturing process order for 4 Whirlpool models saving in excess of $2 million.

Completed four projects using the Whirlpool’s C2C [Concept to Customer] methodology and met the project time line and budget requirements.

Reduced the headcounts of dryer assembly lines by 20% by using revolving table for parts’ transfer and using the lean manufacturing concepts such as eliminating waste and 5S.

Improved dryer parts / components & processes using the DOE concept and Factorial screening concept.

Designed and developed components for testing of two new Electronic Washer controls involving multiple plastic and sheet metal parts.

Established reliability goals, conducted life predictions and accelerated testing predictions, and meeting part reliability goals for new parts.

Improved dryer belt assembly method, resulting in reduction in service calls and savings in excess of $1 million.

WAKO ELECTRONICS, Louisville, KY 1991-1999

Lead Product / Quality Assurance Engineer

Planned, scheduled, initiated, and followed up quality engineering methods and procedures improving and maintaining product quality.

Specified dimensions and characteristics to be inspected, provided techniques to be followed and documentation to maintain to achieve quality standards.

Applied and implemented the Quality and Design related corrective and preventive actions using the 8-D process for automotive standards and requirements.

Led company through ISO-9001/QS-9000 registration process and subsequent audits with no significant nonconformance citations in ongoing audits.

Implemented disciplines and created a predictive and preventive quality system.

Prepared cost studies, wrote machine and tool specifications, and follow up actions.

Custom designed innovative cost efficient water sealed thermostat for defrosting.

Conceived and patented highly profitable design for the nickel temperature sensors.

Responsible for nickel winding improvement (6-Sigma Project) resulting in saving in excess of 500K annually.

Designed and developed the three and seven inch platinum temperature sensors primarily used for control of the range temperatures.

Held Quality responsibilities for dual injection molding program.

Worked extensively with agencies such as UL, CSA, VDE, BEAB, IEC, AHAM, for component tests and product listing.

Supervised, trained, coached and evaluated Engineers, Technical Assistants, and University Interns.

Managed several projects enhancing the existing designs of the electromechanical products.

Qualified materials, suppliers, contract packers by assessing against written standards and specifications.

Prepared sketches and drawings for costing - created cost sheets and bills of material.

Consulted directly with the customer to discuss the design, cost, and spec issues.

Supervised production to assure customer specs were maintained and resolved production problems.

Worked intensively with the Design and Quality engineers of major automotive companies Ford and Chrysler for product Design and Quality enhancement.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Caterpillar Corporation: Diesel Engine Training

Black Belt Certification - Whirlpool Operational Excellence Program

Certified DFSS & DMAIC Green Belt – General Electric Consumer & Industrial

GEA Training: Design for Six Sigma [DFSS], Design for Reliability [DFR].

Design of Experiments [DOE], Statistical Process Control [SPC], DFMEA and PFMEA, ANSI Standards, Lean Manufacturing Principals, TQM, TS16949, ISO-9001, QS-9000, APQP, PPAP, Value Engineering, GR&R,

GD&T, 8-D Customer complaints & corrective actions, Taguchi Robust Design, Fault Tree Analysis.

Implemented ISO9000/QS9000 Engineering procedures in accordance with the QS9000, APQP, reference manuals.

Working knowledge of Auto-Cad, Intergraph, Design-Cad, Solid Edge, Primavera Project Management Software, Lotus, Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Power Point and Advanced Excel, Minitab and JUMP.

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