Engineer Quality Assurance

OPENING STATEMENT

Actively seeking a position in which I can apply my outstanding writing

skills. Beyond this singular desire, however, I am very flexible. Having

worked as an engineer for several years now since graduating from college,

I have honed my written communication skills. With proven experience in

project management, production support and R&D roles across nine industries

including defense, aerospace, shipbuilding, aviation, solar energy, nuclear

energy, electronics, semiconductors and consumer products, the common

denominator in all of my experience has been the requirement of providing a

wide variety of documentation to satisfy diverse audiences. Some of my

writing has included a computer manual which was published and distributed

commercially; numerous standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the

fabrication and assembly of electronic countermeasure systems, wiring

harnesses, cable assemblies and consumer products; manufacturing work

instructions which were informed by military standards (MIL-STDs) and

specifications (MIL-SPECs); quality standards related to ISO requirements

as well as the CFR; chemical process documentation for the production of

thin film (amorphous silicon) photovoltaic modules; entire "build books"

for assembly of aviation actuators mandated to adhere to the stringent

aerospace industry standards for flight-qualified hardware; white papers;

requests for proposals (RFPs) and quotes (RFQs); professional engineering

consultation reports; numerous business correspondence; and a master's

degree thesis. When I developed and wrote my master's degree thesis, I

became so engaged in and energized during the process that the nine-months

of focused effort seemed to have occurred in a fraction of that time. Most

recently, I successfully developed and documented a new product assembly

process for the fault-tolerant electromechanical actuator for a classified

customer.

TIME SAVERS

1. Geographical preference is a commutable distance from zip code 18901.

2. No air travel in job requirements.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Documentation-oriented, degreed engineering professional with exposure to

medical technology and particular strength in design analysis and

concurrent engineering (DFMA). Strong, diverse technical background

and hands-on experience in operations, engineering, quality assurance,

auditing, product/process development and project management in a wide

variety of high-reliability and disciplined change control job

shop/production environments (governed by MIL-STDs, cGMP, etc.) requiring

consistent repeatability including aerospace, defense electronics,

optoelectronics, microelectronics, photonics, fiber optics, semiconductor

lasers, R&D, consumer products, shipbuilding and alternative energy

("green") industries. Extensive experience in methods and processes,

product/process integration, documentation/configuration control/PDM, shop

floor support (in both union and non-union environments) and in developing

and documenting electro-mechanical fabrication and assembly procedures from

engineering drawings, including the incorporation of engineering changes

(ECOs). Additional experience in concurrent engineering/DFMA, reverse

engineering, simple tool design, electro-mechanical fabrication and

assembly, printed circuit board design and assembly, project planning and

coordination, and facilities layout. Extremely versatile and well-organized

with exceptional people skills and proficiency in defusing conflict.

Exceptional written communication skills. Demonstrated, effective teaming

skills and leadership ability. Computer literate. Adaptable and flexible;

willing to work various shifts. Able to maintain a high-level government

security clearance. Additionally accomplished as an Operations Supervisor

in structural trades (e.g., welding). Exposure to Focused Factory/Work

Cell environments, Six Sigma/DMAIC/8D, Lean Manufacturing, KanBan, Kaizen

(and Kaizen blitz events), MOC, CMMI, continuous improvement, value stream

mapping, 5S, batch-and-queue as well as continuous flow/cell production,

AutoCAD, Pro-E, SolidWorks, CNC programming, and SLA/SLS tooling. Strong

work ethic and ability to work with people from all walks of life. Various

supervisory experience as noted below.

EXPERIENCE HISTORY

GENERAL ELECTRIC AEROSPACE ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATION SYSTEMS, Whippany,

NJ (2011-present)

Production Process Development Engineer - Providing hands-on design

analysis and concurrent engineering (DFMA), shop floor support, work

instructions and build book documentation for design, development,

machining and assembly of linear and rotary electro-mechanical actuators

and circuit card assemblies for both military (e.g., Sikorsky, Northrop

Grumman Global Hawk UAV, APKWS) and commercial (e.g., Boeing 737, 777)

applications. Electromechanical actuator anatomy includes various gears,

clutches, acme jackscrews, shims, spring washers, weld washers, circuit

card assemblies, switches, motors, cables, wires; fabricated parts are

machined to tight tolerances .0002") and assemblies are built by hand

with the aid of customized assembly tooling.

