About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1510767
SENIOR PROCESS & MANUFACTURING ENGINEER | ADVANCED CERAMICS, HIGH‑TEMP COATINGS & R&D‑TO‑PRODUCTION
Core Expertise
- R&D-to-production transfer for advanced ceramics, coatings, and high-temperature manufacturing processes.
- Optimizing furnace and hot-press operations to improve yield, reduce cycle time, and lower scrap.
- Applying Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvement and cost reduction.
- Developing manufacturing specifications, CTQs, SOPs, BOMs, and production training programs.
- Leading cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers to deliver technical projects on schedule.
Project Background
- Reduced scrap across product lines from 7% to 3% while commercializing next-generation armor and semiconductor materials.
- Implemented six-axis vision-guided waterjet cutting system, cutting cycle time by ~60% and scrap by 3.5%.
- Executed furnace trials and designed temperature profiles that shortened run cycles and improved product quality.
- Led transfer of new coating solutions and hot-press processes into production with defined CTQs and specifications.
- Directed equipment qualification, vendor collaboration, and root-cause analysis to rescue underperforming production systems.
Key Skills
- Chemical Vapor Deposition | Hot Pressing | High-temperature Furnaces | Autoclaves
- Advanced Ceramics & Graphite Components | Silicon Carbide | Boron Carbide | Boron Nitride
- Lean Manufacturing | Six Sigma (DMAIC) | DOE | Kaizen | Value Stream Mapping
- Inspection & Testing: SEM | XRD | DSC | Instron | X‑Ray | Surface Energy Tester
- CAD & Metrology: SolidWorks | GOM | Faro scanning | GD&T
- PLC & Controls: RSLogix | basic ladder logic troubleshooting | PanelView
- Data & Analytics: Minitab | Excel | Power BI | SAP
Education
- B.S., Materials Engineering — California Polytechnic State University
Awards & Recognition
- Six Sigma Green Belt training
Why Interview this Candidate?
Brings nearly 20 years of materials, process, and manufacturing engineering focused on advanced ceramics and high-temperature coatings. Proven ability to take R&D concepts into production, delivering measurable scrap reductions and cycle-time improvements. Technical leader and mentor with hands-on experience in furnace trials, CVD, hot-pressing, equipment qualification, and Lean/Six Sigma methods ready to accelerate manufacturing readiness.
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