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Benjamin Him
Mechanical, Manufacturing & Quality Engineering
Portland,OR
Summary
Dedicated professional with extensive background in mechanical design, manufacturing and quality. Multiple years of experience working with and leading teams in the aerospace and renewable energy sectors. Designs and develops equipment to improve prototypes and products. Experienced in leading projects from initial conception to completion within customer budget. Skilled in reviewing technical specifications, creating manufacturing instructions and developing tools. Strong analytical skills and committed to improving efficiency and effectiveness. Adept at performing quality inspections, identifying root causes for non-conforming material issues and maintaining supplier relationships.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Mechanical Engineer
Mountain View Aviation, LLC
Hubbard, OR
Feb.2020 - Oct.2022
- Manage and general upkeep of technical reports and drawing packages
- Communicate with clients and customers regarding technical aspects of products
- Designed and implemented fixtures and jigs to assist in manufacture and assembly
- Testing, quality control and assembly of components
- Evaluated final product's overall performance, reliability and safety.
Mechanical Design / Manufacturing Engineer
Fliegen Works, Inc
Portland, OR
Jan.2016 - Oct.2022
- Design and substantiate repairs, and custom components for aircraft structure
- Analyze critical failure modes of structural components and assemblies
- Draft technical documents such as structural substantiations, operating instructions, process specifications, maintenance manuals and functional requirements
- Create and review 3D models, schematics, drawings and bill of materials
- Reverse engineer components for ease of manufacture and improved performance
- Coordinate and manage multi-team projects from preliminary concept design to final assembly and installation
- Provide technical engineering support for components and assemblies including writing and resolving engineering change requests and engineering change orders
- Manufacture components using G-code / CNC and standard machine shop tools
Quality Engineer III
ESS, Inc
Wilsonville, OR
Oct.2022 - Current
- Conducted international and domestic supplier visits for onboarding / down selection process and resolve quality and manufacturing issues to increase incoming part yield and overall supplier manufacturing ability
- Manage and maintain supplier relationships across Asia and domestic locations to ensure high quality conforming parts for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
- Outline and improve new and existing processes using Lean Six Sigma methodology
- Performed failure analysis and provide dispositions on non-conforming parts and materials via Material Review Board
- Develop and track quality metrics to analyze non-conformance trends and support root cause and corrective actions
- Coordinate with in house operations team along with vendors to maintain project timelines and improve overall manufacturing processes for incoming and outgoing products
- Conduct internal audits and external audits of suppliers per ISO 9001 standards
- Interface with design team to refine component and assembly design for NPI / NPD
- Provide training, generate documents and establish KPIs / KPAs to guide IQC team
- Conduct and document design reviews, material analysis, systems evaluations, risk assessments, and manufacturing processes to preemptively identify and resolve issues
- Diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve equipment and assembly failures and document errors to prevent future occurrences via preventative maintenance
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR Oct.2011 - Jul.2015
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Skills
- GD&T
- Lean Six Sigma
- Root Cause Identification
- Process Optimization
- Non-Conformance Processes
- Process Control Documentation
- Root Cause Analysis
- Quality Improvement Strategy
- Quality Assurance
- Change Management
- Risk Mitigation
- Corrective Action Planning
- Internal Audit Coordination
- SOP Development
- Inspection Processes
- Document Quality
- ISO 9000 Requirements
- ISO 45001 Requirements
- Materials Inspections
- Waste Reduction
- Design and Manufacturing Reviews
- Non-Conforming Materials Process
- Continuous Improvements
- Non-Conforming Material Reports
- Material Review
- Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
- Engineering Support
- Systems Integration
- Engineering Design
- Tolerance Review
- Technical Writing
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis and Visualization
- Inspection Plan Design
- Metrology
- Cross-Functional Teamwork
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Quality processes
- Non-conforming material reports
- Root-cause analysis
- Quality management system
- Root cause identification
- Quality engineering tools
- Corrective and preventive actions
- Quality Management System
- DMAIC
- DMADV
- APQP
- PPAP
Software
Arduino IDE
MATLAB
LabVIEW
SolidWorks
AutoCAD
Autodesk Inventor
Minitab
Microsoft Office
VectorPro
PolyWorks
PC-DMIS
Smartsheet
Oracle ERP
PDM
CAD/CAM
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 Internal Auditor
Timeline
Quality Engineer III
ESS, Inc
Oct.2022 - Current
Mechanical Engineer
Mountain View Aviation, LLC
Feb.2020 - Oct.2022
Mechanical Design / Manufacturing Engineer
Fliegen Works, Inc
Jan.2016 - Oct.2022
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Oregon State University
Oct.2011 - Jul.2015
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