Quality Engineer

Dan Richardson III

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Antonio, TX (940)

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Electrical EngineerING professional

I am a self motivated, solutions oriented individual with valuable working experience utilizing my

engineering knowledge, expertise, and innovative thinking skills for the development and progression

of companies. I bring youth, enthusiasm, integrity and excellence to my employers. I analyze complex

engineering problems, evaluate and recommend alternatives and effectively communicate those

recommendations. Recognized for keen ability to improve quality processes and increase efficiency.

EDUCATION

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY, Prairie View, TX Graduation: December 2011

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

CORE COMPETENCIES

Continuous Process Improvement ISO 9001/14001/AS9100 Failure Mode & Effects

Analysis (FMEA)

Product Quality Management Geometric Dimensioning &

Tolerances (GD&T) Process Mapping/Process

Internal/External Auditing &

Flow

Assessment Gage R&R

Six Sigma

First Article Inspection Relationship Building

EXPERIENCE

ACCENTURE San Antonio, TX May 2012 Present

Supplier Quality Engineer – United Technologies Corp. Aerospace Systems (Hamilton

Sundstrand)

Perform quality checks of first article inspection content from suppliers to ensure that all quality

non-conformances are captured and in compliance with corporate FAI/PPAP standards.

Routine interaction with Purchasing, Engineering and Supplier operations to identify discrepancies

in the processes and implement corrective/preventative actions to reach approval of the

Promptly manage the investigation cycle of non-conformances using root cause and Design and

Process Failure Mode Analysis (DFMEA, PFMEA) to proactively eliminate quality escapes.

Strong working knowledge of drawing interpretation, non-destructive testing, special processes,

GD&T and internal/external management systems (ISO 9001, AS9100, SAE, ASQR).

GOODMAN MFG. COOLING FACILITY Houston, TX January 2008 – August

2010

Quality Assurance Project Engineer – Intern

Conduct quality audits on several plant operations to address non-conformances & implement

corrective actions with relevant departments; Perform First Article Inspections on internal components.

Validate drawings, schematics and BOM’s prior to changeovers and assure that assembly

operations are followed in accordance with ISO 9001 requirements.

Assisted in yielding a 30% decrease in quarterly warranty claims related to lose screws by

manually testing and analyzing several screw torques to find a suitable operating range.

Redesigned employee work procedures to ISO 9001 standards using digital photography to provide

substantial process improvement during assembly.

Assisted engineers by capturing significant data readings & tests in Goodman’s 5mm SmartCoil

project that engineered air conditioning units that are 15% smaller and use 25% less refrigerant.

Conduct numerous gage R&R studies in areas such as coil lacing, pressure leakage and vibration

control to tackle top customer warranty claim concerns; Six Sigma training including 5S and lean

manufacturing concepts.

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY REU College Station, TX May 2007 –

August 2007

Homeland Security Electrical Engineering Student Researcher

Conducted research in the field of image detection and processing to formulate a library of

executable arithmetic modules.

Attended GRE test sessions and engineering ethics seminars weekly to discuss real cases and the

importance of standards required by the engineering profession.

Combined Matlab/Simulink and Xilinx SysGen tools to design and implement our modules onto a

Xilinx FPGA board; presented project to university’s engineering faculty to reveal our system’s

operation.

SKILLS / RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook Microprocessor Design Network Theory

MATLAB, C++ Computer Architecture Electronics

MAPICS Quality Management ERP Xilinx SysGen, Spartan Control Systems

NI LabView, Multisim, PSpice VHDL, Verilog Signals & Systems

ACTIVITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Chapter President & Membership Chair of Epsilon Gamma Iota Inc. (2009 – 2011)

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) (2005 – present)

Prairie View A&M University Honor Roll (Dean’s List)

Prairie View A&M Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (2008 –

present)

Habitat for Humanity & Tour de Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Volunteer (2009 –

present)

Senior Design: “Bridge Monitoring System” (Team Lead) Designed a wireless

sensor network to monitor vibration, tension, and temperature on a suspension

bridge using LabView (2010 – 2011)

Prairie View A&M National Science Foundation STEM Enhancement Program

Participant

Accenture African American Employee Resource Group (June 2012 – present)

Accenture Employee Recognition (October 2012)

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