Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
Paul W. Mulhern
DRACUT, MA 01826
Email: ********@***.***
Qualifications
I am experienced in a manufacturing environment, engineering products, equipment design, assembly process development and project management with extensive experience in assembly machinery, clean room environment manufacturing and use of statistical process control methods to identify problem areas and monitor the process. I have expertise in product configuration management for product support and new product release and design of experiments to define problem causes and solution paths.
• Skills include: Automated materials handling, pneumatics, ultrasonic welding, date coding, EMI, RFI, sheet metal design, plating, fastening and bonding, air and fluid flow cooling requirements, heat transfer, strength of materials, molded products design, and mechanical packaging of electronic systems. Micro-Electro Optical assembly, ISO 9000
• Computer literate, MS Office for data summary and presentation, Process Procedures and
Knowledge of AutoCAD / Solid Works for product and equipment documentation
• Engineering Change Board member for change approval, disposition and release.
• Excellent mechanical and electrical diagnostic ability.
Experience
2007 - Present
ZOLL Medical Corporation
Chelmsford, MA
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Support all activities relating to medical product production. This includes daily manufacturing and test support, engineering support, process support and yield improvement, vendor support, floor layout, new product introduction, process definition and documentation.
• Daily manufacturing support includes hardware, production equipment, tooling, fixturing, training personnel; investigate of root cause and implementation of corrective/ preventative actions.
• Engineering support encompassed two product lines with capacity totaling 40,000 units per year. Support included Engineering Change Order, process creation, approval and implementation, design for manufacturability, Product Deviation Authorization, cost reduction activities, preventive maintenance procedures, manufacturing specifications and work instructions.
• Process support involved, lean manufacturing activities, process and product change validations, verifications, yield improvements and documentation review.
• Vendor support on PCB assemblies fabricated by contract manufacturers, vendor selection, qualification and documentation for compliance.
Experience
2004 - 2007
Dakota Systems
Dracut, MA.
Senior Engineer - Manufacturing Engineering Department
Responsible for the build of NEXX Systems wafer deposition equipment and Varian process gas and cooling sub-systems Additional duties include evaluation and engineered all customer equipment repairs and upgrades. Managed all product configuration Masters and assembly build Masters.
• Engineering Change Board Member NEXX Systems for ECO documentation approval, disposition and implementation
Paul W. Mulhern
• Completed 2X production capacity expansion for NEXX Systems equipment
• Supplier vendor procurement and qualification
• Manufacturing assembly methods and work instructions
• Supervision of technical personnel for manufacturing support and project work
• Engineering liaison for several customers supporting their Quality compliance programs
Experience
1999 - 2002
Corning Lasertron
Bedford, MA.
Senior Engineer - Manufacturing Engineering Department
Coordinate, manage and drive the continual improvement of the Laser Pump signal amplifier manufacturing operation by developing and executing overall strategy to ensure capability, capacity, and functionality of manufacturing systems. Coordinate technical and floor support resources. Improve manufacturing processes. Manage efforts to create, maintain, and improve product, equipment and process documentation. Develop experiments and complete analysis to drive savings and increase production. Create assembly and test procedures.
• Completed 4X production capacity expansion projects over a 2 year period.
• Manufacturing equipment, design, development, procurement, and qualification.
• Vendor product component qualification and customer technical assistance
• Capital equipment cost proposals and Implementation schedules
• Modular work cell development for improved product flow
• Supervision of technical personnel for manufacturing support and project work
1995 - 1998
Bruce Technologies International
Billerica, MA.
Project Engineer - Product Engineering Department
Product and project responsibilities for the Apogee Vertical wafer deposition furnace system for this semiconductor OEM equipment manufacturer. The major area of responsibility for this position involves mechanical automation systems engineering and support for outside sub-assembly contractors and inside manufacturing final assembly and test. Other responsibilities include, Product configuration using MANMAN, vendor and component qualification, new product implementation, design of experiments, root cause analysis, engineering change orders, and retrofit engineering.
• Defined and solved wafer movement problem during cassette transfer.
• Defined and solved sealing design problem for the vertical furnace process tube.
• Designed and built portable furnace core lift – removal tool for use on all vertical furnaces
• Factory engineering support for installed furnace systems using a weekly phone or video conference meeting format and visits to the customer’s fabrication facilities.
• Developed cost reduced furnace system with design simplification and standardized sub-assemblies
• Supervision of Engineering design and manufacturing personnel on project assignments
Education
BS in Mechanical Engineering - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Dr. Deming’s SPC philosophies
Quality control techniques - Kaoru Ishikawa,
Team building course –, Kaizen quality course - (TQM),
Photonics Packaging and Assembly, – SolidWorks (2001)
Lean Manufacturing Training Certificate (Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership)
PCB IPC-A-600 Certification
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