SUMMARY:

• A Highly experienced manufacturing specialist in the Aviation/Aerospace Defense Industry.
• Hands on experience with Military and Civilian Aircraft, Space Shuttle, Space Station and Delta ll, lll, & lV Rocket program.
• Titles held: Manufacturing engineer, Quality Engineer, Hardware Engineer, Materials Engineer, Safety Engineer, Reliability Engineer, QA Inspector and Electrical & Mechanical Technician on various aircraft and rockets.
• Experience with 5S lean and Value Steam Leadership.
• Expert at performing and orchestrating teams in RCCA, PFMEA and DFMEA. Hold MRB authority.
• Performed major modifications, overhauls, testing, verifications, calibrations, and maintenance on Aircraft, Rockets, GSE, and Various Tooling. I
• ntegrated Hardware, Software Integration, Software testing & Validation.
• Write repair procedures, Planning, Scheduling, Analyzing as well as Technical writing. Over 12 years experience with exotic composites.
• Develop policies and procedures. Managed and directed staff. Oversee daily operations including warehouse. Conduct weekly training & safety meetings.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Clearwater, FL

Sr. Manufacturing Composites Engineer

• Participate in development of new and unique manufacturing processes with teams consisting of manufacturing, engineering, and supplier personnel.
• Lead analysis and design of composite manufacturing processes and materials in optimizing designs, improving performance, reducing weight, and cost.
• Evaluate and test alternative materials as they relate to improving process capability and product integrity.
• Coordinate and conduct product testing required to guide development and validate that the product meets all specifications.
• Project management is conducted through the use of project schedules and plans developed to meet overall project goals and timelines.
• Develop specifications and statement of requirements for materials and processes that meets long-term production demands for the lowest investment possible.
• Developed statement of work (SOW) for parts and requirements. Certified on FIBERSIM program laying up materials. Work and support Spray Lay-up, Film Adhesive’s, Carbon Fiber, Kevlar, Graphite, Vacuum Bag Molding, Autoclave’s and Ovens, Thermo-couples, Molds and Hand Lay-up and Cocure.
• Follow-up and lead implementation of new materials into production.
• Lead FEA, FMEA and DFM analysis as required, to understand and optimize designs.

Confidential, New Port Richey, FL

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

• Directly support the fabrication of Military and Commercial Components for:, Aircraft, Helicopters, Rockets, Missiles, Submarines, Ships, Specialty Vehicles and crafts and tooling
• Collaborate with both design and fabrication engineering
• Ensure that all parts are received & inspected at the correct time to facilitate the build schedule
• Create and maintain shortage lists as required
• Participate in component and tool design and development
• Developing production procedures/processes.
• Develop & Create new Work Instruction (W.I.) for component build-up/fabrication
• Resolve manufacturing discrepancies and interface with the cross functional teams
• Develop and maintain standard routings, repair routings and special instructions.
• Develop and maintain standard inspection plans
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis, PFMEA, and DFMEA. Write Corrective Actions to non-conformance issues; work with Supplier on Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARS).
• Leading Failure Review Board (FRB), Material Review Board (MRB) Authority, and Corrective Action Board (CAB) for their assigned products/programs and the organization. Member of Material Review Board (MRB) team.
• Disposition nonconformance products for repair, test product and return product to blueprint configuration/ tolerances and return component to service
• Work and direct machinist in machine shop for fabrication and design of product

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Manufacturing Engineer

• To design specify and/or develop technical specifications for configuration, repair, operation and maintenance of airplanes, engines and components, and their associated systems and equipment to assure or enhance safety, reliability and economic utilization while keeping with federal aviation regulations and manufacturer's published data.
• Responsible for manufacturing engineering support to operations in an FAA repair station performing maintenance, repair and overhaul of aerospace products.
• My primary responsibilities include but are not limited to: Develop and maintain manufacturing instructions for piece parts and end items.
• Conduct producibility studies to evaluate production process reliability and provide appropriate recommendations.
• Direct and guide junior engineers and technicians in the Manufacturing Engineering department as assigned.
• Create and maintain records, data schedules and other pertinent information as required.
• Prepare technical data and plans related to specific customer requirements and estimated related costs.
• Establish Engineering Bills of Material (BOM) when required by contract or governing authority.
• Prepare inspection summary sheets, First Article Inspections (FAI) and provide instructions for use.

