Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Capabilities And Skills
Timeline
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Mary E. Farris

Colorado Springs,USA

Summary

Medical device professional equipped with extensive hands-on experience in assembling and testing complex medical equipment. Known for strong focus on collaborative teamwork and achieving high-quality results, adaptable to changing production needs. Skilled in both technical assembly and quality assurance.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Medical Device Assembler

Insight Global, Philips
06.2024 - 06.2025
  • Assembled and inspected and prepared fiber catheters which included polishing and documentation in MES system. Worked in subassemblies building and necking bands on various sizes of inner lumen. Contributed on a engineer project and contributed to helping a redesign project through picture taking extensive testing cycle and blood testing of bands tolerances in different size catheters, aiding in research and development of improvement on our product. Building different catheters with different size bands to be used in the process of product improvement. Verbalizing ideas and input on observations with the engineers and team members.

Precision Mechanical Assembler

APN Software Staffing, Philips
05.2023 - 03.2024
  • Mechanical assembly of complex mechanical and electro subassemblies for the CVX medical lasers and PLX lasers and assembly of PLX medical lasers to print and drawings and standard operating procedures. Conducting assignments in a safe and efficient manner and ensuring work is in accordance with all established policies and procedures and safety codes. Worked proficiently in a team environment to meet production schedules and report material shortages. Performed quality work and accurate documentation of all required entries in assembly travelers and batch sheets using Windchill. Complied with GMP’s and GDPs to ensure a quality product and properly report defects to ensure a quality product. Meeting FDA requirements Certified on thirty-five of the thirty-six subassemblies on CVX, all twenty-two of the PLX subassemblies and Certified on PLX laser machine. Mechanical tear down of returned CVX laser machines for scrap or salvage parts which results in revenue from the parts that can be reused. Used a variety of hand tools and ruler to assemble to specification.

Assembly Technician

Virtual Industries
08.2022 - 12.2022
  • Mechanical assembly of vacuum tweezer devices, soldering of wires and subassemblies. Daily recording of materials that I pulled for production assemblies on tracking cards. Testing and burn-in operations on devices. Final inspection and packaging of product to specific customer requirements. Performed laser markings of product label, date code and company emblem.

Senior Assembler

Thermo Fisher Scientific
06.2013 - 07.2022
  • Mechanical and various testing on x-ray sources that went into scanner guns. Hi-pot testing on tubes. Solder ball certified. PPI trained. Trainer of new individuals. Proficient in all stations on production floors. Implemented process improvements to improve proficiency and quality on the production line. Demonstrated flexibility and aptitude to meet the ever- changing peaks in the production schedule.

Test Operator

Quantum Corporation
03.2011 - 04.2013
  • Repaired tape drives by disassembling and rebuilding enclosures, various testing on drives and troubleshooting drives. Performed routine go/no go evaluations of circuits, components, instruments, and mechanical assemblies. Set up test devices using hand tools or automatic test methods. Pack-prep of Tape- drives and performing final inspection on the production line.

CCA Operator/Manufacturing Tech

Aeroflex
04.2010 - 02.2011
  • Soldered components on CCA cards to J-standard STD-001 and bonded and tacked components and tacked hardware as required. Loaded components and did multi–metering checks on components in Burn-in Ovens performing environmental tests. J- Standard Certified.

Assembler/Purchasing Agent

Energy Metering Systems
04.2006 - 03.2010
  • Electro and mechanical assembly of sub-metering devices for multi-family housing.
  • Soldering/surface mount and calibrating and testing of a variety of boards.
  • Along with assembly duties worked as a Purchase Agent which entailed generating purchase/sales orders and cross-referencing them with invoices using the Alliance system.
  • Entered boms and parts and maintained inventory in system.
  • Resolved all discrepancies, with invoices and receipts to ensure by proof reading documents properly and evaluating information and ensuring correct information reporting to the accounting department.
  • Shipped and received parts using UPS and Fed Ex.
  • Collaborated closely with co-workers and vendors and customers to ensure products shipped out in a timely and matter without defects.

Assembler III/ETO

ASTEX, MKS Instruments
09.1996 - 02.2006
  • Electro and mechanical assembly of power supplies for MRI'S on medical line.
  • Built a variety of sub-assemblies, jumper kits, harnesses, and cables.
  • Soldering resistors, capacitor types of components and wiring.
  • Team Captain of weekly cycle count team, which my team required to do weekly/ monthly cycle counts and recorded inventory into SAP System, to ensure our inventories accuracy.
  • Collaborated closely with engineers and ME department to fix procedures and manufacturing procedures.
  • Data entry of DMR'S and Corrective Actions to ensure our nonconforming material and quality procedures ensuring proper documentation.
  • Trainer of new employees and trained individuals from overseas to take over product line.
  • Maintained a manufacturing storyboard.
  • Performed quality auditing and inspections on the MRI units, to ensure our customers received a quality and reliable product.

