Experience

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  Us air force reserve

  Mar 2003 - Mar 2009

  Crew chief

  • Troubleshot and maintained aircraft structures, systems, components, and support equipment for operations of C-130H airframe. • Tested repaired components using mockups and test equipment. • Performed engine runs as necessary for maintenance operations and production.• Inspected components for clearances, tolerances, proper installation, and operation on C-130H. • Reviewed maintenance forms, aircraft records, and reports to ensure complete documentation. • Critical team member that helped achieve a 97.6% mission success rate while deployed in Area Of Responsibility.• 2006 Airman of the Quarter, 302nd AW, Peterson AFB, CO• 2006 Superior Performer Award, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar• Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran Show less

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  Erc, inc

  Feb 2008 - Aug 2009

  Researcher and lab assistant

  • Preformed research directed in advanced propulsion systems for space launch vehicles.• Conducted simulations and calculations to aid in the development of theoretical designs.• Executed and designed physical experiments to gather data to plausibility of different cases for augmentation of rocket engine thrust.• Primary lab researcher supporting investigative effort for the advancement of microwave based beamed energy propulsion.• Prepared and delivered oral and written technical presentations for practical, monetary, and educational functions for peers, supervisors, deans, student council and at technical conferences. • Designed, documented, fabricated, and assembled lab apparatuses to be used in experiments that included Faraday cage, rocket nozzles, thrust stand, plenum chamber, and droplet generator.• Constructed and designed experiment for analysis of aerodynamic drag of a droplet in vacuum. Show less

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  Northrop grumman aerospace systems

  Sept 2009 - May 2014

  Electromechanical/manufacturing engineer ii

  Lead Manufacturing Engineer II (2nd Shift) –Electronics Assembly and Test 09/2012 - Present • Engineering team leader for Kaizen and lean manufacturing efforts for Electronics Assembly and Test. • Identify defect trends and improvement opportunities by analyzing large data sets of historical defects on a monthly and yearly basis, resulting in yield increase for Electronics Assembly and Test from 85% to 95% over the course of 2013. • Orchestrate weekly Kaizen meetings for assembly workforce where complied yield metrics are presented and employees are engaged in continuous process improvement discussions.• Coordinate the implementation of cost effective corrective actions by collecting and organizing data to identifying key opportunity areas of manufacturing processes and resources.• Provide second shift engineering support for twenty technicians across assembly, quality inspection, and test for various program priority/critical hardware. • Coordinate the interfacing of various resource areas (i.e. manufacturing technicians, quality personnel, materials and processing, cables and harnesses, electrical test, engineering design, machine shop, manufacturing planning, production control, project management and customers) to develop a closure plan of non-conforming hardware and meet program cost and schedule milestones.• Approving and managing engineering model/flight design assemblies and drawings for producibility, and manufacturing process compliance.Lead Manufacturing Engineer I (2nd Shift) –Microelectronics Assembly and Test09/2009 - 09/2012• Second shift manufacturing engineer that supported all programs in Microelectronics Assembly and Test.• Performed root cause analysis using Six Sigma, 8D, and 5S methods on various product defects and failures.• Lead Process Engineer of Particle Impact Noise Detection (PIND), lab photographic capabilities, hermetic testing resources, and hermetic laser welding process areas. Show less

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  L-3 communications

  May 2014 - Nov 2016

  Manufacturing engineer iii (continuous improvement)

  Description to come

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  Raytheon

  Sept 2024 - now

  Strategy integrator

  • Lead engineer for factory continuous improvement efforts. Projects with savings include: Automation of SMT verify process ($50k), streamlining R6Sigma process, factory layout kaizen ($20k), packaging optimization ($82k), SMT Inline improvements (25% defect reduction), MSD tracking ($13k), and drop hardware reduction ($27k).• Participated in multiple root cause analysis action teams to address issues within the factory.• Process owner for MSD tracking, NRE proposals, facilities projects, and special projects. Show less