EXPERIENCE
DRS TECHNOLOGIES – Fort Walton Beach, FL
Reliability and Maintainability Engineer (2005 – Present)
• Principal engineer responsible for all Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) functions throughout the proposal, design, and manufacturing phases of product development
• Analyzes new and fielded designs to recommend improvements for attaining specified / desired operational reliability
• Knowledgeable of military / industry standards for RAMs processes and activities
• Reviews customer requests for proposals for RAM program requirements and provides proposal cost estimates
• Reviews Statements of Work (SOW) and Performance Based Specifications (PBS) to decompose and allocate reliability requirements throughout the design including lower-level subassemblies and components
Creates customer-deliverable documentation:
• RAM Program Plans
• RAM Analysis and Prediction Reports (MTBF / MTTR)
• Failure Modes Effects Criticality Analysis (FMEA / FMECA)
• Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) Test Plans and Procedures
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• FRACAS Procedures and Reports
• System Safety and Hazard Analysis
• Works closely with internal cross-functional teams and customer counterparts to achieve design requirements in early design stages of system development and throughout the program
• Assesses subcontractor’s reliability programs and ensure subcontractors meet contract requirements and standards
• Responsible for closed-loop Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) activities to determine root cause and implement corrective action
• Participates during milestone technical design reviews and confers with customer / government teams
Component Engineer (Parts / Component Specialist) (2004 – 2005)
• Reviewed new engineering designs for cost reduction based on optimal component selection
• Identified alternate sources of supply and material due to product availability and lifecycles
• Solved component obsolescence issues with knowledge of component applications, packaging, test and failure data through the use of several product life management tools
Production Support / Material Control Specialist (2003 – 2004)
• Worked in accord with Scheduling, Production, Test, Stockroom, Supply Chain, and Program Management to ensure projects had all materials required from concept to completion
• Maintained constant watch on inventory utilizing Oracle MRP - forecasted and eliminated material shortages by creating purchase requisitions and tracking vendor shipments
• Reduced production delays by minimizing supply lead-times, providing delivery status of incoming material, and keeping material shortage reports current and updated
• Processed incoming/outgoing material transactions; which included: floor distributions, floor returns, transfers, inbound receipts, vendor returns, and inventory adjustments
EDUCATION
University of West Florida - Pensacola, FL
• Bachelor of Science: Engineering Technology /Manufacturing
• Minor: Computer Technology
Major GPA: 3.354 Completion Date: August 2002
SOFTWARE
• Windchill Quality Solutions (formerly Relex): Reliability prediction based on MIL-HDBK-217F and RIAC’s 217PLUS methodologies
• ITEM Software: Reliability prediction based on MIL-HDBK-217F methodology
• CAFTA: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) from Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
• BlockSim: Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) tool from Reliasoft using gates and events to model load sharing, redundancy, and duty cycles for repairable and non-repairable systems
• CATIA / SmarTeam: CAD design data management
• Omnify: Product Life Management (PLM) for managing parts and bills of materials
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