Nasim H. Zaidi

**** ******* ***. ******, ** *****

510-***-**** Cell

Email: adpdb3@r.postjobfree.com

OVERVIEW

• 20 plus years of experience in R&D, Manufacturing, Engineering, Bio Medical, Semiconductor, Electromechanical, Laser and Biotech industry, including Class One clean room. Good experience with working at startup companies.

• Quality worker, flexible, energetic, well organized and requiring minimum supervision while possessing a strong familiarity of schematics, drawings, & training procedures, Familiar with Kaizan, Kanban & ISO 13485 Med device.

• Productive & amiable manner with an eye to promoting any products success

& timely completion of projects with highest standard of quality.

• Familiar with precision Electromechanical instruments & tools used in modern manufacturing & production. Good team player & trainer. Knowledge of GMP.

• Hands-on and proactive with ability to solve problems using structured methods.

• Excellent track record of perfect attendance. Always willing to work overtime. WORK HISTORY

Sr. R&D Technician

Thoratec / St. Jude/ Abbott, Sunnyvale, Ca. June 2015- Present Responsibilities include supporting research and development of Heart Mate PHP Console; performing verification and validation; processing development and designing the test fixtures; and conducting troubleshooting and repairing of returned consoles. I support hemolysis for their pre-work, cleaning and dismantling the equipment, and delivering blood samples to lab for data collection. I support the development team to provide critical feedback in order to ensure that the proposed changes are in accordance to design requirements. I train and certify Operators at other facilities to build out new motors. I am involved in providing support for clinical return units to collect failure analysis data. I design effective fixtures used during dunk tests for motors and its incorporation in document control assigned with EQ number.

Sr. Manufacturing Technician

Acclarent, Johnson & Johnson, Menlo Park, Ca. Jan 2015- June 2015 Worked as a member of a fast-paced team and assisted manufacturing engineers and cross-functional teams in areas of responsibility including production support and process improvement. I was responsible for supporting the validating of both new and existing production processes and interacting with contract manufacturers to set up parallel manufacturing processes. I was responsible for supporting activities such as production support, validations, documentation development/ improvement, process control/ characterization, sustaining engineering projects, duplication and maintenance of equipment, fixturing, tooling, and cost reductions. Proactively broke down basic performance issues into addressable action items and identified process parameters while applying statistics to process measurement and control.

Sr. Manufacturing Technician

Home Dialysis Plus, Sunnyvale, Ca. Jan 2013- Dec 2014 Built system & component assembly include plumbing, chassis, wiring etc. Installed pumps, transducers, sensors, traps, and heat exchangers. Built a complex system following MPIs, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing diagrams. Implemented a documented test & checked procedure & troubleshoot when specifications don’t met. Suggested recommendations for redesign, reconfiguration in cases where the specs were not met, or assembly was difficult. Assisted in the development of manufacturing & assembly instructions. Maintained an accurate lab notebook including documentation concerning materials, parts used, concepts, designs, drawings, and processes. Performed incoming quality control inspection, also involve in training of associates. Sr. R&D and Eng. Technician

Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, Ca. 2010 - 2012

Conducted studies, research under the guidance of engineers, project leader and manager on Abbott Vascular Bio-absorbable stent technology. Worked with engineers on process development and refined finished good processes for drug eluting coronary stents, including drug coating process. Interface with variety of other groups including Analytical, & RE labs to provide processing information to R&D and Manufacturing. Developed & performed test methods to characterize procedures including radial balloon test, preconditioning, dislodgement, & fatigue testing on catheters and balloons, using Instron. Wrote & updated procedures. Participated in providing technical support for assembly operators. Sr. R&D Technician

Neovista Medical Inc, Fremont, Ca. 2008 - 2010

Duties included device verification testing, & fabrication of product under microscopes for clinical builds. Involved with vendors regarding quality issues & participated in process improvement and validation under GMP compliance. Prepared manufacturing, test protocols & final reports to detail the findings of the studies & its implications. Provided sample testing & data interpretation for cross functional groups within engineering and manufacturing. Also worked in RMA

& supporting role in field service.

Sr. R&D Technician

Circle Medical Devices, Los Gatos, Ca. 2007 - 2008 Responsibilities included fabrication, inspection, testing, & coordination of fabrication of catheter-based devices for several clients. These devices included both RF-mechanical & mechanical devices for endoscopic & notes type surgical applications. Assembly of end effectors using stereo microscopy using both adhesive bonding and laser micro welding techniques. Devices were built under full design control & GMP for design verification test and clinical application. Accomplishments included the successful manufacturing of devices that passed DVT and moved to clinical builds. Also, assisted with the modification of process instructions to prepare for DVT and clinical builds, & team leadership on manufacturing floor.

