Quality/Reliability/Warranty Engineer
Resume:
RAFIU AJAYI
Waterloo, Iowa 50701
**********@*******.***
SUMMARY:
Quality/Reliability & Warranty Engineer with over 15 years of progressive, responsive, experience in engineering and manufacturing services with a proven record of success.
Savings of over $12 million/yearly on labor and material (Bar Code).
Hydraulic pump processing with savings of $300,000/year on material and labor.
PTO with savings of $63,000/year and cost saving for new machine in excess of $250,000.
Claimed $54,000 for material cost from new machine manufacturer.
Reworked and consolidated inspection planning for major department with $320,000 savings.
Developed and maintained warranty database with large data sets, review data sets, to identify similarities and trends in large data sets.
Warranty cost savings and cost avoidance over $7 millions.
Manage reliability program for new product released on time with budget saving of $3 millions.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Reliasoft, FRACAS
SPC, PPAP, DOE, APQP, FMEA,
MS Office: Words, Excel (pivot table, graphs macros etc.), Power Point
MS Outlook
Lotus notes
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
07/2012 - Present
John Deere Product Engineering Center, (VIVA-IT), Cedar Falls, Iowa
Warranty & Reliability Senior Engineer
Warranty Issues on Products in Region 2, 4 and 3, which covers Canada, USA, South America and Mexico
Use Reliasoft to Analyze World Wide Data/FRACAS for Weibull Analysis
Developed and maintained warranty database with large data sets, review data sets, to identify similarities and trends in large data sets
Use Competing Failure Mode Analysis (CFMA) to identify Failure Modes with their respective reliability distributions from Current Product warranty, during Inherit Reliability Assessment Phases. DFMA, DVP&R
Participated in new Engine System Reliability Model BlockSim/FMEA/RCMA to the Service Part Level
Conduct and lead the Weekly and BI-weekly WEB-EX meetings with Territory Customer Support Managers,
DTAC Supervisors and Manufacturing Platform CI group. RGA products and components for full failure Analysis
Gather and Analyze failure concerns through corporate warranty data base (WW) System for Weekly,
Monthly and Quarterly as needed for Continuous Improvements (CI) and Product Improvement Plans (PIP)
12/ 2007 – 07/2012
Engineering Services and Tech Group, Southfield, MI
Quality Engineer
Lead Quality Engineering support to resolve manufacturing floor problems.
Established quality lab, procedures and calibration of all gages
Lead the support for engineering change notice reviews with impact to process and system.
Set-up product disposition and discrepancy report
Monitor and updated ISO 9000/TS16949
Lead team effort in performance monitoring key process indicators (Kepi’s) and Warranty
Developed a team to ensure compliance to Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) including PFMEA and Control Plan reviews
Introduce Receiving Inspection and Incoming Quality Review
Launch readiness review process
11/2003 - 12/2007
American Advantage, Southfield, MI
Quality Assurance Engineer
System Performance Audit on Commercial loans, Churches, Investors, Gas Stations, Lounges,
Review Appraisal, Title commitments and schedule closings to maximal employee performance level. .
Design and implementation of a Computerized Servers for loan consolidation, and foreclosure
01/1999 - 10/2003
Ford Motor, (CAETECH), Dearborn, MI
Reliability Engineer
Participated in Lincoln Freshening program and developed 5-year quality plan
Developed Quality and Reliability Targets TGW, CPU, R/1000, Customer Satisfaction Plan
Lead Quality and Reliability Roadmap for Robustness on Climate Control and Electrical, APQP
DFMEA, PFMEA, P-Diagram, 8-D, Critical Test, Reliability Assessment and Robustness Matrix
09/1989 - 12/1998
Detroit Diesel, Detroit, MI
Quality and Reliability Engineer
Perform detailed Reliability investigations and analysis on field failures associated with products.
Provide Reliability predictions: SPC, PPAP, DOE, FMEA, Statistical and Warranty analysis.
Manage monthly meetings with Directors and the Executives on field concerns and corrective status.
Participated in developing, implementing and achieving ISO 9000 certification.
Responsible for upgrading manufacturing process to meet quality and reliability goals
Develop and maintain warranty database: a Close-The-Loop (CTL) system on failures/concerns.
Investigate customer warranty to identify charge-back claims to OEM, distributors and dealers.
Implement and manage Bar Code system for optional parts on assembly line.
Coordinate continuous improvement weekly meetings of field returns with department managers
Supervise Product Verification Auditors.
10/1988-09/1989
Seeking employment
12/1986 - 10/1988
Case IH Equipment Hinsdale, Illinois
Reliability Engineer
Establish reliability goals for new/current products and components. Engine, Powertrain, Electronics
Develop and perform detailed analysis on engineering tests and warranty data. Weibull, DOE, FMEA
Predict product reliability level on current designs based on warranty data and laboratory result.
Design test programs for demonstrating reliability of components and /or components applications.
09/1979 - 11/1986
John Deere Operations, Waterloo, Iowa
Quality Engineer
Supervise special investigators in Layout group.
Conduct machine capability studies at vendor's plant for compliance before shipment.
Write inspection plans for manufactured, purchased parts and assemblies.
Train personnel in Statistical Quality Controls (SQC), Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Determine probable cause of Out-of-Control conditions in manufacturing via data design collections,
Layout using Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM), Statistical Analysis System (SAS) and (CAL)
Identify and develop remedies for quality improvements in engineering design and manufacturing
Perform process studies prior to releasing new machine to production.
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EDUCATION:
1978
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Illinois
BS Industrial Engineering/System Engineering
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