Engineer Engineering

Paul Joseph Corona

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Address: **** * ******* **

WICHITA, KANSAS 67220, KS, USA

Mobile: 1-316-***-****

E-mail: *********@*****.***

KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Operations / Manufacturing / Production

Economic Analysis, Financial Modeling

Lean Enterprise / Manufacturing Techniques

Composite Materials

Six Sigma / Quality Engineer

NPV, IRR, Payback, Cash Flow

Process / Product Improvement

ERP/ MRP System Implementation

JIT, TOC, TQM, SMED, DFMA, SPC

ISO 9000 / AS 9100

SKILLS

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Single Minute Exchange of Dies

Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)

Kanban / Kaizen (JIT)

Catia V4 & V5 (10+ Years)

Visual Control (5S)

Non-Stock Production / Zero Defects (NSP)

Quality Functional Deployment

Electrical Bond

Torqueing of Fasteners

Sealants- Cessna, Boeing, Learjet & Beech Craft

Safety Wired Devices

EDUCATION

Wichita State University

Masters Mechanical Engineering

BS Degree in Aerospace Engineering

EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND

Park Aerospace Technologies Corp – Newton, Kansas 2011- 2013

Quality Manager / Quality Engineer

Responsible for creating Work Instructions utilizing for Manufacturing and Quality’s work Processes.

Responsible for internal and external audits including; NADCAP aerospace Composites, Compression Molding (CMP), Core Processing (CP), Purchase Part Approval Process (PPAP), Liquid Resin Processing (LRP), Metal Bonding (MB) & Prepreg/Adhesive Bonding/Resin Film Infusion (PAR)

Responsible for the Calibration for production equipment, and shop tools.

Checking order and review of test properties

Revised APQP Requirements utilizing AS9100

Confirming with Raw Material Specification (RMS) and writing new RMS for Park Aerospace.

Engineering- Design Concepts on film line.

Responsible for working to AS9100 standards

MRB – Disposition of non conformance material and parts.

Quality – Work directly with manufacturing “analysis” and” improvement” processes.

Process- Improved Work Instruction (WI) and Quality’s work Processes (QPM)

Quality- Procedures and MRB Manual.

WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY – Wichita, Kansas 2007 – 2011

Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Overall responsibility for leading continuous improvement projects for manufactures in Wichita.

Training project selection, project management, and mentoring for both Lean Manufacturing Kaizen events and Six Sigma projects.

All projects were scoped to address one or more of the following: cost, quality or delivery.

Responsible for Engineering, designing, drafting and GDT Utilizing Catia V5, versions 19 and 20.

Worked with other Manufactures ‘such as GKN Aerospace & Globe Engineering.

Delivery – 99% on-time delivery with turnaround time of 7 days.

Process- Improved methods of manufacture.

Engineering- Ease of manufacturing super alloys and composites.

Engineering- Design Concepts.

PlasticFab – Wichita K.S. 2004 – 2007

Quality Engineer

Engineering and Manufacturing of AH-64 Apache helicopter blade and stealth aircraft, Boeing B1 and Boeing A160 Hummingbird (military designation: YMQ-18A) worked with production, and purchasing.

Wrote 1st articles on detail parts, 1st articles on all assemblies, and 1st articles on machine parts.

Performed inspections to ensure composites, and metal details were being built to engineering requirements.

Completed inspection in Receiving Department and filed documents on those items.

Created detailed fished product manual.

Final part inspection and ran CMM (PC Demis) Drafting and QE Engineering utilizing Catia V4 & V5

Worked on F/A 18 HORNET, F-15 EAGLE, Sikorsky Comanche RAH-66

Manufacturing Engineering Planner of machined parts, details, assemblies, and tooling for Cessna, Raytheon, Bombardier, Boeing, Spirit, Pemco, Gulfstream, and Lockheed Martin.

Coordinated with production to apply lean methods to current process to reduce scrap and increase flow time

Performed inspections to ensure layup, core, and autoclave curing of composites were to spec.

Production Operations, Logistics, Quality Systems, Information Technology and Continuous Improvements .

Delivery – Reduced maximum lead-time from 140 days to 48 in 5 months.

Quality – Reduced Audit findings from 15 to 5 in 4 months.

Quality – Reduced customer issues.

Engineering- Design correction.

Process- Improved methods of manufacture.

LEARJET (BOMBARDIER) – Wichita KS 1997 – 2002

QA Lead Inspector

Responsible for manufacturing areas including sub-assemblies, fabrication, final assembly, welding, machine shop and receiving. Inspection on details, assemblies, installations, component parts, processes, and materials for adherence to quality standards and safety regulations. Responsible for wings and fuselage on Learjet 60 and 35 from detailed parts to major assemblies and dealt with vendors face to face and/or via phone calls regarding these matters.

Responsible for aerodynamics testing of these wings (stall fences and stall strips, which included loft contour).

Worked from specifications, blueprints and written inspection procedures.

Interpreted complex engineering blueprints and inspection handbooks; operated test equipment and a variety of precision measuring instruments.

Knowledge of and ability to use: scales, calipers, micrometers, height gauge and various material harness equipment.

Inspected internal parts for assembly and installation detail. Wrote own aircraft repair documents.

Quality – AS 9100 – 100% score on initial Quality Management System Audit.

Quality – Reduced Audit findings.

Quality – Reduced customer issues.

Process- Improved methods of manufacture.

Engineering- Design correction with engineering Dept (DCN, ADCN, ECO).

Cost- Reduce red tags with MRB stander repairs.

ASSOCIATED COMPANY, INC. – Wichita KS 1992 – 1997

Production Engineer

Worked on final assembly with blueprints, layouts, and trouble-shooting.

Responsible for right hand engine beam of KC 130 which included aerodynamics testing requirements be met for the engine (air intake).

Process- Improved methods of manufacture, including the enhancements of the process to convert customer requirements into a Job with accompanying routing. Together these Lean / Six Sigma projects helped reduce Work-In-Process (WIP).

Initiated changes which reduced time of beam construction and improved quality.

Consistently was working on modifications.

Worked in Fabrication, Machine Shop, details, assembly, Installation, and Electrical Departments.

Worked on stealth aircraft and Tomahawk Cruise Missiles.

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