Engineer Engineering
Resume:
Joël Laforest
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OBJECTIVE
Seeking a Professional position in a Manufacturing or Contract Manufacturing environment, that will require full use of my experience, capability and growth potential in a challenging market. SKILLS
Adept at Engineering Project/Process development and analysis within manufacturing, test and system integration areas; strong ability to troubleshoot electrical, mechanical and electro-mechanical equipment.
Extensive cross-departmental communication and training with Sales/Marketing, Design Engineering, Applications Engineering, Program Management, Quality/Reliability Engineering, Materials and Finance business groups.
Skilled at establishing workmanship programs; read and interpret schematics; flowchart development; yield enhancement, and maintain effective records and data systems. EXPERIENCE
The Superior Group (General Dynamics), San Jose, California June 2015 – December 2016 Sr. Electrical Furnishings Design Engineer
Applied technical standards, Electrical Power Distribution engineering concepts, principles, and theories as they pertain to the design of Large Steerable Antenna (LSA) structures. Worked with and directed site installation teams to complete installation and alignment of Large Steerable Antenna Structures. Interfaced with customers to determine requirements, and implement required design changes to meet those requirements, to include kick-off meetings and design reviews. Collaborated with and directed suppliers in the fabrication of Large Steerable Antenna structures. Consultation Services, Québec Canada September 2012 – May 2014 Consultant Engineer
Plan, direct and coordinate manufacturing processes in various industries. Develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods by analyzing planning fabrication processes, tooling/production equipment capabilities and quality control standards. Provide recommendation based on production time, staffing requirements, and related costs to clients for management decisions. Program and develop automation process using Allen-Bradley products. Confer with vendors to determine products specification/compliance and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials or services provided by them. Perform civil engineer duties by supervising contractors at construction site to guarantee the job meets the customer and municipal requirement.
Red Cinema, Lake Forest, California June 2007 – September 2011 Test Manager
Manage and approve manufacturing test plan for camera. Implemented manufacturing test for RED One camera at the CM, managed and maintained test equipment budget. Develop functionality test for video camera. Built sustaining technicians departments expanding over 4 different continents which consisted of creating work stations, developing process and equipment and red technology training. Review and approve first generation prototype board test plan. Participate at the implementation of EVT and DVT against PRD. Supervise the release and implementation of test case in TestLink. Design and create DOE for data collection on features not well documented. Design custom test fixtures for sensor calibration, alignment, blemish detection and sensor cleaning. Implement Engineering Change Order through Agile CM. Shultz Steel, South Gate, California April 2005 – May 2007 Project Manager/Electrical Plant Engineer
Design new automated equipment such as furnaces, magnetic particle inspection machine and ultrasonic inspection machine. All automated projects were based on Allen Bradley devices like SLC-500, ControlLogix 5000 and RSView Studio Enterprise. Supervised and implementation of a new electrical sub-station (35KVA), in collaboration with SCE. Implement lean manufacturing process by using “Kaisen” events (5S) and “Overall Equipment Effectiveness” method. Those two methods help the company to increase the productivity by 100% and 200% in two different manufacturing departments. Joël Laforest
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Varian Inc., Poway, California January 2004 – Mars 2005 Engineering Consultant
Responsible for training Technicians and product debug. Generated and provided failure analysis report to upper management. Evaluated debug process, submitted report on process inadequacy and provided resolution. Corlund Electronics, Tustin, California July 2002-August 2003 Director of Engineering & Quality
Developed test fixture to eliminate hardware failure for medical instrument and to meet FDA approval. Created and implemented cross training schedule for the Engineering Department. Structured and incorporated 24hrs/7day technical support for the Production Dept. Developed and put in place new ECO/ECN and Incoming Inspection process. Helped created new BGA rework process. Developed new testing process and implemented IPC standards. Supervised and guaranty the precision, accuracy and reliability of products. Evaluated new SMT line (line value $1.2M) and AOI machine. Evaluated and conducted the implementation of Technomatix/Unicam software with bar code scanner which provided real time WIP and Quality Control (yield, SPC, PPM and CPK). Evaluated and justified the precision of the existing quote model. Supplied new tools for production inspector (value $20K). Maintained and supported ISO 9002-1994. Assure compliance to environmental requirement from State and City standards (OSHA, Sewer and AQCOSC). Clarent Corp. / ACT Networks, Redwood City, California September 1996-June 2002 Manufacturing/Test Engineer
Provide Engineering support for all New Product Introductions including process development and integration for optimized manufacturing in areas such as equipment selection, manufacturing development and test development. Gave training to our internal technicians and contract manufacturers for all NPI. Evaluated and implemented ICT fixture (HP or Genrad) for 10 layers PCBA. Automated and developed test bench using PC and Visual Basic script files to eliminate the human errors. Improved test process and yield by implementing feedback method from the production and RMA process. Reduced test time with good test coverage. Act as supplier's technical support to resolve mechanical, electrical, and quality issues. Coordinated and ensured the proper transfer of technical information between R&D and Manufacturing. Implemented Engineering Change Orders, development of assembly instructions, labor time studies, design of custom manufacturing and test tooling and ordering of related process fixtures. Selected and approved second source components. Maintained approved manufacturer database. Coordinated move of test equipment and proto builds to new CM in Washington State. Supervised and executed all test equipment moved from Quebec to California. Wrote and implemented procedures for ISO-9000 certification.
Work history beyond 10 years
ABL Canada Ltd, St-Laurent, Canada July 1996-September 1996 Manufacturing/Test Engineer
C-MAC Electronic Systems (Printed Circuit Division) Sherbrook, Canada May 1991-March 1994 Manufacturing Engineering
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING
Quality Standard Applications: ISO 9002-94 and IPC-610 Application Software: OrCAD, PADS, AutoCAD, Solid Works, MS Office, MS-Project, Oracle and Agile CM. ACADEMIC TRAINING
Polytechnic, University of Montreal (1986-1990)
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
CÉGEP du Vieux Montréal (1982-1985)
Electrical Engineering Technician
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