Confidential, St. Augustine, FL

Sr. Quality Engineer

• Develop, modify, apply and maintain quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place. Devise and implement methods, processes and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
• Design and analyze inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
• Audit quality systems and manufacturing processes for deficiency identification, correction and improvement. Ensures that corrective action measures meet acceptable standards and documentation is compliant with requirements.
• May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production process control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis, PFMEA, and DFMEA. Write Corrective Actions to non-conformance issues; work with Supplier on Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARS).
• Leading Failure Review Board (FRB), Material Review Board (MRB) Authority, and Corrective Action Board (CAB) for their assigned products/programs and the organization. Member of Material Review Board (MRB) team.
• Supplier Quality. Working with Product design, fixtures & equipment.
• Supporting Operations, Engineering, Program Management and other functional groups by providing trend analysis and root cause analysis investigations, as well as corrective action recommendations.
• Leading FRACAS effort for Quality Assurance as required and providing corrective action, trend analysis, and failure documentation.
• Work and Audit to AS9100C, AS9102, ISO9001 and IEC606-1 I Contact vendors in determining product specifications and arranging equipment, parts, or material purchase, and evaluating products according to quality standards and specifications.
• Worked with Auto CAD/CAM, Visual Pro V and Solidworks.

Confidential, Marietta, GA

Manufacturing Engineer

• Develop and maintain manufacturing instructions for piece parts and end items, standard routings, repair routings, special instructions and inspection plans.
• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions. May in corporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan. Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
• Developed manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques. Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques. Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
• Providing maintenance, planning, information, and services needed to effectively manufacture, repair, modify, maintain and manage company and customer aircraft so aircraft can operate safely and efficiently.
• Designed and customized aircraft recommended maintenance schedules (RMS) and drawings/illustrations for company and customer aircraft, by implementing revisions and advisories issued by the manufacturer and regulatory agencies.
• Fabrication of electrical wiring harnesses, coax cables, connectors mate/demate, bonding and bonding jumpers on flight hardware.
• First Article Inspection, Soldering, and working with electronics and electrical components and flight hardware. Working with PCB boards.
• Worked with Auto CAD/CAM and multi Axis CNC Programing.

Confidential

Quality Inspector

• Performing safety and quality engineering, analysis, audits, reviews, assessments, inspections, testing, and safety assurance and reliability engineering functions in an effort to ensure safety and mission success throughout all phases of launch vehicle processing, spacecraft integration and launch and ground support equipment.
• Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product. Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Verify/witness the fabrication, assembly, installation, repair, test, checkout, fault-isolation, calibration, operation and performance verification of mechanical, structural, electrical components, build up of electrical wiring harnesses, connectors mate/demate, bonding and bonding jumpers, electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, ground-handling support equipment, ground and /or flight computers, and telemetry, optical and/or electro-mechanical equipment, test equipment, and assemblies for launch and spacecraft systems and subsystems at launch and test sites.
• Perform hands-on inspection of flight and GSE/GFE hardware as assigned. Perform reviews, assessments, audits and surveillance to evaluate quality assurance procedures and documentation from initiation through satisfactory closure. Exercise independent judgment in selecting and performing specific audits, assessments, surveillance and inspections.
• Verified assembly, disassembly, and fabrication and testing of critical space Shuttle payload flight equipment to meet precise requirements. Process quality records per appropriate procedures to maintain accountability, acceptance and status.
• Effectively communicate written information such as tie-ins, planning or engineering change requests and reports. Examine aerospace parts, components, and/or assemblies for conformance with applicable drawings, specifications, quality standards, and manufacturing plans.
• Worked from verbal direction, schematics, drawings, procedures, documents, vendor manuals and applicable specifications, standards and codes. Ensure all activities are performed safely including activation, modification, and daily operations and maintenance. customer requirements and performs/witnesses functional tests. Dispositions inspected items based on drawings, schematics, procedural standards, electronic media, and other specifications.
• Perform incoming inspections in receiving warehouse/area on all materials and flight hardware.
• Responsible for departmental scrap and rework and holding cage.
• Initiates, documents, and coordinates non-conformance reports. Performs surveillance of operation and maintenance functions to assure compliance with requirements. Works and functions in a task team concept sometimes under stressful situations. Interfaces with customer and department representatives.

Confidential

Quality Engineer/Mission Assurance Specialist

• Monitor customers overall S&MA systems and quality assurance provisions and is responsible for assuring maximum effectiveness of quality concepts.
• Review designs for compliance with engineering principles, department standards, and customer contract requirements, and related specifications.

  Involvement with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and QA/QC.

