PHONNARA DY
Lawrence
Summary
Accomplished manufacturing process engineer with a focus on efficiency and team leadership. Achieved a 54% reduction in project delays through strategic process development, enhancing production quality and customer satisfaction.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer
Electronic Products Inc.
Newburyport
11.2023 - Current
- Managed project schedules using Microsoft Project, achieving a 54% reduction in project delays.
- Led manufacturing process engineer team to develop processes that ensured production met company quality standards.
- Implemented strategic, complex manufacturing projects in conjunction with goals and imperatives for increasing revenue, optimizing cycle time, reducing defect rates, and improving customer satisfaction.
- Participate in early prototype product builds to characterize and develop both product and process critical parameters.
- Determined and specified economic methods, operation sequences, and tooling for fabrication of parts and assembly components.
- Provided technical guidance to product operations, assisting supervisors and engineers in troubleshooting new techniques and resolving rejected parts.
- Design, procurement, construction, animation and deployment of manufacturing automation equipment and fixtures for medium and high volume production.
- Management of suppliers during specification, design, buyoff and installation of manufacturing equipment.
- Characterization and validation of new equipment and fixtures for introduction to the production floor.
- Process Development and Implementation Lead Investigate process issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- Provide Design for Manufacturing feed-back to Product Design Engineering team.
- Designed and implemented machine improvements while managing capital equipment projects to enhance operational efficiency.
- Proficient in mechanical design and troubleshooting of automated assembly machines and equipment.
- Perform direct line management activities and provide leadership for engineers and technician within this multi-disciplined group.
- Investigated, troubleshot, and debugged equipment to ensure proper functioning on the production floor.
- Lead process validation activities (IQ/OQ/PQ) and ensure compliance with regulatory standards (FDA, ISO).
Sr. System Test/Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
ASMPT NEXX, Inc.
Billerica
10.2020 - 11.2023
- Engineering project management: develop and lead manufacturing engineering projects, including new production equipment, process improvements and cost reductions while supporting new product introductions.
- Determines engineering and equipment needed to produce new products.
- Improve product quality, labor efficiency, and throughput through the use of Lean manufacturing concepts.
- Manage workload to assure that programs and Materials Engineering team receive the required support consistent with schedule needs.
- Built new tester and developed test fixtures/test processes (Work Instruction) to troubleshoot failures during testing.
- Analyzed assembly flow and throughput for various processes and provided input on equipment acquisition and modifications to enhance quality and production capacity.
- Ensure ongoing functionality of all test equipment in the factory fixtures, test equipment, computers, chambers, etc.
- Carry out preventive maintenance and calibration as required.
- Evaluate equipment failures, and manage spare parts inventory and repairs.
- Daily tracking of test failures, including categorizing them to root cause.
- Provide debug process for all failures at testers, keep this updated as new failures occur.
- Analyze test data and provide data driven recommendation to the design team to help verify, validate and improve product performance.
- Guided manufacturing engineering team in implementing production tests to ensure smooth product hand-off for production.
- Collaborate with, mentor and train lab engineers and technicians to develop advanced electro-mechanical test systems including writing work instructions, automate and increase coverage of existing test infrastructure.
- Facilities preparations, ship/receive, installation, validation, and training for new (NPI-related) test systems.
- Helps to develop operation sequences and processes related to the building of sub-assemblies and final assemblies.
- Interfaces with other engineering disciplines to coordinate the release of product improvements and/or new products.
- Writes, releases, approves, implements, and issues engineering change orders (ECOs) as required to support design engineering and operations for new and existing products.
- Support programs design reviews, gate reviews, Material Review Board, Change Control Board, Process Change Board, and engineering peer reviews.
- Provide oversight to ensure the accuracy of the technical output of each assignment.
Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer
dataCon Inc
Burlington
05.2019 - 10.2020
- Leading the development and implementation of disruptive technologies in manufacturing.
- Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives, typically aimed at improving product performance, reducing process variation and product cost.
- Design, execute and analyze Design of Experiments to develop new processes and improve yield on existing processes.
- Conducted PFMEA on new processes, enhancing efficiency and predictability in manufacturing operations.
- Developed and implemented product flow improvements using visibility, demand management, and lean manufacturing principles to optimize operations.
- Support new product introduction, new process development, product qualification, single failure process mitigation, failure analysis and train technicians to support development and manufacturing processes.
- Investigated, troubleshot, debugged, and programmed multiple SMT and assembly machines, ensuring operational efficiency and reliability.
- Collaborated with design engineering team on project development.
