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Steven West

Niota,TN

Summary

Experienced with over 22 years in the Quality Assurance groups at Denso Manufacturing Athens Tennessee and Denso Manufacturing Tennessee.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

QA Lead Technician

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee
02.2003 - Current

October 2023 - Current: Failure analysis of Electronic Control Units (ECUs) for customer returns, field returns, and in-process failures at DMTN. Job duties include troubleshooting and defect analysis to the component level for IVI Infotainment Units.


Skills:

  • Soldering and repair of through-hole and surface mount components
  • Reading and interpreting schematic and circuit diagrams
  • Use of testing equipment, such as DMMs, oscilloscopes, network/spectrum analyzers, and signal generator



October 2013 - September 2023: CMM measurement and programming for QARI group. Job duties included programming measurement routines for CMM, daily measurement of incoming components via CMM, and supporting various groups on campus.


Skills:

  • Proficient in GD&T
  • PC-DMIS software programming
  • Reading and interpreting mechanical drawings



October 2009 - September 2013: Member of Foreign Material And Contamination Elimination team (F.A.C.E). Job duties included tear-down investigation of fuel injectors and foreign material analysis.


Skills:

  • Tear down fuel injectors and collect contamination
  • Use of scanning electron microscope (SEM) for analysis of metal foreign material
  • Use of Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) for analysis of non-metal foreign material



August 2005 - September 2009: Quality Assurance lab technician



February 2003 - July 2005: Q1/Quality Inspector at Final Inspection

Education

Bachelor of Science - Audio Engineering

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
05-2000

Certification

Certificate of Training: Electrical and Electronic Fundamentals (Pellissippi State Community College)

Timeline

QA Lead Technician

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee
02.2003 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Audio Engineering

Middle Tennessee State University