Sr. R&D & Mfg Technician

Philips Lumileds, San Jose, Ca. 2005-2007

Tested & collected data for engineers and scientists, performing lifetime cycle testing of LEDs, building test fixtures, equipment maintenance & installation. Worked with clients such as Sony, Samsung, Epson, & United States Dept. of Conc. Coordinated research on LED’s and projection systems. Worked on prototype equipment, assisted in mechanical design with external vendors for custom-made parts. Also involve in training production associates. Assignment Replacement Employee for these 3 Bio Medical Companies. Stryker Endoscopy San Jose, Ca. 2004 - 2005

Bio Rad Richmond, Ca.

Chlostech Medical Hayward, Ca.

Worked in research and development, for system design upgrades, & modification tests of new product lines. Maintained & collected failure analysis data, while working alongside with engineers & scientists. Prepared & wrote technical protocol for procedures & test documents for the sequences of events in manufacturing (MPI). Performed training & certify production assemblers. Sr. Engineering Technician

Guidant Corp, Santa Clara, Ca. 2001 - 2004

R&D laboratory environment, completed wiring, build, test & troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical vascular medical devices such as Balloon Fold Set Crimper, Hot Die Necker, Auto Necker, Expander, Bench Top Vertical, Hot Die Necker, Stent. Coating, Pulse 246 Laser Systems. Involved in final testing and document qualification of medical equipment to meet schedule shipments. Performed modification & installation on all mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic components to upgrade equipment to its latest rev. Senior Manufacturing Technician

Ultra Clean Technology, Menlo Park, Ca. 1998 - 2000 Built capital equipment for numerous major semiconductor manufacturers such as Novellus, Applied Materials, Lam Research, Watkins and Johnson’s & Applied Komatsu. Functioned as a senior member of Kaizan Lean Manufacturing and Time Study Team. Worked in a Class One clean room environment on R&D, Engineering, and Manufacturing projects. Assisted Quality Control, Failure Analysis, & Field service teams.

Lead Technician

OZ Tek. Hayward, Ca. 1996 - 1998

Final Assembly & testing of IC Test Fixtures for Intel, HP and LSI integrated circuits under stringent acceptance specifications. Worked in the R&D group on new product introductions in the development phase of new fixtures & their associated documentation packages. Assisted in taking statistical performance sampling for all quality evaluation and control reports whilst providing help in packaging and shipping of the products. Work as a team leader on mfg floor. Manufacturing Technician

Phase Metrics. Fremont, Ca. 1993 - 1996

Responsible for final test and quality standards for construction, precision alignment of Lasers optics and the complete functional testing of sub-assemblies. Involved in R&D engineering prototype development, new product introduction process & manufacturing documentation such as build materials, assembly drawings and procedures. Assist RMA & contributed in field service. Electromechanical Technician

Euphonix Inc. Palo Alto, Ca. 1990 - 1993

Responsible for fabrications of Digital Sound Emulators, Digital Sound Controllers, Multi-Channel-Amplifiers and Recording Consoles. Also directly involved in testing & quality control of these products prior to shipping. Manufacturing Technician

Credence Systems Corp. Fremont, Ca. 1984 - 1990

Constructed SC 212 high-speed testers from start to completion. Involved in product assembly, including testers from ASIC, STS and TEKTRONICS. Worked closely with field service & customer support groups. Assembled cable harnesses

& connectors, with involvement of precision soldering & wire wrapping. Also, involved in system test, & functional final test.

Production Technician

Apple Computer Inc. Fremont, Ca. 1980 - 1984

Assembled complete Apple Macintosh Computers & subassembly devices from start to finish. Additional responsibility to assist QA, RMA, Rework, Burn-In department. Also assisted in the yearly material Inventory & shipping. Education

• Associate in Mechanical Engineering - Inst of Tech, Karachi, Pakistan.

• Year long course in High-tech Assembly Techniques from the Inst of High Tech.

• High School Diploma

• Attended Certification Quality Program from Malcom Baldrige

• Assign Employee to IBM, Hp, Adac Lab, Logitech, and Johnson & Johnson.

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