Sr Reliability Engineer needed at Apple Computer CA

[Patrick Burke]

Apple Computer is looking for Sr. Reliability Engineer here in our Cupertino, CA site. The job description is below. If you are qualified and interested, please email me at pburke@apple.com. Thanks.

-- Patrick Burke


Sr. Reliability Engineer - Apple Computer

Candidate will provide reliability leadership in a division focusing on consumer products, as well as Apple’s Reliability group.

Candidate will create new tests for products, conduct test plan review, monitor tests conducted at the OEM and vendors, work with the Apple Reliability group to tap the corporate resources, and perform failure analysis on issues. Leveraging the OEM validation model, you will evaluate system MTBF/ARR as it relates to warranty cost/engineering tradeoffs/marketing expectations. There are frequent travel overseas to work with partners in production and component engineering.

The candidate should be strong technically, with program management skills and a good communicator. The ideal candidate is an expert in the reliability testing field.

Required Experience:
* BSEE/BSME or equivalent.
* 5+ years of reliability testing experience.
* Extensive experience developing test specifications.
* Complete understanding and/or practical experience of validation testing of consumer products.
* Experience with HALT/HASS and or Strife.
* Experience with thermal and vibration testing.
* Experience with design margin testing.
* Ability to verify product functionality and compliance with intended usage pattern.

Preferred Experience:
* Consumer product experience.
* Experience working with overseas partners.
* Knowledge of electrical circuits; setting up automated testing.
* Familiarity with SMT process.
* Exposure to failure analysis of integrated circuits.

[ghallon]

Hello,
I am interested in this position. Following is my resume.


AMRIK S. GHALLON
PHONE (408) 666-9404
email: ghallon@comcast.net


OBJECTIVE


Senior Engineering position to contribute extensive experience in Reliability, Quality Assurance, and New Product Introduction success.

QUALIFICATIONS

14 years experience in engineering and QA management with expertise in:


* Managing reliability tests(HALT/HASS)
* Statistical analysis (DOE, FMEA, SPC)
* Launching new products
* Establishing quality systems
* Brown belt in Six-Sigma.
* Regulatory compliance
* ISO 9000 certification
* Managing and auditing suppliers
* Processes development

ACHIEVEMENTS

*Established reliability test plans and introduced new products to manufacturing.
Worked with product design team to document product specifications and process
control limits, test requirements, identified key failure modes with FMEA,
planned and conducted DVT, HALT, and HASS tests. Results: On time product
launch with fewer quality issues and changes required.

* Developed new process. Established objective; selected responses; selected
input factors; used design of experiment (DOE); collected and analyzed data;
verified results with additional experiments; optimized processes; established
SPC charts; selected vendors; established incoming inspection; published report
and presentation to management. Results: Developed new products in shorter
time and increase the yield of existing products.

* Managed PCBA contract manufacturers and electro-mechanical suppliers.
Chaired regular meetings with supplier; conducted factory audits; compiled
data, analyzed and created quality performance metrics. Established PMP,
CAR, MRB, and supplier scorecard. Managed BOM, RMA, ECN and new product release.
Results: Increased visibility of quality issues; reduced defects and improved yield.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

*Reliability and Quality Engineer
Network General Corp, San Jose, CA 1.0 Yr
*Engineering Supervisor
Lin Engineering, Santa Clara, CA 0.5 Yr.
*Manager, Quality Systems
Larscom Inc., Milpitas, CA 1.5 Yrs.
*Sr. New Product Introduction Quality Engineer
Palm, Inc., Santa Clara, CA 1.0 Yr.
*Quality Manager/Sr. Staff Engineer
Seagate Technology, Fremont, CA 3.5 Yrs.
*Sr. Development Engineer
Western Digital Corp., S. Clara, CA 2.0 Yrs.
*Manufacturing Engineer
Komag Inc., Milpitas, CA 2.0 Yrs.
*Automation/Development Engineer
Olin Interconnect Tech., Manteca, CA 3 Yrs.

EDUCATION
M.E., General Engineering (CAD/CAM Mechanical),
San Jose State University, CA
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, G.S. Institute of Technology & Science,
Indore (M.P) India
Business Administration, University of California,
Santa Cruz, CA

SPECIAL SKILLS
Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, GMP, ISO 9000:2000, MIL-STD-810F,
MIL-STD-105, QSR, 21CFR820, FMEA, IPC-A-610, GR-63-CORE, GR-1089-CORE,
NEBS, UL60950, ESD-TR20.20-2000, Relex-7, HALT, HASS, ISO 13485,
ETSI EN 300 019-2-1, Statistics, SPC, DOE, Gauge R&R, Minitab,
Stepping Motor, HTML, Autocad, Inventor, Words, Excel, Access, Power point.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network General Corp. (Formerly Network Associates), San Jose, CA
2004 - 2005
Reliability and Quality Engineering
Developed and implemented strategies to ensure product reliability.
Performed MTBF calculations, planed and conducted DVT, HALT, HASS
tests on new product releases. Used DOE to optimize system design.
Applied FMEA technique to create robust design. Worked with suppliers
to improve reliability of parts and system assembly. Used Six Sigma
techniques to develop strategies and quality process. Implemented
quality performance metrics to monitor and improve the product
quality. Managed supplier certification process. Drove continuous
improvement initiatives through CAR, site audits, FA, and quality metrics.

Lin Engineering, Santa Clara, CA
2003 - 2004
Engineering Supervisor
Managed the engineering activities to introduce new stepping motors:
drawings, BOM & work instructions.

Larscom Inc., Milpitas, CA
2001 – 2002
Manager, Quality Systems
Managed all aspects of quality resources and functions; Introduced new
product; qualified contract manufacturer; established and maintained
operations performance metrics; hosted continuous improvement team
meeting; managed regulatory compliance – UL safety, CE Mark, NEBS;
reliability testing – HALT & HASS, MTBF; ISO 9000 procedures, audits
and certification; started transitions to ISO 9000:2000 standard

Palm, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
2000-2001
Senior New Product Introduction Quality Engineer

Seagate Technology, Fremont, CA
1996-1999
Quality Manager/Sr. Staff Engineer
Liased between suppliers, design center and factories in Far East;
resolved customer complaints and led cross-functional team; trained
staff for internal ISO-9000 audits & maintained ISO qualification;
organized quarterly evaluations; coordinated gauge capability, gauge
correlation among different sites; managed reliability testing and failure
analysis; reduced customer returns by managing quality of product at shipping
point; organized training on FMEA, ISO-14000; ISO-14644 & IEST recommendations;
developed and maintained Lotus Notes database.

Western Digital Corp., Santa Clara, CA
1994-1996
Sr. Development Engineer
Developed texture and Hard-coat processes using design of experiment;
established parameters and method to characterize tribological performance
of disk surface; conducted surface Ra variability reduction projects; improved
yield of Sturgeon product by 4%.

Komag Inc., Milpitas, CA
1992-1994
Manufacturing Engineer
Established self-directed teams for continuous improvement projects; developed
single disk polishing process with extensive DOE work; strengthened SPC by
automation and checklist; automated disk loading and unloading on Texture machine;
represented Deming quality circle; improved efficiency of MDS polishers by 7%.

Olin Interconnect Technologies, Manteca, CA
1989-1992
Automation/Development Engineer
Designed and fabricated Mquad epoxy attach machine from concept; improved thermal
stability of Mquad package by modeling epoxy configuration; optimized the shape of
VIA interconnection in two layer TAB; developed thermode, excise & form die tool for
TAB frame; developed and implemented bare epoxy stamping process.