Quality Engineer Resume Rochester, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

I am a detail oriented Quality Engineer, Process Engineer, and Manufacturing Engineer wif years of day to day hands - on experience in both Large and Small Manufacturing operations, following Medical, Automotive, and Aerospace standards. I use Statistical Analysis tools to qualify tooling and processes, and track Product and Process Quality improvements.
A flexible Project Leader wif experience interacting across all levels of the company from management to shop floor.
I managed multi-functional Quality and Process improvement team projects, including product out-sourcing and in-sourcing. Maintained Supplier Quality relationships for parts, chemicals, and purchased assemblies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Rochester, NY

Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for manufacturing quality of automotive and aerospace parts as a Tier 2 supplier.
Prepared PPAP packages for new parts & processes including PCP / PFMEA / FAIR under tight timelines.
Responded to Customer issues / requests following 8D process. Qualified new tooling for automotive / aerospace parts.
Prepared release specifications according to customer blueprints (GD&T).

Confidential, Rochester, NY

Product Quality Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

Monitored contact lens production data on 2 newly commissioned fully automated high speed contact lens production lines run under GMP. Created programs to track performance against various metrics daily and weekly.
Analyzed Production and Validation protocol data using statistical analysis for trends and predictors of future performance.
Reacted to Production performance deviations and performed root cause analysis. Created and monitored control charts of critical lens parameters, including injection molded part data, in-process data, and lens release data.

Confidential, Alden, NY

Quality Engineer II

Responsibilities:

Developed Product Specifications (Quality Control Plans) from Product Blueprints in conjunction wif Development for new Medical Device Product Introductions.
Member of the New Product Introduction Team. Ran Tooling Qualifications (Gage R&R studies, MSA’s) on new and modified tooling.
Used statistical analysis (Minitab, etc) to calculate Ppk’s and Cpk’s on initial and improved Products and Processes, and identify trends.
Handled day to day shop floor quality issues. Followed Change Management procedures under Medical Device Manufacturing Controlled processes

Confidential, Rochester, NY

Roller Manufacturing Department

Responsibilities:

Used manufacturing best practices, Lean Manufacturing, 6 sigma initiatives, cost reduction projects and product recycling, resulting in increased product yields by 50%, increased topcoating product throughput by 25%, and reduced product UMC’s by 20%.
Eliminated the use of a hazardous air pollutant chemical in the coating process of one of the products, reducing usage of dis chemical on-site by 25%.
In conjunction wif Health & Safety applied for facility air emissions permits, allowing compliance wif DEC regulations.
Implemented “clean” filters on final coating baking ovens, reducing defects on final rollers by 20%.
Installed a computer data entry system for final inspection of rollers; going to a paperless system eliminated operators writing the data on paper, and allowed automatic data extraction into Excel as needed/required.
Redesigned product packaging that eliminated all shipping damage, resulting in significant $ savings

Confidential, Rochester, NY

Product Quality / Process Manufacturing Engineer

Responsibilities:

Lead a team to qualify product for and successfully bring on-line a European toner plant.
Met wif raw materials and parts suppliers and ensured product quality objectives and quality / cost improvements were met or exceeded.
Lead teams to certified alternate Manufacturing plants for key raw materials, including one to Japan, wifout any stockouts or quality issues.