Danny Chu: Sr. Manufacturing Engineer in Diamond Bar, CA

• Provided technical support for the legacy aircraft nacelle system. • Provided real time technical support to production and achieved lowest labor 169 hour/unit or 13% reduction. • Developed new machine downtime logging system and reduced downtime by 65% to an overall uptime of 80%. • Developed new documentation, planning, tool orders and standard work in support of production and audit. • Identified root cause of positive pressure issue and eliminated all potential cause and reduced QN by 69%. • Implemented a poka-yoke system on 5-axis machine and eliminated oversized hole quality issue. • Developed a MS Access based turnback systems for team leaders and eliminated travel time. • Led a team in kaizen event in identifying DFMA items and reduced unit cost of $160k/year on a 20 years old program. • Eliminated a bug in laser projector program and reduced overall labor hour. • Gathered and analyzed data for program director’s interest in outsourcing an internal process.

• Reviewed engineering designs and drawings and recommended changes to provide improved productivity. • Performed cost analysis for new engineering designs to support pricing decisions for new products. • Developed production drawings and planning documents to establish sequence of operation. • Investigated and recommended resolution of production problems and worked with operations personnel in implementing changes. • Oversaw and implemented complete process of stainless steel heat treat operation (research, ROI analysis, specification review, equipment validation, and product validation). • Identified root cause and implemented temporary and permanent change in process. • Designed and planned layout for machining, processing, assembly, and material handling operations.

• Updated/Released documents (Bill of materials, work instruction, operation procedures & 1st article planner). • Analyzed/Modified operation procedures for more efficient manufacturing process. • Reviewed/revised existing documents to meet new requirements and standard. • Provided technical support to production. • Analyzed weekly manufacturing defects and identified root cause of defect by using 5 whys. • Cooperated with ME to generate permanent corrective action for high scrap issue.