Marco Antonio Ramirez Mendez

I am an organized and open-minded person always learning new things to improve myself and my environment. I enjoy working analyzing problems based on a critical thinking, as well as working in a team giving options, solutions to faced common problems and developing projects. I am always looking for more efficient ways to carry out processes and I am ready all the time to solve any problem that comes my way.

CONTINENTAL MEXICO | 2017 – 2024

R&D Team / Technical Project Leader (TPL)

Responsibilities

• The involvement of engineering participants in the Project Team Meetings.
• Functional activities coordination to hardware, software, mechanical, functional testing, optical, validation and verification, integration development teams.
• Follow up technical project topics with customer.
• Tracking of R&D and System Engineering Effort Estimation
• Ensure the availability of a consolidated Engineering BOM (EE, ME, SW, OPT)
• Ensure the creation of the Product Test Specification (PCB and Unit Test)
• Preparation of the System Engineer material releases
• Support of the PPAP releases
• Releasing all the development product gates since project quotation to production line PPAP.
• Production line support due to project introduction from R&D.
• Additional decisions of the Head of System Development.

CONTINENTAL MEXICO | 2012 – 2017

R&D Team / System Engineer

Responsibilities

• Analyze system requirements, define system architecture, decompose requirements in DOORS app program.
• Generates and maintains a list of internal and customer specifications. To be closer with the manufacturing production line in the failures related with the design and sometimes supporting supplier issues.
• Perform risk management, Monitor project progress, Review design change requests.
• Break down, assign, and monitor work packages from project team members as needed.
• Organize and lead technical meetings with R&D engineers assigned to project
• Check reusability and synergies between projects; participate in knowledge transfer.
• Define functionality and delivery plan, Define system test plan (integration test cases).
• Verify the simulator design provides an accurate representation of the vehicle.
• Provide assistance to Resident Engineer and/or other R&D domains in finding the root cause of customer bench and/or vehicle issues including EOL test plan development.

CONTINENTAL MEXICO | 2007 – 2012

Production Line Support / Functional Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Development testing coverage programs according to actual concepts and customer’s requirements.
• Responsible of configuring, implementing and maintaining CAN bus communication in automatic test stations.
• Implementing measurement system analysis (MSA) and process capability analysis

(PCA) to evaluate the best way of working production processes.

• Define configuration, installation and support with customers at all time until kick off,

good working, and accepted production of test equipment on each project line.

• Areas involved: Production, Quality, Planning, Maintenance, Product Engineering,

Project Leaders, R&D and Customers worldwide.

• Accomplishment and evaluation of correct working in test equipment following the standard analysis and quality rates.

SANMINA SCI MEXICO | 2005 – 2007

Production Line Support / Product Technician

Responsibilities

• Continuous update due to ECO´s or Deviations.
• Accomplishment of controlled production and components evaluation.
• Operating and use the Oracle Data Base, Agile and SAP.
• Knowledge the production process, tests, quality to cover the line support necessities.
• Technical support and engineering service to all the plant areas.
• Participating in improvement efficiency activities for the company such as: MRB reduction, Incoming rejections, Scrap reduction by waste or damage components,

reduction of excesses, search of alternating components to avoid the stop production

Electronic and Communication Engineer Degree | 2000 – 2005

Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG)