Reliability/Quality Engineer

Objective

To take a challenging role as Reliability/Quality Engineer in a progressive company where I could utilize my skills in statistical process control procedures, strategic sourcing, and other reliability proceedings and use these skills in providing quality service to the company.

Professional experience

Reliability/Quality Engineer, Cummins Power Generation, June 2005 – May 2008

• Responsible for developing and writing reliability test plans for new VPI products to achieve system reliability and ensure that the product met specifications.

• Analyzed preliminary plans and developed reliability engineering program to achieve customer reliability objectives.

• Prepared diagrams, charts, drawings, calculations, and reports for defining reliability problems and made recommendations for improvements.

• Improved overall product reliability through the use of predictive maintenance tools and trend analysis techniques (Pareto, histograms, scatter charts, graphs and other techniques).

• Suggesting test and design methods and statistical process control procedures for gaining required levels of product reliability.

• Provide advises in design engineering on selection, test and application of electronic components and systems.

• Participate and lead in the following efforts — reliability improvement teams, strategic sourcing teams, process hazard analysis, incident investigations, project related safety reviews, management of change issues, risk based inspection optimization.

• Lead the FIRG (Failure Incident Review) team and organize weekly team meetings to give product reliability updates to design engineers.

• Provide monthly reliability reports to design engineers for the new product design based on product test results.

• Provided reliability engineering support for back-up residential and commercial power units.

• Calculate the MTBF, MTTR for existing products and provide them to the customers.

• Work with Deisgn Engineers to assure that maintainability and reliability principles are integrated into all capital projects.

• Lead and provide group awareness training to management and engineers on the benefits of reliability testing of new products so quality product is shipped out to the end user. Active trainer of Reliability Practices.

• Calculating and estimate new product warranty based on parent product.

• Worked with Quality Engineers to create and maintain online Corrective Action Report system.

• Attend and represent the company at Reliability Seminars.

• Interact with other Reliabilty engineers within the company and exchange views and ideas.

Product Support/Documentation Engineer, Goodrich Sensor System, Feb 1998 — Jan 2005

• Design Team member for the redesign of the Air Data Sensor for B2 bombers.

• Analyzing the existing design ADS system and provided cost effective

• Product support engineer for existing military air data sensors (C130, F22, F16,..)

• Provide customer support and recommend alternate drop-in replacement for obsolete parts.

• Create Quality test plans and document Quality test reports for various Air Data Products (C130 aircraft, F22 Raptor, to name a few)

• Initiate corrective action requests for returned products

• Create test instructions and procedures relating to inspection and testing.

• Run Software Verification test for F22 air data sensor

• Write software verification test plans and test reports.

• Recommend alternate part replacements for pcb, ECO change approvals.

• Search and recommend drop in replacement parts for obsolete products.

• Manufacturing support of printed circuit board analysis for routing defects.

• Analysis and testing of failed/returned products and create failure analysis reports.

• Performed Quality Audits at the factory to make sure that it complies with quality assurance procedures.

• Set up effective filing system for the monitoring of all test results.

• Supported Quality Engineer in the drafting of manufacturing procedures by monitoring manufacturing processes.

Engineer 1, Herkules Power Controls, December 1996 — September 1997

• Responsible for the design and testing of power control interface for the roll grinders.

• Responsible for parts and component selection and purchase.

• CAD design of the mother board of the power controller.

• Inspect and test returned PC boards.

• Expertly performed preventative maintenance and calibration of equipment and systems, earning outstanding reputation for proficiency and quality.

• Check, upgrade and repair the electomechanical devices, connectors and controllers.

Professional Profile

• Goal-driven, dedicated professional with engineering background, as well as more than 7 years of design engineering, reliability & quality engineering, product support, component engineering experience.

• Excellent analytical knowledge in 7 step .problem solving tools and methods

• Capable to choose and apply decision making techniques to sustain higher level of processes.

• Proven performer who is adept at working independently with minimal supervision, as well as contributing and collaborating as productive team member.

• Effective, personable team player with unsurpassed interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to handle customer questions and objections.

• Enthusiastic, knowledge-hungry self-starter with significant exposure to reliability, maintainability, and quality assurance fields; eager to meet challenges and quickly assimilate product knowledge; committed to assessing customer needs.

• Customer-focused communicator with proven ability to understand and convey complex product information, develop rapport, build strong relationships with customers and co-workers.

• Motivated achiever cited in performance reviews for excellence in relationship building, obtaining appointments, and taking on leadership roles.

• Energetic contributor with demonstrable detail orientation and multi-tasking/organizational proficiency.

Education

University of Memphis, Tennessee

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics, 1996 GPA: 3.4/4.0

Skills

COMPUTER/TECHNICAL SKILLS

• RELIASOFT

• HASS • Relex Software

• HALT Tests • MS Publisher

• DISCOVERER Warranty • Regression Analysis • Front Page

• RBD Analysis • Fault Tree Analysis • RCM

• Wiebull Analysis • MS Word • C Programming

• Life Data Analysis • MS Excel • AUTOCAD

• MINITAB • MS Access • Mozilla

• FMEA • Adobe Acrobat • IE

• FIR • Corel Draw • Windows 2003/XP/Vista

• FRACAS • HTML • Netscape

• Six Sigma • ISO 9001, AS 9100, QMS • DOE

• 7 Step Problem solving • MIL-STD, MIL-HDBK, MIL-PRF • DOD Standards

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Good listener

• Interpersonal skills • Customer satisfaction/client satisfaction

• Organizational skills

• Computer literacy

• Time management skills

• Self-motivation/initiative

• Ability to understand and convey complex information

• New product introduction/launch

References

Mark Weber 763-***-****

Mike Miller 763-***-****

Ather Mohammed 651-***-****

Languages

English, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish

Awards Received

National DEANS LIST 1994, 1995

Interests and Activities

Travelling, Socializing

Volunteer Experience

• Volunteered to serve food at United Way Shelter

• Volunteered as chaperone for elementary & Middle school events

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