Quality Assurance Engineer
Resume:
Paul W. Miller
San Diego, CA ***24
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
Experienced in a wide variety of quality assurance and manufacturing processes. Well
versed in all types of metal fabrication including aluminum, steel, and various exotics,
plastic injection molding, forgings, castings and tooling. Also possess a good
background in composite manufacturing and all Quality requirements related to
manufacturing and testing Experience also involving pressure vessel manufacturing
(vacuum) in accordance with ASME Section 8 and 9 as well as Commercial and
Aerospace manufacturing. Exceptional experience in all facets of Quality Assurance in
various applications including Gage R&R. ISO 9OOO/2, AS9100B/C, Root Cause Analysis,
Continuous Improvement, ASME, ASTM,QS9100(automotive), MIL Q9858, I45208, ISO
13485, IPC, ANSI/ASME Y14.5,DOE,FMEA, etc. Additional training in software quality
assurance relating to validation/testing of communication programs. All working
experience includes mechanical inspection and all types of NDT including Xray, LPT, Mag
Particle, etc. Six Sigma Green belt certified.
Precision Metal Products, El Cajon,Ca, 8/2010 to 4/2012
Quality Manager
Responsible for the maintenance and requalification of ISO9001/2008 and AS9100C.
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Ensure all quality requirements are levied into processes.
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Process capability studies as well as six sigma projects
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Introduction of new contracts and all requirements into the manufacturing cycle.
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Daily responsibilities of a 25 person staff
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Developed product validation cycles for AS9100 and Medical IQ,OQ,PQ
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GKN Aerospace, El Cajon,Ca 9/2008 to 11/2009
Senior Quality Engineer
Responsible for manufacturing of complex aerospace hardware from inception to
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final delivery.
Ensure all customer specs are being met throughout all processes.
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Make certain quality has been established to maintain processes to the highest
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possible yields.
Gather and organize all data packages to satisfy government and customer
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requirements.
Ongoing efforts to solve cause and corrective actions recurring and preventative
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as well.
Maintained an ongoing audit program for AS9100 and ISO9002
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Worked on process amendments to AS9100B.
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Overland Data Storage, San Diego,Ca 9/2007 to 8/2008
Supplier Quality Engineer Manager
Responsible for all mechanical and electronic commodities including sheet metal,
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castings, machined parts, and injection molding, cables, PCB assemblies.
Ongoing process review and cost reductions.
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Corrective action follow through and implementation.
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ISO auditing of supplier chain
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Chair all MRB activities related to mechanical products.
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Create engineering change orders as required/extensive design review.
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Create inspection criteria for incoming inspection.
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Monitor all supplier data for product assurance and tooling life.
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Vanguard Composites, San Diego,Ca 4/2007 to 9/2007
Quality Engineer
Responsible for all programs from Design review through final selloff to customer
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Chair MRB
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Review all contracts and statements of work for compliance
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Review all drawings for compliance
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Create inspection criteria for molded prepreg and Kevlar products.
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Maintain supplier base externally
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Chair all ISO activities
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Work with Configuration management on creating systems to operate.
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Create inspection plans for internal QA as well as Receiving product/s
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Implemented an AS9100 operating system from an existing ISO9000
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Oversee and approve all operation sheets and work instructions
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Solar Turbines, San Diego, Ca. 9/2006 to 4/2007
Contract through Volt Technical
M.R.B. Engineer (Design representative)
Disposition of discrepant hardware including machining, welding, and casting
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defects.
Responsible for creating repair procedures of mechanical defects. Procedures
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included welding, thermal spraying, plating, re machining, etc.
Drive corrective action back through shop as well as outside vendors.
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Some six sigma projects for chronic recurrences.
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Cost saving research to look at processes and ways to improve/eliminate.
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DUA Computer Resources
Contract to Lockheed Martin, San Diego,Ca 11/2005 4/2006
Quality Engineer
Responsible for hardware and software quality assurance requirements for
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Posheng program. Witness software testing of communications among various
platforms. Also validated hardware for compliance.
Chaired PRB (problem review board) as QA representative for Lockheed.
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Interfaced with Government representatives for ongoing quality issues.
Developed new testing procedures for customer requirements.
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ARCHIMEDES TECHNOLOGY, San Diego, CA 2001 5/2005
Quality Manager
Oversee all QA activities relating to Research and Development of large pressure
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vessel that reduces nuclear waste.
Responsibilities include developing a QA Department and ensuring products
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received meet all design requirements.
Witness all facets of Metal Fab, including form, weld, machine, processing,
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injection molded parts and tooling.
Shared duties with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure product was fabbed
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correctly and timely.
QUALCOMM, INC., San Diego, CA 1996 2000
Supplier Quality Engineer Manager
Maintained a sustaining supplier base as well as continuous development of new
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suppliers for telecommunication products. Commodities were mostly die
castings/tooling, and injection molded parts/tooling and PCB assemblies.
Extensive involvement with outsourcing of product for complete/partial
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manufacturing.
Ongoing efforts to achieve high levels of product quality and cost reductions
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through processes and materials.
Ongoing ISO auditing for compliance.
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Completed outsourcing of Electronic Display Unity to a new supplier (Key Tronic)
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including SMT and mechanical packaging to Juarez, Mexico.
MOORE INDUSTRIES, Spring Valley, CA 1990 1996
Quality Assurance Engineer
Medium sized job shop producing machined parts, sheet metal assemblies, welded
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assemblies, and various metal fabrications.
Set up quality department from ground level to conform to customer requirements.
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Designed and performed pre production customer engineering, such as pull tests,
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tensile, cable assemblies; spring load rates, weld inspections, etc.
General Dynamics, San Diego, Ca. 1981 1990
Quality Assurance Engineer
Responsible for development and enforcement of Quality Assurance requirements
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for MD 11 aircraft manufacturing.
Extensive auditing of suppliers in all facets of business.
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Set QA requirements internally as well as directly to suppliers.
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Liaison between customer and General dynamics supplier group and internal
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manufacturing.
Chaired MRB group and dispositioned defective materials.
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Source inspection at suppliers throughout the US.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering Program, San Jose State University
Completion of A.S.Q.C Program Rockwell Quality Engineering (CQE)
Green Belt Certification and Black belt training for Six Sigma
Certified ISO/AS9100 auditor
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