Qualifications Summary:
Mechanical Quality Engineer with over seven years experience applying engineering, quality assurance and project management principles as part of a cross-functional team during development and production of a major defense system. Statistically minded, data-driven, and analytical with a commitment to life-long learning and skills development. Strong communicator and a team player that understands that technical expertise is just one part of what makes an engineering team successful.
Relevant Skills:
Quality Management, Supplier Management, Statistical Analysis/SPC, Quality Auditing, Process Improvement, Six Sigma Tools, Project Management, Change Management, pFMEA
Software: MS Office Suite, PTC Pro Engineer, AutoCAD, Matlab, R (Statistics), Python
Professional Experience:
United States Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 1/11 - Present
Responsible Engineering Authority - Managed the development and production of a complex electro-mechanical subsystem as lead of an Integrated Product Team (IPT) for a major defense program.
Key Accomplishments:
- Led quality audits at supplier facilities at various stages of production including Production Readiness Reviews, First Article Inspections and Production Process Verifications, ensuring timely delivery of high quality system components.
- Developed an MS PowerPoint based quality assessment tool deployed on-site at supplier facilities to assist in efficient execution of audit activities.
- Led process mapping and process failure modes and effects analysis (pFMEA) activities to proactively identify production process risks and potential improvements.
- Directed failure investigation, root-cause identification and corrective action implementation activities for relevant system level failures.
- Monitored Statistical Process Control data collected for key system parameters in an effort to predict and prevent system-level failures.
- Utilized production and test data in the development of a statistical model designed to predict system power consumption and reliability.
- Defined and executed subsystem level reliability growth testing that identified a key system failure mode early in the design cycle saving an estimated 6 months of schedule and $3 million.
- Regularly briefed program managers and other stakeholders on project status to inform multi-million dollar programmatic decisions.
United States Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 9/06 – 1/11
System Safety Engineer - Managed the system safety programs for a variety of developmental systems in accordance with applicable military standards and regulations.
- Assessed the safety of said systems by conducting hazard analyses, reviewing drawings/technical data, and observing test...
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