Paul Williams

Experience

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  Intel

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1986

  Quality Engineer

  • Improve the Telecommunication, Microcontroller and Automotive division's Quality for outgoing Quality, Customer return rate and Customer Services. • Awarded a divisional recognition award by the Telecom division Manager for significantly reducing a Major Customer's return rate. • Presented a technical paper to Semi-ThermII conference on "Thermal Evaluation of VLSI Components".

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  Compaq Computer

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1993

  Quality Reliability and Test Engineering Management

  Manager, Peripheral Reliability Engineering• Establish Peripherals Division methodologies and systems to support qualifications, ongoing reliability monitoring, change control and benchmarking. Manager, Component Quality Engineering• Lead the Supplier Quality Engineering group for Electrical Components, toward improved Quality of Electrical components while improving Supplier relationships. • Facilitated teams to improve Quality resulting in the elimination of 66% of all administrative problems. Manager, Component Test Engineering• Developed and implemented a Test Engineering strategy plan for the test of Digital, ASICs and Mixed signal components. • Purchased and installed over 4 Million dollars in test equipment. Hired, trained, equipped and lead a team of 13 Test Engineers. Supplier Quality Engineer• Managed Supplier relationships and represented Quality Engineering on Compaq’s internal Preventative Action Teams for Semiconductor Components. Show less

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  Baymoon Coffee

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  Owner

  • Established Specialty Coffee wholesale and retail operations including Supply chain selection, Sales, Marketing, Service and Operations. The wholesale business remained profitable until 1999 when it was sold.• This provided a wealth of practical business experience, which carries forward into my continuing High Tech career.

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  Dell Computer

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1999

  Reliability Engineering Lead

  • Established Reliability/Quality Qualification methodologies for all peripheral products to support qualifications, change control, field support. • Implemented stress analysis for key components as part of peripheral qualifications. Wrote Dell’s Component Derating / Stress analysis guideline. • Establish methodologies/strategies to support Joint Qualification with Peripheral Suppliers. • Improved hard drive field Reliability from consistently #1 in the field Pareto of failures to 5th or 6th place. Show less

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  Maxtor

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2005

  Reliability Engineering Manager

  • Managed Design Verification Testing (DVT), Reliability Demonstration Testing (RDT), Design Maturity Testing (DMT), Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT).• Performed Risk Assessment, Reliability Prediction, Annual Failure Rate (AFR) Field return rate analysis and SMART improvement process. • Develop new or special tests as needed to evaluate technology advancements for the ability to meet Quality & Reliability goals. • As Corporate Master Black Belt in Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), drove advanced technology methodologies toward robust and producible design practices. Show less

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  Williams Reliability Consulting, LLC

  Apr 2004 - now

  Principal Reliability Engineer, CRE

  Perform Bellcore TR-332 Issue 6, Telcordia SR-332 Issue 1, Telcordia SR-332 Issue 2, Telcordia SR-332 Issue 3, MIL-HDBK-217F, NSWC and FIDES Standards based reliability predictions using parts count or part stress methods.Perform Reliability Centered Maintenance analysis using RCM++, Perform Stress analysis of electronics assemblies to multiple standards including AS4613, Class A,B or C, ECSS-Q-30-11-A, MIL-HDBK-1547A, MIL-HDBK,975M, NAVSEA, RAC and company custom standards. Including electrical circuit analysis and thermal imaging and analysis.Create Reliability Block Diagram models for complex repairable systems allowing for the simulation of any topology to determine Availability, cost of operations, preventative maintenance and spare parts predictions.Providing Reliability engineering support to customers interested in improving their products and services. Developed customer Design Verification Testing (DVT), Reliability Demonstration Testing (RDT) & custom test projects.paul@williamsconsulting.org Show less

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  ProStor Systems

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Director Quality & Reliability

  • Established multi-phased product development / test process including Engineering Validation Testing (EVT), Design Verification Testing (DVT) and Reliability Demonstration Testing (RDT). • Implemented Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies which lead to Dell’s SQE proclaiming the product “the highest quality product we are shipping”. • Established Quality systems and metrics including document control, ECO control, Incoming inspection, MRB and Supplier scorecards for QBR. • Co-Inventor of two Patent Applications, Data Cartridge with Electrostatic Discharge Protection & Method and Apparatus for testing Data Cartridge for Electrostatic Discharge Protection. • Co-authored and presented academic paper on the Archival Life of hard disk drives with professors from Stanford and Harvard. Show less

