Jim Foster

Experience

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  Digital Equipment Corporation

  Aug 1989 - Aug 1991

  Semiconductor Engineer

  Microchip Assembly:Knowledge of assembly processes saw, die attach, wire bond, seal, leak testing, plating, trim and form within a cleanroom environment

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  Prestwick Circuits

  Aug 1991 - Aug 1993

  Chemist

  PCB Manufacturing : Knowledge of electroplating (copper, tin/lead, electroless nickel/gold), etch, photoimaging, hot air solder level, multistack CNC drilling, microsectioning, lab analysis

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  Digital Equipment Corporation

  Aug 1993 - Aug 2000

  Computer Motherboard Assembly:Responsible for supplier quality for the following commodities:PCB'sConnectorsMetals and Plasticsknowledge of screen print, surface mount, solderwave processes Custom Microchip Assembly:knowledge of electroplating of custom IC's, lab analysis, taguchi experimental design, Statistical Process Control

  • Supplier Quality Engineer

    Aug 1995 - Aug 2000

  • Process Engineer

    Aug 1993 - Aug 1995
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  Compaq Computer

  Aug 2000 - Aug 2004

  Process Engineer

  Custom Computer Manufacturing:knowledge of process layout, time studies, assembly training, FMEA, Just in Time (Lean) manufacturing

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  Hewlett-Packard

  Aug 2004 - Oct 2011

  Product Engineer

  High End Technical Computer Manufacturing:responsible for BOM’s, SOP’s, ECO’s, order validation, technical training and quality assurance for custom computer systems/datacentres.

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  Philips Lighting

  Feb 2012 - Mar 2014

  Quality Assurance Engineer

  Custom Lighting Manufacturing:Responsible for the quality for luminaire assemblies: knowledge of first line technical support, quality control plans, FMEA, corrective/preventive action, root cause analysis, acceptance sampling, 8D/5Why, SOP's, Gemba.

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  University of Strathclyde

  Mar 2014 - now

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC)http://www.strath.ac.uk/afrc/