Quality Assurance Manager

Antonio Fernandez

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Oak Ridge, New Jersey 07438

973-***-**** (home)

301-***-**** (cell)

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Manufacturing professional with over 20 years diversified experience in precision electro/mechanical aerospace arena seeks challenging career opportunity in a growth company where skills and expertise can be utilized.

Professional Profile:

Highly organized self-starter, ability to work with minimum supervision

Able to handle multiple assignments under pressure

Experienced with Continuous Process Improvement and Lean Manufacturing

Experienced in Assembly Specifications, Drawings, Engineering Change Notices, technical data

Authoring Manufacturing Method Sheets, and Inspection Instructions

Experienced in Supplier and Internal Audits

References Available upon Request

Education / Specialized Training:

B.S. Management, Nyack College, Nyack NY

A.A.S. Mathematics / Natural Sciences Bergen Community College, Paramus NJ

RAB Accredited ISO 9001 Auditor

Quality Systems: ISO/QS 9000, AS-9100, 21 CFR 820, NASA 5300, NASA 8739, J-STD-001C, Various Military Standards

Process Controls: FMEA, SPC, Inspection

Tool and Gage Control: Design, Evaluation, Containment and control, Capability

Special Processes: PCB/ PWB, Soldering, Forming, Clean Room Assembly, Cable and Harness, Hybrid and Optical Inspections

Product Testing: ANSI/ASTM. IPC-610, MIL-SPECs

SSBI, Top Secret with lifestyle poly

Bilingual English / Spanish

Employment:

Northrop Grumman Technical Services - Lanham, Maryland

Mission Assurance Manager (2011- Present)

Responsible for all Quality and Reliability related processes and programs with particular emphasis on NASA related flight hardware used in various satellite and instrument clusters. Primary point of contact for all Quality related certifications and subsequent compliance audits to ISO 9000:2008 and AS9100C. Execute corporate Quality System initiatives and requirements.

Develop and maintain appropriate site metrics using the LQS database as a basis

Support customer proposal review/negotiations and contract review for all quality requirements.

Prepare and maintain Quality Program Plans and quality requirements flow down to operations, engineering, customers and vendors.

Primary customer interface for customer quality audits and coordination/resolution of internal quality issues via the Corrective Action Board.

Support and participate in all Preliminary (PDRs), Critical (CDRs) Design Reviews, Physical Configuration (PCA) & Functional Configuration (FCA) Audits.

Support Program Management Reviews (PMRs). Chair the Material Review Board (MRB).

Implement ongoing quality improvement processes working with interdepartmental teams.

Maintain product consistency and configuration throughout entire product cycle through quality checkpoints, auditing and test.

Develop and manage quality assurance metrics for performance improvement of all teams.

Chair the Change Control Board.

Provide effective communication regarding issues, objectives, initiatives and performance to program plans. Work with project managers to develop project schedules and resource allocation for QA related projects and other activities to ensure timely deliverables to customers.

Coordinate and perform supplier and internal audits and maintain and administer the Corrective / Preventative Action process.

Manage the planning and execution of product testing efforts, including all associated resources to meet committed delivery dates.

Lead ADR for final buyoff

Microwave Concepts - Caldwell, N.J.

Quality Assurance Manager (2010 – 2011)

Primary responsibilities include the management of the Quality Management System, implementation of AS9100 and maintaining ISO9001:2008 certification. Oversee the activities and direction of 6 direct reports in Quality engineering and quality control in the manufacturing, testing and development of Microwave components and modules. Act as liaison between customer and government representatives for all audit activities, communication and source inspections. Chair the MRB and FRB boards and sit in all ECN, PDR, CDR meetings. Ensure deliveries against QA department goals and objectives establish and maintain policy for documentation of all products. Review documentation before is sent out to external customers. Initiate, approve, respond, maintain and audit implementation of all Corrective Actions both internally and externally for customer, or vendor CARs.

L3 Communications ¬- Space & Navigation Division - Budd Lake, New Jersey

Quality Assurance Manager - Space Programs (2003 – 2010)

Responsibilities include the direction of eight direct reports and assigned consultants across several Space Programs. Provide QA support from RFQ through delivery on developmental hardware, Qual items, and, Production flight units. Disposition Material Rejection Reports for both internal and externally sourced items. Review and suggest changes to drawings for Critical to Quality characteristics and special inspection criteria including PCB/PWB boards, electro-mechanical sub-assemblies, and complex optical assemblies. Resolve manufacturability and process quality issues. Initiate, review, validate and approve Supplier Corrective Action Responses. Support all manner of hardware development and inspection including: electronic components, hybrid microelectronics, electro-mechanical assemblies, and, circuit card assemblies.

Inspection and Metrology Team Lead (2001 – 2003)

Coordinate internal audit function to ensure consistency of performance to standards and ISO 9000. Provide and maintain training records for fifteen direct reports that included receiving, in process, and final inspections of all sub-assembly, integration, and testing of product. Oversee the layout inspection operation to ensure dimensional tolerencing to engineering drawings. Maintain the mechanical calibration department including identification, control, documentation, calibration and the plant wide recall system to ensure traceability to N.I.S.T. standards. Provide feedback to the performing department when issues arose or trends become apparent. Control an overall yearly budget of 2.25 M.

Lucent Technologies - Staten Island, New York

Production Manager - Fiber Optic Metallization ((1999 – 2001)

Responsible for the start-up and subsequent ramp-up of the fiber metallization program for the facility. This included the design and installation of a class 1000 clean room, hiring, training staff members, and initial hourly associates, optimizing Electro-less nickel and immersion gold metallization processes, destructive testing, inspection, quality assurance, and shipping. Initiated SOP’s for all processes and maintained same when changes were instituted. Primary liaison to customer for implementation of changes as requested.

AlliedSignal Aerospace - Teterboro, N.J.

Manager Precision Machining (1997 – 1999)

Responsibilities included coordinating all machine shop tasks to provide high quality precision parts and subassemblies to both internal and external customers. Maintain and control 4.7M budget with emphasis on reducing SRV (scrap, rework and variance). Managed six direct reports with an overall broad control of fifty plus operators in a three shift operation

Production Engineer - Space Station Control Moment Gyroscope (1995 – 1997)

Responsibilities included being the primary program liaison to support production in the identification, documentation, and, resolution of issues that could potentially jeopardize the timely delivery schedules, or, quality of deliverables. These include processes, specifications, equipment, tooling, documentation, bills of material, method sheets, inspections, operator errors, and resource conflicts. Coordinated daily status meetings with program management, quality assurance, quality control, materials management, customers, and, production personnel.

Manufacturing Team Leader - Inertial Guidance and Avionics (1992 - 1995)

Responsibilities included the coordination of final assembly, testing and integration of inertial navigation systems, printed circuit boards, electrical harnessing, sub-assemblies, and, final integration of land and space military navigational systems. Control the flow of materials, manpower and inventory to assure monthly quotas. Ensure the thoroughness of assembly and testing to comply with strict government / customer specifications and standards.

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