Jose Orengo Rodriguez
Caguas
Summary
Bilingual Engineering Professional with solid experience in the manufacturing process, instrumentation hardware and laboratory testing, design components, structural and thermal analysis. Strong communicator, bi–lingual English and Spanish, with excellent relationship skills, with both customers and suppliers. Extensive experience in teaching engineering courses. (Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering). Committed to reaching the compliance and performance metrics of the organization.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Quality Engineer
Medtronic / Covidien
Ponce, PR
01.2012 - Current
- Lead investigations into non-conforming material including definition of scope, investigation into root cause, disposition of product, and implementation of corrective actions.
- Analyzes and investigates returned products to determine the cause for return and recommend corrective actions.
- Leadership Skills using A3 DMAIC problem solving for line stabilization.
- Specifies quality characteristics and inspection plans for components, subassemblies, and finished devices.
- Provide inputs to test validation protocols/reports and ensure that the testing is sufficient to meet regulatory requirements and quality objectives.
- Perform Quality Engineering activities for on-going manufacturing line support through the application of best practice engineering techniques.
- Support OPEX in cost reduction projects: productivity improvement (labor reduction), scrap reduction, and improve material variance usage.
- Provides input to design and manufacturing documentation including material specifications, drawings, inspection procedures, and manufacturing procedures, to ensure that the resulting products can be adequately manufactured and tested.
- Provide technical work direction to Quality Technician(s)
Engineering Professor
Caribbean University
Ponce Campus
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Course Title: Probability for Engineers
Manufacturing Engineer
Covidien
Ponce, PR
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Medical Device Industry: Developing, evaluating, improving and documenting manufacturing processes. Supporting company policies and procedures, goals and objectives, FDA regulations, and goods manufacturing practices.
- Providing engineering support in production department to trouble shoot and resolve technical problems.
- Identify the root cause of manufacturing process and product nonconformities. Identify and implement the necessary actions to correct and prevent recurrence through the corrective and preventative action process.
- Initiates and/or approves all necessary changes in design, drafting, tooling, methods, processes and any documentation that affects the manufacturability of an item or process including Process Validation protocols and continuously improves manufacturing practices.
- Working closely with manufacturing department to develop, coordinate, and implement technical training for employees.
Supplier Quality Engineer @ Kelly Services
Covidien
Ponce, PR
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Lead investigations into non-conforming material including definition of scope, investigation into root cause, disposition of product, and implementation of corrective actions.
- Implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of incoming parts. Provide technical work direction to Quality Technician(s)
Mechanical Design Engineer
GE Energy
Greenville, SC
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Component Owner of 9E & 7EA DLN 1 gas turbine combustion hardware. Provided design support for manufacturing and field issues. Analyzed and supported supplier deviation requests (SDR) / qualification process / design reviews. Conducted laboratory and field testing support for new units and upgrades.
- Met strict customer deadlines by prioritizing projects while ensuring all component designs met requirements.
- Decreased time spent on issue resolution by coordinating and partnering with engineering, manufacturing, sourcing and sales to manage design and quality issues.
Test Engineer
Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Corporation (UTC)
East Hartford, CT
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Contributed to the development of the On–Board Anomaly Detection and Control System Simulation of the F100.
- Ensured quality standards were met by establishing control system requirements definition, modeling, and analysis.
Mechanical Engineering Instructor
UPR – Mayagüez Campus
Mayagüez, PR
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Provided students with hands–on experience in knowledge, availability, operation, and application characteristics of a wide variety of measuring instruments, data acquisition via computer, data analysis, and presentation of technical results in a report form.
- Course Title: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I
Technical Engineer
Hewlett Packard – PRMO / Manpower
Aguadilla, PR
06.2004 - 08.2004
- Directed the calibration and maintenance for the manufacturing tools and equipment and priorities of work assignments. Oversaw Automated Optical Inspection Machines (AOI) for the manufacturing of PC boards, delivered technical support and programming and temperature profiling of Surface Mount Technology (SMT) ovens.
- Improved workflow by maintaining equipment, minimizing downtime and managing priorities.
- Automatic PCB assembly process
BS Project
Ethicon–Johnson & Johnson
San Lorenzo, PR
01.2002 - 01.2003
- Designed and Build a Robot called (COQUITRON) for First U.S. Robotics Competition. The COQUITRON team 1144 won the Rookie All–Star Award of the Year.
Education
Professional Engineer License (PE) -
MS - Mechanical Engineering – Design & Manufacturing
University of Puerto Rico
Mayagüez, PR01-2007
BS - Mechanical Engineering
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Hato Rey, PR01-2003
Skills
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification in GE Energy
- DRM Green Belt Certification in Medtronic
- FTQ Coach Level 1
- Certified in CAPA Lead Investigator
- Leadership Skills using A3 DMAIC problem solving
- Injection Molding
- Validation process: IQ, OQ, PQ / DFMEA, PFMEA/ GMP/ CAPA/MSA
- Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
- / GD&T /
- Aerospace Industry/ Control Philosophy of Jet Engines
- CAD/CAM – Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- ANSYS, MatLab, Simulink, Minitab, MathCAD, Algor
- Microsoft Project / Microsoft Office Suite
- Presentation Skills/ Team Player / Self–Starter
- Regulatory compliance
Timeline
Engineering Professor
Caribbean University
01.2014 - 01.2015
Sr. Quality Engineer
Medtronic / Covidien
01.2012 - Current
Manufacturing Engineer
Covidien
01.2011 - 01.2012
Supplier Quality Engineer @ Kelly Services
Covidien
01.2010 - 01.2011
Mechanical Design Engineer
GE Energy
01.2007 - 01.2009
Test Engineer
Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Corporation (UTC)
01.2005 - 01.2006
Technical Engineer
Hewlett Packard – PRMO / Manpower
06.2004 - 08.2004
Mechanical Engineering Instructor
UPR – Mayagüez Campus
01.2004 - 01.2005
BS Project
Ethicon–Johnson & Johnson
01.2002 - 01.2003
MS - Mechanical Engineering – Design & Manufacturing
University of Puerto Rico
BS - Mechanical Engineering
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
Professional Engineer License (PE) -
RESEARCH
Thesis Project: Time Constant Anomaly Detection of Thermocouple using Transient Data, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Corporation (UTC), Establishing an anomaly detection model for an existing P&W F–100 analytical model, research has been focused in examining transient thermocouples data to determine the possibility of faults or variations in readout due to time constant variations.
RELEVANT COURSES
- Master Courses: Vibration Analysis, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Fracture Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Automatic Assembly Systems, Advanced Manufacturing, Continuum Mechanics, and Advanced Mathematics for Engineering.
- Bachelor Courses: System Dynamics & Controls, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, Design of Thermal System, CAD/CAM, Robotic Engineering Design, Mechanism Design, Thermodynamics, Physical Metallurgy, Stress and Strain Analysis, Manufacturing Process, Heat Transfer, Design of Machine Elements, Mechatronics, Circuit Analysis, Industrial Electronics, Engineering Measurements.