JOSE ANGEL MACIAS
EL PASO,TX
Summary
Manufacturing and quality engineer with background in various manufacturing environments and familiar with ISO 9001 standards. Experience encompasses product development, process improvement, compliance auditing, and supporting manufacturing operations through root cause analysis and problem-solving. Strengths include leading cross-functional teams and strong analytical judgment. Significant contributions made towards reducing production defects and increasing operational efficiency in previous roles.
Overview
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2
Languages
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Certification
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Engineer.
D.A. Inc. Kojima
06.2018 - 05.2026
- Lead fact-finding, root cause analysis, defect replication, and corrective action development for customer claims.
- Coordinated customer claims investigations to fulfill customer requirements and acted as a point of contact for customers regarding quality issues.
- Lead and coordinate containment activities for defects identified internally and at the customer locations.
- Perform analysis of returned defect parts and provide information to problem-solving team members. Lead Quality Problem Report (QPR) meeting.
- Providing support in APQP activities, including PFMEA, Control Plan development and PPAP, for new or existing products.
- Addressed supplier quality issues during launch and post mass production.
- Initiate timely communication with customers to ensure quality expectations are understood and the voice of the customer is heard internally.
- Ensured quality verification procedures and documentation met internal customer requirements, including sample data sheets, gage R&R studies, and capability studies.
- Perform audits LVPT, and HVPT, run-at-rate audits, and other production-readiness activities.
- Received a certification from SAI GLOBAL on IATF 16949 Automotive Lead Auditor training.
Component Engineer.
Johnson & Johnson
02.2015 - 02.2018
- Managed project resources, ensuring technical support and equipment were effectively utilized to maintain data integrity and optimize test throughput.
- Coordinated TEMPO projects for 10 engineers and 2 technicians, delivering personal weekly reports to ensure project alignment and progress.
- Led engineering group to manage Tempo projects, provided weekly reports to key local teams and management in Cincinnati and Juarez.
- Manage and complete 40 projects to meet the established number of projects 40, we did 41 projects. by myself at the end of the year 2016
- Work with lab technicians to assemble, test, and troubleshoot mechanical, electronic, electromechanical, and pneumatic test set-ups and data acquisitions.
- Notified suppliers of product issues, ensuring quality control by segregating and reviewing products, returning defective parts, and requesting corrective actions to prevent future problems.
- Validate test methods using equipment qualification, software validation, and measurement analysis.
- Develop and qualify new test protocols, ensuring test objectives are effectively incorporated. Design and coordinate the fabrication of unique test fixtures required for protocol execution.
Global Supplier Quality Engineer.
NCR Corporation
01.2012 - 02.2015
- Led new product introduction into repair suppliers to ensure product specification and its manufacturability.
- Identified and resolved quality issues, driving root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
- Oversaw on-site suppliers and conducted reviews to qualify potential suppliers.
- Assisted suppliers in enhancing production repair line by applying lean concepts for ATM modules.
- Created and implemented process step for inspection testing and verification on NFF (no failure found), achieving cost savings before returning units to the field.
- Work as a key interface with services and global module teams on critical issues and new programs.
- Reduce Metrics under 2% OBF (out of the box failure), ELF (Early life failure), NFF (NO failure found) in main commodities, also increment the MTBF (mean time between failure) more than 200 days.
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer.
Delphi Automotive
08.2008 - 08.2011
- Achieved flawless program execution and product launches by applying the APQP process diligently.
- Evaluated potential suppliers and facilitated contracts through the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process until the product was ready for production.
- Developed suppliers through APQP activities, technical reviews, and run at rate capacity planning.
- Implemented production containment strategies to ensure quality control in the manufacturing process.
- Addressed launch supply issues to align with project objectives.
- Achieve supplier PASS R&R98%on time for all parts on new programs to project commitment dates.
- Approve supplier FULL PPAP 100% for Ford platforms FCSD and Legacy, Ford Mustang Fuel Handling Modules, Canisters Modules for Harley Davidson, and Hyundai programs on time without launch issues.
- Organize and lead conference aimed to educate/inform suppliers on our new programs and expectations.
- Request & verify the implementation of ISO/TS 16949 on new projects.
Senior Manufacturing Engineer.
Delphi Automotive Systems Saginaw Division
12.1997 - 08.2008
- Supported manufacturing operations in final assembly, plastics injection molding, bearing press, and functional test bench; developed optimum tooling, designed and implemented error-proofing on programs, and executed cost-savings projects.
- Design, procure and install lean equipment to assemble steering columns, rack and pinion. Column and intermediate shaft for the automotive industry.
- Analyzed customer specifications to create action plans that effectively addressed customer needs.
- Coordinated the creation of the potential failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA).
- Communicated with product engineering to redesign components for improved assembly.
- Analyze product design concepts for the best manufacturing assembly method.
- Perform design of experiments (DOE) on several processes to obtain the best and optimum set up.
- Design and re-tool several existing machines.
- Mentor new engineers in manufacturing engineering processes.
- Led and coordinated six engineers to develop and implement a steering wheel project across Australia and Mexico.
- Seven times achieved flawless launches for Toyota and GM programs for steering systems including steering columns, Rack & Pinion, gears in different assembly plants Between Mexico, USA, Spain and Australia.
- Achieved cost avoidance of $150,000 through six sigma green belt projects
- Scrap Reduction and cost avoidance for 500,000 USD, six shainin projects.
Education
Master of Science - Manufacturing Engineering
University of Texas in EL Paso
El Paso, TX12-2004
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering/minor Electronics
Technical institute of Juarez
MexicoSkills
- Continuous improvement
- Root cause analysis
- Lean manufacturing
- Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC)
- Time studies
- Line balancing
- SPC quality control
- DOE
- Minitab
- Poka-yoke design
- Error-proofing workstations
- Test fixture development
- Risk assessment
- Audit management
- Supplier collaboration
- Customer collaboration
- CAPA management
- GD&T
- CAD software
- AutoCAD (Basics)
- MS-Office
Languages
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Certification
- IATF 16949 Automotive Lead Auditor Course SAI GLOBAL 02/18/2022
- Problem solving techiques, certified Six Sigma Green and Black Belt DELPHI 7/10/1998
- Problem solving techiques, SHAININ LLC RED X JOURNEYMAN DELPHI 4/15/2005
Timeline
Quality Engineer.
D.A. Inc. Kojima
06.2018 - 05.2026
Component Engineer.
Johnson & Johnson
02.2015 - 02.2018
Global Supplier Quality Engineer.
NCR Corporation
01.2012 - 02.2015
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer.
Delphi Automotive
08.2008 - 08.2011
Senior Manufacturing Engineer.
Delphi Automotive Systems Saginaw Division
12.1997 - 08.2008
Master of Science - Manufacturing Engineering
University of Texas in EL Paso
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering/minor Electronics
Technical institute of Juarez