Rick Davis

Experience

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  Wyle Laboratories

  Nov 1979 - Sept 1982

  Calibration Technician

  Responsible for repair, calibration, maintenance, and certification of all types of electromechanical, mechanical-hydraulic, precision mechanical, temperature and solar equipment. Experienced in design, testing, troubleshooting, modifying, and fabricating electronic equipment and systems. Maintained, modified and upgraded environmental testing facilities using state of art microprocessors systems. Responsible for calibration, testing and modification of Instrumentation and associated conditioning amplifiers, Signal amplifiers, Load cells, gauges, and High Speed Data Acquisition equipment. Experienced in Environmental, Shock, Vibration, and Strain Testing of various types of system and equipment. Nuclear experience in the Scientific Testing, Evaluation and Data Analysis of Nuclear Reactor SRVs at various nuclear plants throughout the U.S. and over seas. Show less

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  Amtec Corporation

  Sept 1982 - Oct 1991

  Project Engineer

  Managed the Design, Development, and Fabrication of Military and Aerospace ATE Systems used by U.S. Army. Directed and coordinated functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration and completion of engineering projects. Assigned project personnel to specific phases of project; such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications, technical plans, and product testing in accordance with engineering disciplines of staff.

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  Chrysler/Pentastar

  Jan 1992 - Apr 2004

  Product Engineer/ Mfg. Advisor

  As Mfg. Advisor: Had direct supervision of multiple departments of UAW hourly employees. As Product Engineer: Responsible to provide technical support to Manufacturing and Production engineering for weapon and aviation systems. Reviewed contractors design, manufacturing and producibility programs. Developed or implemented production processing techniques in a manufacturing environment. Developed and implemented manufacturing projects to improve production, delivery, reduce costs, reduce variability, and or increase capacity. Performed Qualification and Testing of Military testing equipment, electrical/electronic parts, and subassemblies both analog and digital. Show less

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  Siemens VDO

  Apr 2004 - Jun 2006

  Manufacturing Manager

  Direct supervision of multiple departments of UAW (100-150) hourly employees. Coordinated all activities relative to productivity and quality objectives. Responsible for Lean continuous improvement of the mfg. process through productivity improvements, scrap reduction and manpower management. Maintained all safety and production programs. Assisted & coached teams in obtaining maximum production efficiency within established schedules, quality and safety standards at minimum cost. Coordinating manpower, methods, material, and machinery activities for assigned Departments. - Awarded “Department of Year” 3 consecutive years in a row. - Coached teams to win “Department of Month” 8 out of 12 months. - Awarded “6 Sigma Quality Award” for PPM level. Show less

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  Continental Automotive

  Jun 2006 - Nov 2010

  Supplier Quality Management

  Directed & oversaw functional responsibility for the defined parts, services, and commodities, of multiple suppliers at a world-class manufacturer of high volume electronic components and systems to the automotive industry.

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  Navistar

  Dec 2010 - Apr 2013

  Quality Resource Leader

  Oversaw and directed quality activities and expectations between Engine Division Manufacturing and Engine Engineering. Managed Manufacturing Quality through the use of PFMEA’s/DFMEA’s, Pass through characteristics, quality initiatives, CAPA, specification development and TS audits.

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  NTS - National Technical Systems

  Mar 2013 - Apr 2018

  Sr. Quality Assurance Manager

  Oversee Quality Assurance staff, manage the support, development and approval of quality-related procedures, instructions, plans, drawings, test reports and management reports. Manage ISO, Nuclear and ISO/IEC 17025 Quality Management Systems to ensure compliance to ISO 9001 2008, ISO/IEC 17025, NRC 10 CFR 50 Appendix B and NQA-1. Conduct and coordinate internal audits of NTS Huntsville Operations and external audits of suppliers and sub-tier suppliers. Schedule and perform periodic supplier assessments, as required. Oversight of dimensional and NDT PT inspections on aerospace and nuclear safety-related test specimens and associated hardware, surveillance of instrumentation activities on test articles, of inspections of strain gage installation and solder joints. Quality Assurance support to NTS's Field Services Division performed at nuclear power plants or on-site. Show less

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  Retired

  Apr 2018 - now

  Sr. Quality Assurance Manager

  Open to a possible part-time or short-term contract or consulting position.