Christopher Rose
Manufacturing Engineer
Brooklyn Park,MN
Summary
Innovative Manufacturing Engineer with over 30 years of experience driving product from prototype to production. Strengths lie in managing cross-functional teams, optimizing manufacturing processes and improving product quality. Previous work demonstrates significant impact on reducing production costs and time-to-market while ensuring high customer satisfaction levels.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
NPI Engineer (DFM/DFA),
Nilfisk
06.2023 - Current
- Laison between R&D and operations teams to evaluate the design of manufacturing of components, parts, and modules for a new platform of the Large Industrial Floorcare Machine.
- Technical manager of our contract manufacturing of the sub-assemblies for the new platform.
- Responsible for building prototype, development, and pilot machines for testing, pre-production, and customer feedback.
Medical Device Engineer Contractor,
Medtronic and Other Medical Device Companies
12.2012 - 03.2023
- Contracted to provide leadership for specific manufacturing projects primarily at Medtronic, and more recently at other medical companies such as Nextern, Lisi Medical, and Steris/Cantel Medical.
- Worked as part of R&D teams to develop and launch new products, as well as operations teams to ensure compliance and improvement of existing product lines.
- Ensured product quality was in sync with the requirements of the customers.
- Led teams on the creation of pFMEA’s, IQ/OQ/PQ protocols and TMV assessments.
- Supported product development and continuous improvement through the DMAIC and Six Sigma methodologies.
- Involved in the creation of capital expense requests to procure equipment for the development of new manufacturing lines.
- Facilitated communication between customers, sales, engineering teams, outside vendors, and multi-facility groups.
- Implemented technical solutions to meet customer expectations and company profit margin goals through researching new methods and technologies in the industry.
- Supported day-to-day activities such as formal alert investigations to identify root causes of field issues which informed proposed solutions across teams.
Project Engineer,
Accellent, Inc.
05.2009 - 09.2012
- Led new product development for CNC Swiss, EDM, precise machining under ISO 13485.
- Managed new specialized product development along with leading cross-functional teams in cost reductions and innovative solutions.
- Led CAPA teams to improve or prevent non-conformities of products.
- Coached junior staff while ensuring responsiveness to business requirements and managing technical engagements with customers.
Manufacturing Engineer,
Metro Mold and Design, L.L.C.
05.2008 - 12.2008
- Led a cross-functional team to design an efficient layout for the Thermo-set department.
- Provided training on 5S/Lean concepts.
- Created and analyzed a series of designs of experiments for the Blow Molding Department, resulting in an optimized process.
- Developed a 'single-piece flow' assembly cell for a new customer in the Injection Molding Department.
Manufacturing Engineer,
Entegris, Inc.
11.2005 - 04.2008
- Supported an injection molding department and a product assembly line that provided micro-environments for the semi-conductor industry in a clean-room environment.
- Proposed, justified, and implemented cost-saving projects.
- Identified and improved process inadequacies.
- Completed Lean Sigma Black Belt training on an injection molding project, using the D.M.A.I.C. process and other Sigma tools including Pareto graphs, D.O.E., and Regression Analysis.
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree - Industrial Technology
BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY
Bemidji, MN01.1997
Associate of Arts -
OAK HILLS BIBLE COLLEGE
Bemidji, MN01.1994
Skills
- Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Plastics/Molding Experience
- Program/Project management
- SAP/Oracle/ERP systems
- pFMEA/Control Plan/Risk
- TMV level 2
- 5S/Visual Factory/Kaizen
- SPC, Spotfire analytics, Minitab
- Agile/PLM/QADoc/QMS
- Pro E, SolidWorks, AutoCad
- GD&T
- Gage R&R
- MS Project/Excel/Word/PP
- ISO 13485
- ISO 14971
- FDA 21 CFR 820
Timeline
NPI Engineer (DFM/DFA),
Nilfisk
06.2023 - Current
Medical Device Engineer Contractor,
Medtronic and Other Medical Device Companies
12.2012 - 03.2023
Project Engineer,
Accellent, Inc.
05.2009 - 09.2012
Manufacturing Engineer,
Metro Mold and Design, L.L.C.
05.2008 - 12.2008
Manufacturing Engineer,
Entegris, Inc.
11.2005 - 04.2008
Bachelor of Science Degree - Industrial Technology
BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY
Associate of Arts -
OAK HILLS BIBLE COLLEGE