wdavis

4/26/2014
Chattanooga, TN

Position Desired

Electronics Engineering
Anywhere in DC; Raleigh, NC; Nashville, TN
Yes

Resume

Experienced project leader providing business synthesis, strategy, technical analysis and oriented profitability to global operations processes.
Key Competencies

Operations/Project Management Strategic Planning Systems/Control Engineering
Economic/Financial analysis Lean Six Sigma/Quality New Product Development

Operations Management

Quality Engineer (Advanced Assembly Systems) – GE Appliances, Roper Operations 2012 – present
Certified Lean Six Sigma project leader executing strategy to perform root-cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis and perform business analytics to drive new product development.
•Delivered process capability and lean improvement through capital investment projects of $100k to $900k.
•Developed electronic detection audit system to improve incoming supplier process of optic electronics.
•Improved operational performance of PLC controlled base module machines with adjustments to drive control circuits and mechanical die assemblies.
•Installed computerized chemical dispense systems (flow control, drive control circuits, graphical user interface).
•Created technical process technician positions and improved the chemical process quality from 67% to 97%.
•Evaluating process data to create manufacturing control plans to improve production quality from 89% to 93%.
•Drive service call reduction of 3% annually by participating in technical reviews and Kaizen action workouts.
•Utilized test equipment for troubleshooting: computers, digital oscilloscopes, voltmeters and spectrum analyzers.
•Utilized statistical process control toolkit; DMAIC, ANOVA, DOE, FMEA (analysis) with MINITAB.

Defense Systems

Field System Engineer – Northrop Grumman Corporation (Top Secret) 2004 – 2012
Project Integration leader developing root-cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis and perform business analytics to drive new product development in radar countermeasures and missile warning systems.
•Improved electromechanical interface circuits, intermodulation issues in RF processing circuits with prototyping.
•Specified Radar countermeasure circuit systems – EM/RFI filters, isolators, duplexers, circulators, RF couplers, power splitters, oscillator circuits, mixer systems, transmit/receive amplifiers, optics, A/D conversion, modulator, demodulator, and phase locked loop circuits.
•Validated digital signal processing systems by developing electromagnetic models and installing B52, FA/18 and EA18G avionic platforms.
•Utilized test equipment for troubleshooting: computers, digital oscilloscopes, voltmeters and spectrum analyzers.
•Evaluated statistical system data utilizing; MATLAB, Excel regression analysis, Oracle Crystal Ball and Visio.
•Coordinated market testing and source selections to support military operations customers and improve the procurement and logistics process by 2%.

Field System Engineer – ARINC Engineering LLC, (Top Secret) 2001 – 2004
Project Integration leader developing root-cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis and performing test validation to air to ground transceiver systems for FAA and Department of Defense customers.
•Modeled electronic system designs to analyze intermodulation effects and improve prototype cycles by 3%.
•Utilized Motorola Quantar fixed base stations, waveguides, antennas, control repeater and voice coder equipment.
•Specified transceiver systems – frequency conversion, RF synthesis, multiplexers, discriminators, ratio detectors.
•Installations at Andrews Air Force Base, San Francisco, Seattle-Tacoma, and Merida Crescensio, Mexico.
•Utilized test equipment for troubleshooting: computers, digital oscilloscopes, voltmeters and spectrum analyzers.
•Evaluated electromagnetic capability data utilizing; REMCOM In-site, Lab View, regression analysis and Visio.

Military Service

Radio/Communication Systems Maintainer, US Army Infantry 94E (Secret) 1998 – 2006
•Performed system test and field integration with radio frequency transceivers, direction finding and satellite communications systems such as SINCGARS, AN/TRQ32, AN/TSQ190, AN/PPS-5 GSR.
•Served as acting Squad Leader of a team of 5 electronic intelligence soldiers delivering systems maintenance, and providing supplier management, logistics, air insertion/extraction, air assault and equipment resupply.
•US Army Achievement and Service awards, Combat Air Assault Badge, Foreign Service.
•Utilized BITE test equipment: computers, digital oscilloscopes, voltmeters and spectrum analyzers.

Manufacturing Technology

Electrical Test Technician – Siemens Corporation, (contract position) 1997 – 1998
•Performed system integration of electronics projects by prototyping designs to develop system requirements and to increase manufacturing yields from 89% to 90%.
•Performed thermal overload and magnetic sensing testing of bimetal armatures, tested analog and digital line current differentials in electrical arc and ground fault interrupter (GFI) circuit breaker systems.
•Evaluating test data of molded case microprocessor based breakers utilizing; Electronic Workbench and regression analysis.
•Utilized test equipment for troubleshooting: computers, digital oscilloscopes, voltmeters and spectrum analyzers.
•Implemented production control plans to affect the cost of quality in support of circuit protection systems.

Field Engineer – Bay Products Inc., (contract position) 1996 – 1997
•Oversee field integration of controls engineering projects...

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