Senior Manufacturing Engineer · Aerospace & Defense Electronics
Manufacturing engineer and MBA with 13+ years of experience in military and aerospace production environments where high-reliability, Class 3 workmanship, traceability and process control are essential—not optional.
Selected work
Led the replacement of a legacy coating platform with a modern multi-tool system, coordinating the work from purchase through installation and validation.
Built a repeatable launch structure around 13 initial programs, operator training, thickness verification, standardized documentation and first-piece controls.
Owned the technical introduction of a dual-shuttle routing platform while improving an existing single-shuttle process.
Improved accuracy, throughput and scrap prevention through fiducial-based path correction, purpose-built fixtures and disciplined tool-life controls.
Led a focused process-improvement effort to stabilize selective solder performance in a high-reliability electronics environment.
Increased first-pass yield from 55% to more than 90% while strengthening production visibility and response to recurring defects.
Defined the case for replacing an aging X-ray system whose image quality created manual rescans and inspection inefficiency.
Turned recurring image-quality pain into a structured modernization plan tied to inspection capability and labor efficiency.
Professional profile
I thrive on complex, unstructured manufacturing problems—turning data, floor-level observation and technical detail into practical systems. My approach connects long-range strategy with disciplined execution, clear standards and measurable results.
Translate complex manufacturing areas into stable, teachable systems.
Lead selection, installation, programming, qualification and handoff.
Connect drawings, fixtures, tooling and production reality early.
Use observation, trials and data to remove constraints and risk.
Align operations, quality, EHS, facilities, IT, tool rooms and vendors.
Create visual work instructions, process flows, DoMs and validation checklists.
Experience & education
L3Harris · Cincinnati, Ohio
Lead manufacturing engineering strategy across conformal coat, X-ray inspection, selective solder, depanel and parts forming. Delivered rapid-response improvements that increased FPY from 55% to more than 90%, implemented first-piece inspection and production tracking, and reduced quality escapes to fewer than 25 per month.
Industry context: L3Harris Cincinnati manufactures military fuzing and ordnance systems, precision electronics, safety-and-arming devices and proximity sensors for missiles, projectiles, rockets, UAVs and other defense platforms. Its automated electronics area produces high-reliability flex and circuit-card assemblies for safety-critical military components.
Jabil Defense & Aerospace · St. Petersburg, Florida
Planned and launched NPI programs worth $2–10 million annually, analyzed daily production performance and applied PFMEA, root cause analysis and Lean methods. Led 14 Kaizen events in FY20, generating $14,862 in monthly soft savings and $2,268 in monthly hard savings.
Industry context: Jabil Defense & Aerospace supports mission-critical defense, commercial-air and space programs with design, manufacturing, testing, compliance and supply-chain services. The work is built around complex, high-mix, low-volume electro-mechanical systems in ITAR-controlled, AS9100D-certified environments.
Austin Manufacturing Services · Austin, Texas
Created and maintained assembly and packaging instructions for electronics manufacturing, including controlled ITAR assemblies.
Lynn University, 2020 · Texas A&M University, 2012
MBA in Entrepreneurial Management with a 4.0 GPA, paired with an Industrial Engineering foundation and leadership experience in the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.
Technical toolkit
AutoCAD · Solumina · SAP Production · CircuitCAM · CAM350 · SolidWorks Composer · Leonardo Express
Sayaka depanel · Nordson conformal coat · Kurtz ERSA soldering · SPEA flying probe · MANIX lead trimming · X-ray · Reflow · Wave · Press fit
IPC J-STD-001 certified · IPC-A-610 certified · AS9100 · High-reliability Class 3 electronics · ITAR-controlled manufacturing · First-piece inspection
SPC · Cpk · PFMEA · Design for manufacturing · GD&T · Root cause analysis · Poka-yoke fixtures · Process-flow development
CAPEX and equipment purchasing · Project implementation · Change management · TPM · KPI systems · Cost savings · Customer requirements
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt · Six Sigma Green Belt · Lean Bronze · IBM Data Science Professional Certificate
Change Management Foundations · Operations Foundations: TPM · Introduction to GD&T · Excel: Statistical Process Control
SPEA Leonardo flying-probe programming · Project Management Foundations: Requirements · Transitioning from Technical Professional to Manager
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification
Next challenge
Ready to bring hands-on engineering judgment, disciplined process control and cross-functional leadership to the next manufacturing challenge.