Jason — Senior Controls and Automation Engineer

2012 - 2015 United Technologies Corporation Carrier; Indianapolis, IN Manufacturing Controls Engineer - Alternate as Maintenance Supervisor directing union skilled trades, United Steel Workers. - RFID Installation, programming, upgrades, and management. - Continuous improvement on production equipment having Allen Bradley and Siemens S7 PLC incorporating MES. - PLC programming on production equipment for troubleshooting, production line upgrades and modification. - First responder to production equipment and line stoppage to direct the repair performed by skilled trades. - Modification and improvements to the PLC control algorithm for multi-axis material progression tooling bars in die presses up to 1200 ton. - Modification and improvements to die press auxiliary equipment; material feed, straightening, and handling. - Collaboration with third party manufacturers in numerous locations around the globe to identify and implement process improvements where corrective actions are necessary. - Continuous collaboration with the quality department in order to eliminate quality defects due to the assembly process and/or the production equipment. - Maintain and review equipment inspection and maintenance ERP database to ensure preventive maintenance procedures have been established and are correct. - Project management for new assembly equipment design, development, startup, and verification. Accomplishments First engineer to successfully integrate quality check vision systems (Cognex) on production lines (4 total). This eliminated 140 rework units per week. Reduced machine downtime and machine scrap percentage effectively increasing department Process Metrics. Received the highest Company Asset Rating in the manufacturing department for being knowledgeable of all 8 production lines and all production support equipment; 75 die presses 150 to 1200 ton and 5 Siemens CNC Sinumerik 840d controlled systems

2011 TDK-Lambda; San Diego, CA Quality Engineer - Completion of Failure Analysis, 8D, and Supplier Corrective Active Reports. - Data entry and trend analysis using a custom Return for Service Database. - Development of Pareto Charts for providing supporting documentation for process improvement. - Collaboration with third party manufacturers in numerous locations around the globe to identify and implement process improvements where corrective actions are necessary. - Management of company Sales Credit Returns (SCR) program and the quality inspection process. - Management of the Material Review Board (MRB) meetings and Non-Conforming Material Reports (NCMR). Accomplishments Elimination of back-logged Failure Analysis Reports by identifying customer induced errors without requiring the support or analysis of the electrical design team. This reduced the Failure Analysis reporting time by two months

2008 - 2011 GVS Filter Technology; Indianapolis, IN Controls Engineer - Process improvements to plastic injection mold auxiliary feed equipment resulting in 85% scrap reduction. - Research, test, and integrate industrial precision measuring equipment into production machines. - Provide training to operators and maintenance personnel with the safe and continuous operation of equipment. - Create and control Operator Work Instructions for new and modified automated production machinery. - New equipment verification and process qualification management for the design, installation, operational, and performance qualifications. Accomplishments Increased revenue for various products 500% and return of investment 220% by increasing machine efficiency. Project Manager for equipment modification projects contributing to increased sales for various products. An example is one automotive product increased from 2 million units to 4 million units per year. Research, selection, and integration/installation of various types of quality inspection systems on production equipment eliminated rejected shipments (0% reject due to quality) and customer complaints (9 per month reduced to 0 per month) due to quality from the assembly process for all products

2007 - 2008 Subaru of Indiana Automotive; Lafayette, IN Maintenance Associate - Toyota Division - Installation of Kaizen projects throughout various sections of the body division for continuous 5-S improvement. - Installation of PLC program modifications to production lines and robots for automotive upgrade projects. - Maintain and inspect electrical, pneumatic, and water cooling auxiliary systems for robotic end-of-arm tooling. - Immediate response and repair to production line equipment upon component failure or line stoppage. Accomplishment Elimination of a programming error that randomly caused car model data to shift out of sequence with the underbody which created 5 minutes of downtime in order to re-sequence the data