Travis Harding
Grant,USA
Summary
Extensive experience in the electronics manufacturing, product design & development, and test engineering services industries. Experience includes positions with Contract Manufacturers, OEM's, and Consultants – thereby obtaining a broad range of expertise to offer to potential employers. Personal skills include attention to detail, ability to work with little or no supervision, honesty, integrity, wise time management, project ownership, and excellent interpersonal skills.
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
Work History
Test Development Engineering Manager
SCI Technology, Inc.
06.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Defense & Aerospace Contract Manufacturer – PCB/Box-Build Manufacturing Site
- Manages the planning, development, and implementation of procedures for the testing and evaluation of standard and special devices
- Manages the activities of the team and is responsible for staffing decisions, training, development, and performance management of the staff
- Specifies tests to be performed, compiles data, and makes recommendations for changes required in testing equipment procedures, test processes, new testing requirements and/or design of testing equipment
- Recommends the purchase of test equipment
- Schedules projects in the department
- Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the team
- Participates in the coop/intern program, attending Engineering Career Fairs at local universities
Sr. Project Test Engineer
Sanmina Corp. Medical Division
08.2016 - 06.2021
- Company Overview: Contract Manufacturer – PCB/Box-Build Manufacturing Site
- Participate in a cross-functional customer focus team to design, develop, implement and sustain cost-effective methods of testing and troubleshooting systems and equipment
- Prepare test and diagnostic programs, design test fixtures and equipment, and complete specifications and procedures for new products
- Plan the labor, schedules, and equipment required for testing and evaluating standard and special devices
- Prepare verification & validation test reports to comply with FDA IQ/OQ/Verification standards
- Mentor junior engineers and technicians
Sr. Project Manager
Benchmark Electronics
01.2008 - 08.2016
- Company Overview: Contract Manufacturer – PCB Site
- Managed daily activities of a cross-functional customer focus team consisting of engineering, manufacturing, quality, and purchasing & materials disciplines to provide support for New Product Introductions and sustaining activities
- Provided daily reports to the customer of the materials status, scheduling, test and quality data in support of qualification builds and reliability testing
- Chaired technical meetings between the customer and internal focus team
Sr. Product Engineer
Benchmark Electronics
03.2006 - 01.2008
- Company Overview: Contract Manufacturer – System Integration Site
- Senior technical liaison between the technical & operations teams of the customer and company
- Launched New Product Introductions by traveling to customer locations to participate in “transfer of information” (TOI) sessions with customer’s designers & product engineers, then transferring that information to the customer focus team at Benchmark
ATE Engineering Manager
TestPro Systems
06.1998 - 03.2006
- Company Overview: ATE Services Vendor
- Managed the technical group consisting of electro-mechanical design engineers and technicians, software test development engineers, and quality control test operators
- Responsible for submitting proposals and provided customer service as the main point of contact for customers
- Implemented the Quality Management System and coordinated the development of technical policies and procedures to obtain ISO certification
Business Owner
Professional Testing Service
06.1995 - 06.1998
- Company Overview: Consulting Firm
- Providing engineering consultant services for the design and manufacture of electro-mechanical testing platforms and software
Technical Sales Engineer/Facility Manager
Tescon Co., LTD.
01.1990 - 06.1995
- Company Overview: Manufacturing/Test Equipment & Engineering Services Vendor
- Technical sales & management professional, working to obtain and sustain business relationships with engineering professionals, soliciting contracts to design and manufacture electro-mechanical testing systems and software
- Helped manage this electro-mechanical testing solutions facility – building the business from4 employees when starting in this role, to over50 employees upon leaving the company for another opportunity
Sr. Test Engineer
Comptronix Corp.
01.1984 - 01.1990
- Company Overview: Contract Manufacturer
- Developed In-circuit hardware and software solutions for testing printed circuit boards
Education
BS Business Management -
Kaplan College
AS Business Admin. - undefined
Snead St. Jr. College
Honor Graduate - Industrial Electronics Technology
Marshall Technical School
Honor Graduate - undefined
K.D.S.-D.A.R. High School
Skills
- Engineering Management
- Product Engineering
- Project Management & Scheduling
- NPI Product Life-cycle Management
- DFT/DFM Management
- Sustaining Test Engineering
- Test Development Management – Hardware/Software Design & Development
- Schedule equipment and labor resources
- Creation/maintenance of policies & procedures
- Budget estimates and tracking
- Leadership of kaizen projects & six-sigma processes
- Providing internal & external customer service
- Ensuring regulatory compliance
- Mentoring of labor force and executing performance reviews
- Intern / Co-op Program participant, recruiting at engineering schools
- Maintaining & improving overall business strategies
MILITARY EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School – Ft. Bliss, TX. for Basic Training.
- U.S. Army Signal Communications School – Ft. Gordon, GA. for COMSEC repair.
- U.S. Army Learning Center – Ft. Gordon, GA. for Understanding Semiconductors, Passive Electronics, IC Technology, Microprocessor Logic, Understanding Test Equipment, and Common Precision Soldering.
Timeline
Test Development Engineering Manager
SCI Technology, Inc.
06.2021 - Current
Sr. Project Test Engineer
Sanmina Corp. Medical Division
08.2016 - 06.2021
Sr. Project Manager
Benchmark Electronics
01.2008 - 08.2016
Sr. Product Engineer
Benchmark Electronics
03.2006 - 01.2008
ATE Engineering Manager
TestPro Systems
06.1998 - 03.2006
Business Owner
Professional Testing Service
06.1995 - 06.1998
Technical Sales Engineer/Facility Manager
Tescon Co., LTD.
01.1990 - 06.1995
Sr. Test Engineer
Comptronix Corp.
01.1984 - 01.1990
AS Business Admin. - undefined
Snead St. Jr. College
Honor Graduate - Industrial Electronics Technology
Marshall Technical School
Honor Graduate - undefined
K.D.S.-D.A.R. High School
BS Business Management -
Kaplan College
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