AT&T / LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES (1997-2010)

. BELL LABS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS AND

DEVELOPMENT), Whippany/Murray Hill/Florham Park, NJ

Member of Technical Staff / Manufacturing Engineer / Hardware Development

Engineer - Provided classified electro-mechanical manufacturing process

development, industrial engineering (clean room layout), documentation,

quality assurance (FMEA, FMECA using MIL-STD-1629A) and audits for the high

power optical amplifier (HPOA). Top secret/SCI security clearance with

active polygraph.

Awards: Core Bell Labs Extraordinary Performance and Role Model

Teamwork; HPOA Design & Build Teams; 2005, 2006; Reach for the Stars;

Individual Contributor; 2009

. MICROELECTRONICS/OPTOELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING REALIZATION,

Breinigsville, PA

Product Engineer - Provided shop floor support and quality issue resolution

for semiconductor lasers, fiber optics, photonics products.

. CONSUMER PRODUCTS PRODUCT REALIZATION CENTER, Eatontown, NJ

Member of Technical Staff / Product Development Engineer - Provided DFMA

analysis for electro-mechanical process/product development and served on

concurrent engineering/Design for Simplicity, Design for Environment teams.

SOLAREX THIN FILM (Amoco/Enron Joint Venture), Newtown, PA (1995-1996)

Project Staff Engineer - Provided solar terrestrial photovoltaic module

process/product development support (including chemical/AP, LP, PECVD and

physical vapor deposition/magnetron sputtering), prepared equipment

specifications/documentation, and served on manufacturing facility start-up

teams. Supervised one engineer.

LOCKHEED MARTIN ASTRO SPACE, Princeton, NJ (1994-1995)

Manufacturing Project Engineer /Process Owner- Provided process development

and documentation for telecommunications satellite magnetic torquing coils,

wiring harnesses and flight-qualified hardware. Represented Manufacturing

on formal Change Control Board.

RAYTHEON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT (EBASCO SERVICES), World Trade Center, New

York, NY (1988-1994)

QA Engineer; Project Management System Consulting Engineer - Provided

project management system implementation for the following clients: U.S.

Department of Energy (superconducting super collider and nuclear production

reactor); Princeton Plasma Physics Lab (tokamak fusion test reactor); Port

Authority of New York & New Jersey (aviation department). Performed

software testing/user's manual development for in-house project management

system which was based upon earned value (EV) performance measurement

methodology. Provided documentation development and control supervision of

two staff members.

ITT AVIONICS, Nutley-Clifton, NJ (1985-1988)

Program Administrator - Provided project management across the work

breakdown structure (WBS) utilizing earned value (EV) performance

measurement metrics based upon cost/schedule control systems criteria

(C/SCSC); identified corrective actions based upon variance analysis.

Assembly Industrial Engineer; Manufacturing Engineer; promoted to

Technical Lead - Provided shop floor support, process documentation and

engineering change implementation for electronic countermeasure system

(ECM) line replaceable units (LRU), CCA/PCB, wiring harness, coaxial and

semi-rigid cable assemblies for U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command

programs (ALQ-117/ALQ-172/PAVEMENT). Supervised five engineers and two

engineering technicians.

RAYTHEON - EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING, Waltham, MA (1984-1985)

Sheet Metal Fabrication Methods Engineer - Provided floor support to sheet

metal shop in fabricating housings for U.S. Navy program (AEGIS) shipboard

electronics.

GENERAL DYNAMICS QUINCY SHIPBUILDING/ELECTRIC BOAT, Quincy, MA; Groton, CT

(1983-1984)

Construction Management Career Development Program; Operations

Supervisor/Welding Foreman; Shipbuilder Apprentice - Assigned to commercial

LNG tankers and Trident-class nuclear submarine programs. Supervised

fifteen skilled union tradesmen.

EDUCATION

MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Trenton, NJ

Thirty-three credits in Medical Technology [Self-supported tuition]

THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, Trenton, NJ (1983)

BS degree; Engineering Technology [Self-supported tuition]

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, Newark, NJ (1993)

MA degree; Interdisciplinary, nine credits of which included oral defense

of a thesis. [Earned at night while working full-time during the day.]

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