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  Case Logic, A Brand within the Thule Group

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Testing & Standards Engineer

  Established multi-phased product development / test process including early sample round validation leading to acceptance rate at final test stage.Worked with customer service and with returned materials to capture real life field failure information and translate it into new tests and requirements for all product lines. Established Quality standards and metrics, managed internal testing facilities as well as third party laboratories.Drove Asian suppliers toward higher standards by developing detailed test requirements and standards of performance for major products, leading to reduced inspections. Show less

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  Percept Technology, Inc.

  Oct 2009 - May 2010

  Sr. Reliability Engineer & Project Manager

  Manage customer Design Verification Testing (DVT), Reliability Demonstration Testing (RDT) & custom test projects from sales through final report. Design and facilitate customer testing to MIL-STD-883 and other standards.Perform Bellcore, Telcordia and MIL-HDBK-217 reliability predictions.

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  Vestas wind systems

  May 2010 - Sept 2011

  Sr. Reliability & Power Electronics Engineer

  Develop and Manage Reliability Demonstration Testing for 3MW power inverter modules and components using internal and external resources.Perform component level stress analysis based on stress calculations and measurements.Designed accelerated life tests and managed their execution for major functional blocks and components of the power inverter.Improving Vestas' Reliability competence by working with other groups to help them develop their understanding and tools for technology evaluations. Show less

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  First Solar

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2018

  Principal Reliability Engineer Systems, CRE

  • Responsible for Central, String inverter and energy storage products qualification from a Reliability perspective.• Develop, deploy, monitor, maintain and analyze data from field deployed specialized test equipment.• Support all balance of system components including fixed tilt and tracker structures with classical reliability engineering skills and techniques.• Published white papers regarding solar tracker total cost of ownership and energy availability to support marketing and sales efforts.• Build Reliability Block Diagram models for solar power plants with all their elements allowing for the simulation of any plant topology to determine Power Availability, cost of operations, preventative maintenance and spare parts predictions. • Perform Standards based predictions and stress analysis for new products under development based on Bellcore, Telcordia, FIDES, IEC-TR-62380, IEEE Goldbook and MIL-HDBK-217• Develop Field Reliability / Availability metrics and reporting in order to provide feedback to the engineering functions to facilitate continuous improvement.• Improving FirstSolar's Reliability cost of ownership model by working with field data.• EPRI/Sandia PV Systems Symposium 2016 - Presented at the PV Life Cycle Workshop and Reliability Workshop - A Brief History of O&M Cost Modeling• Coauthored article published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 82 (2018), “A status review of photovoltaic power conversion equipment reliability, safety, and quality assurance protocols”• Skilled with modern reliability software tools:o DFR Solutions - Sherlock o nCode - GlyphWorks o nCode - VibeSys o Reliasoft:  Weibull++  ALTA  Lambda Predict  BlockSim  RENO  Xfmea RCM++ Show less

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  Raytheon Missile Systems

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2022

  Principal Reliability Engineer, CRE

  • Lead Engineer for Phalanx & Evolved SeaSparow Missile (ESSM) programs, providing all Reliability direction to junior engineers and analytical services. Active Secret Clearance.• Support MRB, CCB, FRB, FFRB boards and the reliability task to support them.• Perform tin whisker and gold embrittlement assessments for components / assemblies.• Perform statical analysis for all program and materials risk assessments.• Perform all reliability tasks for product development, including standards-based predictions, reliability block diagrams (RBD) development.• Track field performance for the land-based Phalanx systems (LPWS).• Develop & maintain HALT / HASS / Burn-in screens from development through production. Show less

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  Lenovo Data Center Group

  Jul 2022 - Mar 2024

  System Availability Architect

  Champion for improving customer Availability experience. Creating Availability metrics to track and drive real world performance. Working with Development, Service and Commodity management to improve the impact of each on customer level Availability.