Cable Assembler

Loral Space and Command
02.1995 - 10.1995
  • Built various cables to MIL standards.
  • Proficient with a variety of hand tools and crimpers.
  • Assembled complex cables following work instructions and prints.
  • Proficiently built cables with over three hundred wires able to color code and crimp properly and terminate in proper order in bulkhead connector.
  • Achieved and maintained a 99% quality accuracy on my assemblies which required strict tolerances and accuracy.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Accounting

Blair Junior College
Colorado Springs, CO

Skills

  • Electro and mechanical assembly
  • Soldering
  • Surface mount soldering
  • Through hole soldering
  • Crimping
  • Wire stripping
  • Environmental testing
  • Clean-room environment
  • Inspection
  • Training
  • Collaboration
  • Inventory control
  • SAP
  • Purchase/Sales orders
  • BOM generation
  • Quality monitoring
  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 1401
  • Calibration
  • Hand soldering
  • Logistics
  • High Voltage Safety
  • Black Fox Solder ball certification
  • Radiation Safety Training
  • Hand tool proficiency
  • Microscope usage
  • Clean room procedures
  • Adaptive learning
  • Electro-mechanical assembly
  • Mechanical aptitude
  • Device testing

Accomplishments

  • Achieved production goals by completing work with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Achieved test data through effectively helping with Band engineer product.
  • Collaborated with team of 8 in the development of Band redesign.
  • Documented and resolved band test result which led to decisions on band design.

Capabilities And Skills

  • Electro and mechanical assembly of power amplifiers for (MRI'S) and laser subassemblies and laser machines on the medical products assembly line which included installing harnesses, cables and circuit boards and subassemblies. Built sub-metering devices for measuring electric/gas/water for multi-family housing. Testing and mechanical assembly of sources that went into X-ray scanner guns. Soldered components on CCA cards to J-standard STD-001 and bonded components and tacked hardware as required. Environmental testing of electronic components in Burn In operations.
  • Assembled various cables and harnesses and color-wire coding of cable assemblies which included soldering, surface mount/through hole soldering, crimping, and stripping of wires to strict tolerances and schematics, have built to Mil Standards.
  • Experienced in a Clean-room environment in SDA Build and Close/Tape Procedures which included inspecting media and actuators for visual defects.
  • Qualified and OJT trainer in Customer Configuration Stations and trained over fifteen new employees on these stations, also given the task of training individuals from China to take over the medical product line.
  • Strong people skills collaborating with co-workers, engineers, and managers and vendors to have line work proficiently by organizing and prioritizing schedules and projects.
  • Team Leader Captain of a cycle team which did weekly/monthly cycle counts and recorded inventory control into SAP system. Generated and maintained Purchase /Sales orders and invoices. Generated and created Bom's and maintained inventory using Alliance system.
  • Monitored our quality by collaborating closely with Engineers and ME departments to ensure our drawings, schematics and manufacturing instructions are accurate and interpreted easily by assemblers.
  • Classes in ESD, Security Awareness, Five-S, Hazardous Waste, Internal Quality Auditor on ISO 9001 and ISO 1401, Calibration, Hand Soldering, QPR, Logistic, and High Voltage Safety. Used Sap, Access, Lotus Notes and DMR databases and applications. Certified to Black Fox Solder ball. Radiation Safety Trained.

Timeline

Medical Device Assembler

Insight Global, Philips
06.2024 - 06.2025

Precision Mechanical Assembler

APN Software Staffing, Philips
05.2023 - 03.2024

Assembly Technician

Virtual Industries
08.2022 - 12.2022

Senior Assembler

Thermo Fisher Scientific
06.2013 - 07.2022

Test Operator

Quantum Corporation
03.2011 - 04.2013

CCA Operator/Manufacturing Tech

Aeroflex
04.2010 - 02.2011

Assembler/Purchasing Agent

Energy Metering Systems
04.2006 - 03.2010

Assembler III/ETO

ASTEX, MKS Instruments
09.1996 - 02.2006

Cable Assembler

Loral Space and Command
02.1995 - 10.1995

Associate of Applied Science - Accounting

Blair Junior College
Mary E. Farris