- Working knowledge of industrial utility systems including Steam, Compressed Air, Chilled Water, and HVAC systems.
Manufacturing Process Engineer II
Accutronics Inc
Chelmsford
07.2018 - 05.2019
- Develops, implements and maintains methods, operation sequence and processes in the manufacturing or fabrication of parts, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies.
- Interfaces with Design Engineering in coordinating the release of new products.
- Estimates manufacturing costs, determines time standards and makes recommendations for tooling and process requirements of new or existing product lines.
- Performs on new processes to ensure they are efficient, predictable, cost-effective, and meet the required cost targets, quality, and reliability levels.
- Maintained records and reporting systems to enhance coordination of manufacturing operations.
- Improved productivity and quality of PCB and mechanical assembly builds through targeted process enhancements.
- Prepare DFM for customers, prepare formal DFM reports and communicate the design discrepancies to Creation’s customers.
- Troubleshot process defects, driving resolutions to enhance operational reliability.
- Design manufacturing processes and make MPI (manufacturing process instructions).
- Participate in ongoing and new tooling, materials, or equipment qualification. Make recommendations based off findings and drive the implementation effort.
- Participate in ongoing and new process improvement projects (could be cost, time, and/or quality driven). Make recommendations based off findings and drive implementation efforts.
- Establish operating equipment specifications, improve manufacturing techniques and introduce new process equipment to production.
- Interface with product design and development to ensure that processes and designs are compatible and support the DFT (Test) philosophy.
- Investigated, troubleshot, debugged, and programmed SMT machine (Fuji), Printer machine (Ekra/DEC), AOI machine (Parmi), Solder Inspection Machine (Parmi), Router machine (Sayaka), conformal coating and dispenser machine (Nordson Asymtek), Wave Machine (Speedline), Flux praying machine, CTI laser making machine, and making oven and wave profile.
Sr. AOI Technician
SANMINA Corp
Manchester
01.2013 - 07.2018
- Own development of Lean Line including workstation design/development and implementation of Standard Work.
- Drive Process Improvement / Cycle Reduction initiatives and drive productivity improvements via process changes or improvements.
- Responsible for troubleshooting and debugging of Pick and Place (Fuji), Screen Printer (MPM/DEC), AOI (Yes Tech), Testing, SPI Solder Inspection (KOHYOUNG), Marsh Tapping Machine, Depanelizing machine.
- Delivered technical support for quality controls and process development projects, enhancing product launch effectiveness and operational efficiency.
- Supported plant Launch Manager and plant Program Manager during new product launches to ensure seamless integration and operational readiness.
- Coordinated multi-functional teams to deliver process improvement projects on time and within scope.
- Network with cross-functional process owners and power users to create buy-in for change management activities.
- Developed and implemented safety and health programs to prevent or correct unsafe working conditions.
Education
Master Degree - Mechanical Engineering
University of Massachusetts (Umass Lowell)
220 Pawtucket St, Lowell, MA 0185405-2016
Bachelor Degree - Mechanical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 9009505-2014
Skills
- Manufacturing Process Engineer
- Manufacturing processes
- Assembly processes
- Process development
- Lean Manufacturing
- Lean Thinking
- 5S
- NPI
- Design optimization
- Performance optimization
- Quality assurance
- Technical support
- Supplier relations management
- Work standards
- Work measurement
- Work Instruction
- Traveler
- Router
- BOM management
- Semiconductor packaging
- Consumables manufacturing
- Equipment qualification
- Implementation
- Visibility system
- Components quotes
- PCB quotes
- ECO/ECN Analyses
- Technical background
- Design
- Drawing
- Diagrams
- SolidWorks
- AutoCAD
- Circuit Cam
- AEGIS manufacturing software
- Factory Logix
- Check Point
- M2M
- Engineer Toolbox
- Troubleshooting
- Debugging
- Programming
- Industry standards
- PCB technologies
- Plating processes
- Adhesive material
- Encapsulant material
- Solder material
- Pharmaceutical sciences
- PCB technologies
- Plating processes
- Adhesive material
- Encapsulant material
- Solder material
Languages
English
Professional
Timeline
Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer
Electronic Products Inc.
11.2023 - Current
Sr. System Test/Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
ASMPT NEXX, Inc.
10.2020 - 11.2023
Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer
dataCon Inc
05.2019 - 10.2020
Manufacturing Process Engineer II
Accutronics Inc
07.2018 - 05.2019
Sr. AOI Technician
SANMINA Corp
01.2013 - 07.2018
Master Degree - Mechanical Engineering
University of Massachusetts (Umass Lowell)
Bachelor Degree - Mechanical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES