Brandon B.

Experience

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  Self Employed

  Jan 2006 - Apr 2015

  Self Employed

  -600 hours of car mechanics-1480 hours of residential electrical and plumbing-Purchased, disassembled, and repaired over 250 items that were broken. Purposefully studied why parts failed for future information. (Electronics, mechanical objects, 3d printers, toys, power tools, industrial equipment, kitchen appliances etc.) -Research and development for personal projects, concepts to functional prototypes. -Taken an idea from concept to prototype to patent pending status (awaiting funding to submit final). Show less

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  HB Enterprises UT

  Apr 2012 - Sept 2012

  Manufacturing Engineer Intern

  -Repaired/improved/replaced anything that might fail in a full production factory. -Troubleshooting, Minor welding, Parts assembly, installation, brief translation of Spanish to English.

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  Blendtec

  Apr 2015 - Nov 2015

  Manufacturing Engineering Intern

  -Collaborated with floor personnel and redesigned a work cell from 1100 sq ft down to 608 sq ft. Eliminated 32 minutes of walking per 6.5-hour shift. Equating to $40k annual labor savings. And nearly doubling capacity. -Designed/Fabricated various tables/ fixtures and slides for receiving components in a work cell. -Performed various tests to verify quality of new concepts and products before implementation. -Designed custom machines for testing circuit boards, minimized hand connections and added safety features. Show less

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  Utah Appliance Tech

  Aug 2015 - Jan 2018

  Small Business Manager

  -Diagnosed, analyzed part failure, repaired all manner of warrantied appliances using technical skills, wiring diagrams, technical phone support and providing customer support/service at all hours. -Monitored inventory and supply chain as well as scheduling to allow for on time installations and repairs. -Performed over 2000 appointments, ordered parts, diagnosed, balanced drive times covering 7800 mi^2.

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  ATL Technology, LLC

  Aug 2018 - now

  Manufacturing Engineer

  • Heavily involved in line transfer preparation and execution of over 100 SKU’s in High Mix Low Volume Production lines. Including being on foreign site for many weeks.• Generated report to aid in convincing customers to allow transfer of production from USA to foreign country and demonstrating appropriate processes in place to mitigate risk.• Fixturing and semi automation for military and medical cable harnesses.• Root Caused and implemented changes to close/prevent future CAPAs and NCMRs • New $80 million project on the assembly line where delivery dates were going to be missed and tooling and jigs/fixtures/tools. Ensured delivery dates were hit and tooling was improved fast enough to meet goals to secure the contract.• Operated with minimal oversight due to great trust/reliability. • Performed exploratory visits around the United States to various manufacturers to learn of available technologies and executed ROI’s to convince upper management to purchase capital equipment based on findings. • Volunteered to take the last flight out before border closer in CR due to COVID to ensure Company had engineering resources for a project that was falling behind, 8.5 month assignment.• Worked internationally in teams and solo to execute protocols and setup production lines for new product deployment for several projects • Collaborated with Quality to write and execute validations IQ/OQ/PQ, EVP’s TPM’s• Increased quality and lowered cycle times by applying GMPs and new technology. • Accelerated production with jigs, fixtures, ergonomic device creation to aid production workers • Conducting TAKT time and part failure inquires and modifications to the production line. • Troubleshot any issues arising on the production floor equipment/created tooling for ease of use and safety. • Managed several implementations/projects simultaneously • PFMEA creation, QMS updates, Technical Drawings • Led a team of 5 to create 600+ documents in EPDM/QMS system. Show less