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Jose Mena

San Antonio,United States

Summary

Self-Disciplined and resourceful Process Technician with excellent relationship-building and leadership experience and innovative problem solver with a passion for how technology works and finding ways to improve current standards.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Joining Engineering Technician

Tesla
01.2024 - Current
  • Under the direction of Senior Joining Engineers, implement new weld schedules for resistance spot welding.


  • Respond to production downtime and support breakdown recovery of joining equipment. Diagnose joining equipment faults and joint non-conformance and implement corrective actions. Coordinate joint validation with cross-functional teams to ensure joint conformance
  • Maintain joining process applications implementing best practices with the goal to improve equipment longevity, process quality and controlled preventive procedures. Fault examples: resistance checks, blowhole recovery, C-factor, hi/low current, tip dress faults, excessive adhesive squeeze out, mislocated laser brazing seam, wire feed issues, remote welding cooling systems, cover lenses, etc.
  • Extensive theorical and proven hands-on experience working with welding and joining technologies using Kuka and Fanuc robots in BIW, including equipment and process operation to successfully respond to alarms and determine root cause while troubleshooting an issue during production
  • Fully understand robot positions and speed to diagnose expulsion, arcing, adhesive application, stick-out, tip dress, cooling, contamination, nugget form / size / location, etc.
  • Support projects during factory acceptance testing, installation, commissioning, validation, and transfer of ownership to production
  • Support / assist Maintenance in troubleshooting difficult breakdowns and chronic equipment failures. Provide technical training to maintenance, production, and other internal resource groups. Working in a hands-on capacity in a production environment to fully understand scope, impact, and associated challenges. Provide technical support to production, maintenance, quality, and other groups as required



Process Technician III

Tesla
03.2023 - 01.2024
  • Support Engineering and Manufacturing teams in improving and writing manufacturing instructions, including rework procedures.
  • Provide daily coverage of production line processes to ensure smooth and effective operations, including a rapid response to out-of-control processes to minimize cost and maximize productivity Investigate and implement countermeasures to improve product yield.
  • Execute experiments and analyze data under the direction of process engineers.
  • Trial new parts and process in conjunction with the new product engineering team. Perform Quality Audits to proactively identify potential issues working with the quality engineering organization.
  • Support Lean Manufacturing and 5S initiatives with the support of the industrial engineering team.
  • Root Cause quality issues and escalate to Process and Joining Engineers.

Production Team Member

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas
08.2020 - 03.2023
  • Followed strict safety protocols when dealing with hazardous materials.
  • Cross-trained in multiple positions to offer skilled assistance with different parts of production line.
  • Inspected final products to assess compliance with quality standards.
  • Conducted quality inspections of finished products and made minor repairs to meet project expectations.
  • Applied tape to vehicles.
  • Remove Jigs

Real Estate Sales Agent

EXp Realty, LLC
09.2019 - 12.2022
  • Communicated with clients to understand property needs and preferences.
  • Negotiated between buyers and sellers of properties with efficiency and transparency to maximize profits and maintain satisfaction of clients.
  • Wrote listings detailing and professionally highlighting property features to increase sales chances.
  • Educated clients on sales and buying processes and advised buyers on making decisions.
  • Educated clients looking to sell or buy on current market conditions, legal requirements, pricing and mortgages.
  • Compared, researched and appraised properties.

Education

Web Developer

Codecademy

High School Diploma -

Thomas Jefferson High School
San Antonio, TX
06-2012

Skills

  • SCA
  • SPR (Henrob)
  • Resistance Spot Welding
  • Scansonic Laser Optic

Certification

Codecademy Certifications

HTML

CSS



Basic KUKA Course

Basic Fanuc Course

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Joining Engineering Technician

Tesla
01.2024 - Current

Process Technician III

Tesla
03.2023 - 01.2024

Production Team Member

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas
08.2020 - 03.2023

Real Estate Sales Agent

EXp Realty, LLC
09.2019 - 12.2022

Web Developer

Codecademy

High School Diploma -

Thomas Jefferson High School
Jose Mena