Kornell Dash
Fort Wayne,IN
Summary
Highly-skilled Quality Engineer with background in various manufacturing environments and familiar with ISO 9001 standards. Experience encompasses quality assurance, process improvement, and compliance auditing. Strengths include problem-solving skills, ability to lead cross-functional teams and strong analytical judgment. Significant contributions made towards reducing production defects and increasing operational efficiency in previous roles.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Quality Engineer
Bae Systems Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN
03.2025 - Current
- Collaborate with project and contract administration teams to review and assess BAE compliance to Customer requirements
- Assist program teams in negotiating and tailoring contract requirements to ensure compliance with company procedures and methods.
- Facilitate successful completion of Root Cause, Corrective and Preventive Actions associated with customer product nonconformances
- Coordinate internal management review and approval for disposition of Corrective Action Plans associated with External Corrective Action Requests (CAR's)
- Partner with functions and co-own the implementation of AS9145 best practices with high subject-matter expertise and leadership; FMEA, SPC, MSA, Cp/Cpk, and other control techniques
- Facilitate APQP activities and build quality into the product during early life development
- Manage emerging issues and status ongoing investigations to external customers, including initiating, signoff and issuing of PQN's/NOE's (internal and external)
- Manage customer scorecards
- Support project plan/documentation development and other activities to establish the project's execution processes
- Effectively flow down and communicate program requirements to others
- Provide input to monthly CARB (Corrective Action Request Board) meetings covering status of quality metrics
- Create presentation materials and/or provide input to upper management for reporting to Customers and Government representatives
- Support the development and execution of factories external/customer audits
- Execution of Development FAI (First Article Inspections)
- Customer return requiring review and potential change of charge
Senior Quality Control Engineer
Bae Systems Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN
12.2023 - 03.2025
- Create Quality Control Instructions (QCIs) for containment, purges, and stop ships.
- Complete First Article Inspections (FAI).
- Lead and own actions to ensure successful outcomes of Quality Events, such as supplier escapes and customer corrective action requests.
- Lead and drive quality investigations, including effective RCCA, 7-steps, and 8D.
- Determine who the most appropriate Engineering personnel are to coordinate investigations, allocate, and follow up on responsibility accordingly.
- Ensure execution of quality systems within and across all teams (i.e., define quality systems, audit execution, ensure accuracy of instructions, train team members as needed).
- Create and sign off on Material Review Board for quality.
- Verify change request controls and ensure implementation.
- Lead the customer returns investigation process, including incoming review, progress tracking, and customer feedback.
- Support customer requests.
- Host customer visits and quality audits.
- Support source inspection activities by ensuring the product is prepared.
- Review and approve new planning and changed planning.
- Define quality systems to meet customer and regulatory expectations.
Production Quality Assurance Engineer I
Ultra Maritime
Fort Wayne, Indiana
12.2021 - 12.2023
- CIT (Certified IPC Trainer) for IPC J-STD-001, IPC/WHMA-A-620, and IPC-A-610
- Solder Training Coordinator
- Inspect solder applications for defects and solderability
- Verify deliverable items are conforming to specifications
- Monitor production scrap and calculate scrap rate
- Communicate issues and concerns around to the team to identify potential solutions
- Starting NCMRs (Non-Conforming Material Reports)
- Handling and investigating returned hardware
- Participate as a member on the MRB (Material Review Board).
- Reviewing and approving EN-FNs( Engineering Notice-Factory Notices) and ECRs/ECNs (Engineering Change Reports/Engineering Change Notices)
- Inspections and audits POC
- Works with PE on process improvement
- Make and approve Quality Alerts
- Monitor returned product/RMA (Return Material Authorization)
- Prepare reports on malfunctions and corrective actions
- Review current drawings and quality documentation
- Ensure products meet the organizations and customers quality and product integrity requirements
- Analyze data to identify trends in product quality or defects with goals of diminishing and preventing recurrence and future defects
- Conduct Gage R&Rs
- Prepare C of C (Certifications of Conformance) for materials and services delivered to the government/commercial customers
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Hanover College
05.2020
Skills
- Superior work ethic with excellent communication, multitasking and prioritization skills
- Capable of learning new skills quickly and approaching daily challenges with flexibility and openness to changing needs
- Dedicated to safety and well-versed in regulations and procedures
- Organized
- Energetic work attitude
- Sharp problem solver
- Critical thinking
Campus Involvement
- Varsity Football, Hanover College, 2016 - 2020
- Varsity Track & Field, Hanover College, 2019 - 2020
Certification
- AS9100:2016 Rev D. Internal Auditor
- ASQ (American Society for Quality) CQT (Certified Quality Technician)
- Certified Logistics Technician 4.0
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Timeline
Program Quality Engineer
Bae Systems Inc.
03.2025 - Current
Senior Quality Control Engineer
Bae Systems Inc.
12.2023 - 03.2025
Production Quality Assurance Engineer I
Ultra Maritime
12.2021 - 12.2023
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Hanover College
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