ITW Automotive Products (Plastic Injection – Automotive T1/T2) Mar 2024 – Mar 2025
Sr. Quality Engineer Launches, Process & Customer.
- Responsible for quality customer projects: Nissan NA/ LATAM, Toyota NA and Honda MX, (Tiers Kasai USA + Avanzar NA).
- QA Customer Champion, leading claims with multidisciplinary team using RCA tools such as 8D's, 5 why's, Factor Three, DOE’s until successful resolution with customer (“Go & See”).
- Guarantee new projects launch quality performance under APQP (Core tools develop, PPAP validation to PSW sign off; BOM materials, tooling, fixtures and process validations), in addition of process performance control of current projects in mass production (KPI’s: RTY & Scrap vs. Sales – Corrective Actions).
- Assure the successful transfer of new projects from US to MX site due business distribution.
- Monitor customer scorecards and portal maintenance (Nissan - PQE, SQP & CSCC, Toyota - QIMS, Honda - NARS).
- Collaborate with procurement team to improve supplier performance, capacity, quality, ensuring the source of the right materials.
- Warrant GP12 & Safe Launch control deployment for new projects, material engineering changes, customer complaints.
- Develope of Inspection methods according drawings (design rights reserved), spec tenders, CSR’s.
- Main mentor for auditors (9) dedicated to warrant all the technical aspects of the products.
- Manage of inside (2) / outside (5) sorting companies at NA & LATAM, plus tracking of P.O.s & Invoices payments until resolution. • Management of Quality Representative Engineers (2) at Nissan Canton and Toyota Texas.
FLEX GDL Norte (SMT, Electronic Manufacture Assemblies) Sep 2022 – Mar 2024
Sr. Quality Engineer Supervisor
- Management daily RTY perform report (4Q’s CA/PA’s and Roadmap follow up status) for GOOGLE, Sensata, EnerSys projects.
- Develop strategies to solve operation issues that impacts KPI’s (RTY, TML, OTD, RMA’s, etc.)
- Responsible of customer quality, monitoring DPPM’s and solving claims based on Root Cause Analysis
- Lead internal and external audits (LPA’s, ESD, ISO: 9001, etc.) AQP submission (PPAP documentation)
- Coordinate and lead Quality and Manufacture process certification for NPI’s (SMT VS IPC-A-610/standard PCBA’s).
- Lead and support CFT improvement actions (Kaizen, Shingijutsu, CA/PA’s, etc.)
- Management of Quality Engineers, Technicians and Auditors (Support Process release 24/7)
- SQE’s support according supplier contracts.
SACRED Mexicana (Rubber Injection - Automotive T1/T2) Sep 2021 – Sep 2022
Sr. Quality Engineer & SQE
- Responsible to maintain KPI’s under target (Scrap, continuous improvement, customer claims, deliveries, etc.)
- Maintain customer Score Cards on target (98%-100%) main customers: Nissan, MAHLE, Mann Hummel & ThyssenKrupp Presta.
- Coordinate and close CA/PA’s using 8D’s Methodology (Ishikawa, 5Why’s, Factor Three, etc.)
- Lead and attend customer remote and Insite audits (IATF: 16949/ VDA).
- Control and coordinate external sorting companies and quality audit teams (Process Release 24/5)
- Maintain plant 5S’s with audits according GEMBA walks.
- Lead the development of new key suppliers by performing audits to their QMS.
- Provide support and participate on risk analysis for new projects (CSR’s, PFMEA & Control Plan)
FLEX AGS (SMT, Electronic Manufacture Assemblies) Aug 2018 – Sep 2024
Quality Engineer
- Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
- Report GM and CFT Daily RTY for quality performance of HID GLOBAL and Pitney Bowes projects.
- Com piles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
- Lead Quality Performance on QBR meetings with customers.
- Responsible for supplier material assurance at Incoming Inspection.
- Control of Quality Auditors releasing finish good at production line covering 24/7.
FUJIKURA (Wire Harness System - Automotive T1) Jan 2018 – Aug 2018
Project Engineer
- Part of brand-new launch department - Methods Lab In charge of new manufacturing process design and implementation.
- Supervise GANTT activities for GC7 Subaru Body Main Harness Project launch
- Coordinate daily meetings with cross functional teams to track layout modifications according $/FT2.
- Report weekly top management new manufacturing system introduction of mini-boards assemblies to cost reduction
- Responsible to determine capacity of production line, head count & production process
- Develop of work instructions for each manufacturing process station.
- Balance line according times measures and motion studies.
- Create and coordinate feed and update PFMEA’s.
- Ensure Tiers studies by com paring BOM’s VS Physical Materials
- Lead Process Technicians to develop visual aids and trainings.
APTIV (Wire Harness System - Automotive T1) Feb 2011 – Jan 2018
Engineering Technician
- Principal lead of critical Gantt to coordinate new projects launches (GM -Buick Lacrosse GMX 353& GMX 350).
- Design manufacturing process according harnesses prints and BOM’s released.
- Define quantity of operation stations according work content.
- Coordinate daily meetings with cross functional teams to track layout modifications according $/FT2.
- Ensure to transmit and commit the multifunctional team with critical dates to assure commitment start–updates with customer.
- Define Run @Rate capability.
- Responsible to detect any new CSR that need to be added to the process.
- Design and define hard tooling, assembly boards and electrical test boards.
- Responsible to determine capacity of production line, head count & production process
- Develop of work instructions for new production lines
- Balance line according times measures and motion studies.
- Create and coordinate feed and update PFMEA’s.
- Coordinate the training for workstations every new launch, engineering change, PTR and pilot pieces.