• Perform reviews, assessments, audits and surveillance on all areas of the operations to measure the customer compliance to the contract requirements.
• Serve as a Quality authority on aerospace workmanship standards for mechanical, electromechanical and electronic fabrication, assembly, and test operations concerning the ISS, payloads, GSE and/or GFE quality assurance and acceptance standards.
• System safety and quality engineering analytical tools (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), fishbone analysis, etc.) are used to perform reviews and analyses identifying and abating or eliminating program safety hazards assuring mission success.
• Reliability engineering analyses will perform or reviewed and validated when performed by others.
• Engineering assessments and various levels of technical reviews regarding launch vehicles are performed to ensure compliance with NASA, Air Force Range Safety, FAA, contractual, and commercial industry safety policy and practices.
• Monitors and verifies product/process quality through statistical processes or other procedures and methods. Participates in the determination of root causes and implementation of effective corrective action for nonconforming products and procedures. Records compliance to verify that company products and processes meet all specification requirements.
• Investigates and analyzes project requirements and operating problems and develops recommended solutions.
• Responsible for assisting in determining testing and performance requirements of materials. Processes test samples, tests materials and developed test procedures when necessary. Involved in the development, processing, and testing of the materials used to create a range of products. Involved in selecting materials for new applications.
• Test materials to assess how tolerant they are to heat, corrosion or chemical attack. Assess materials for such qualities as electrical conductivity or durability.

Confidential

Space Shuttle Overhaul Technician

• Performed all operation, installation, modification, trouble-shooting, repair, adjustment, and calibration on electrical and mechanical systems and components. Fabrication of electrical wiring harnesses, connectors mate/demate, bonding and bonding jumpers on space flight hardware.
• Monitored and operated control consoles and service units and performed test-data evaluations.
• Installed/replaced major components of the shuttle system. Located, diagnosed and rectified malfunctions.
• Worked with exotic composites including reinforced carbon, carbon fiber, Kevlar, and performed adhesive bonding. Worked with cryogenic and high-pressure gasses.

Confidential - Atlanta, GA

A & P Mechanic

• Worked on various aircraft including, jet and turbo-prop, avionics, test equipment, tools, ground support equipment, GPU’s, APU’s, and power generation equipment.
• Performed all operation, installation, modification, trouble-shooting, repair, adjustment, calibration, certification, and test of instrumentation, avionics, airframe, mechanical and electrical systems and components, and power plants, including turbine, reciprocating engines, propellers,
• Performed scheduled maintenance inspections.
• Troubleshooting, repairing, modifying, and overhauling structures, power plants, and aircraft systems.
• Worked on electronics, avionics, and other instrumentation including navigational systems, and engaged in in-flight testing and operational performance checks.
• Worked with overhaul and maintenance manuals, FARs, AD’s, STC’s and blueprints. Installs, inspects, tests, adjusts, or repairs aircraft avionics equipment and systems.
• Troubleshoots and corrects problems related to avionics systems through the use of wiring diagrams and maintenance manuals. Reads blueprints and schematics.
• Connects components to systems such as radio systems, radar, and navigation systems in aircraft.
• Reads maintenance manuals to identify and locate aircraft components on the aircraft, and accurately implements instructions of maintenance manuals.
• Performs repairs on noted discrepancies, and effectively researches manufacturer’s manuals for appropriate repair procedures prior to performing repairs.
• Performs skilled manual and technical work using hand tools, soldering irons, circuit testers, oscilloscopes, voltmeters, ammeters, and ohmmeters.
• Reads instructions and safety information as necessary for proper and safe completion of assigned work. Communicates effectively in English regarding work activities, per FAA requirements.
• Prepares and maintains simple records such as work order documentation, logs, and time and material records, as instructed.

Confidential- Norcross, GA

Jet/Turbine Engine Inspector

• Inspected Turbofan, Turbojet, Turboprop and Industrial Gas/Steam generator compressors and turbine blades per manufacturer’s specifications.
• Performed NDT, measuring, checked for warp and distortion by reading X-Rays and checking for cracks and FOD in guidelines.
• To perform and maintain proper inspection standards, methods and procedures used by the Service Center in complying with all applicable Federal Aviation Regulations and manufacturer's recommendations.

Confidential

Space Shuttle Technician

• Uploaded/downloaded installation of mission kits, space lab, satellites, and experiments into shuttle payload cargo bay areas.
• Performed checkout, testing, verification, modification, repair, overhaul, installation, trouble-shooting, adjustment, and calibration of complex shuttle electrical/mechanical systems and components. Fabrication of electrical wiring harnesses, connectors mate/demate, bonding and bonding jumpers, soldering. Participated in shuttle launch operations.
• Worked with exotic composites. Performed major modifications on airframe structures to include cockpit and rework of assigned systems and components. Participated in all phases of shuttle integration, as well as control systems and launch operations.
• Located, diagnosed, and rectified malfunctions and documented recommended corrective action.
• Installed/replaced major components shuttle systems. Worked with cryogenic, hypergolic and solid propellants.
• Conducted Stress Analysis and installed and worked with Strain Gauges.
• Working with Life Support Equipment and Medical Devices.