DAVID MELARA

Objective Seeking work in a Engineering enviroment.

Experience Sep 2008 - Present Ventana Medical Systems, member of the Roche Group Engineer Technician III, Senior Digital Pathology

Define specifications of diagnostic equipment and packaging components in accordance with manufacturing capabilities and marketing objectives.Apply engineering principles and financial expertise to improve diagnostic manufacturing performance, promote cost reductions and achieve optimum level of quality and efficiency.May direct personnel on specific projects.Use technical and business knowledge and expertise to support Operations in the design, maintenance, scale-up, optimization, automation, trouble shooting and validation of manufacturing processes or equipment.Investigate and resolves problems related to packaging component materials.Design and/or performs studies to assist Operations in the monitoring of processes, equipment and facilities to optimize efficiencies, increase capacity, incorporate process changes, etc.Presents recommendations to Technical Teams.Works with Operations to develop operations sheets (include requirements for manpower, line layout and operation description for work centers) and labor standards. Prepares detailed purchase specifications for primary and secondary packaging components.Participates on and leads validations and projects within the manufacturing areas including but not limited to assessing the existing processes and equipment and identifying improvement for implementation with guidance from manager and senior engineers; validation and implementation of new or transferred manufacturing equipment and process validations; assisting in troubleshooting of process and or equipment issues, process characterization and root cause investigations.Prepare and present technical information and project summaries to peers and management.

Jun1995- May 2008 KLA-TENCOR Quality Control Coordinator

Coordinate with the Manufacturing Department to maintain Quality Control on instruments shipped to customers. This resulted in minimizing DOA (dead on arrival) at customer’s sites.

Manufacturing CalibratorVerify all tooling and instruments used in Manufacturing are calibrated according to ISO 9002 standards.

Keep records up-to-date on calibration instruments. Coordinate with vendors to conduct calibration on tooling and instruments.

Internal ISO AuditorHelped implement ISO 9002 in the Manufacturing Department.

1636 Kennedy drive, Milpitas, CA, 95035E-mail: davidmelara@comcast.netCellular: (408) 206-7968

Liaison with ISO to help internal personnel understand the processes needed to pass ISO 9002 requirements.

Opto-mechanical Engineer Technician 3Created and released Procedures for the Optical Department.

Created POAs (Plan of Action) to resolve all internal and/or customer issues.

Created and standardized a report on failure analysis.

Developed a quality control standard for manufacturing.

Covered Customer Support phone calls and on-line support as needed.

Crosstrained manufacturing personnel on new products in Manufacturing. Trained outside vendors prior to outsourcing products.

Worked on the new platforms.

Created tooling fixtures for the Optics Department The fixtures were used to test current subassemblies on multiple product lines.

Troubleshot in the Frame and Enclosure Department manufacturing and created Procedures and POAs to comply these procedures.

Engineer 3Developed semiconductor prototypes.

Released Beta products to manufacturing focusing on documentation and prints as necessary. Designed Electric System Interconnect and cable assemblies for new products.

Test ATE 3Built Complete Beta systems from engineering.

Redlined prints and reworked mechanical and electrical parts and harnesses for the Beta systems.

Integrated pneumatics on isolation systems.

Troubleshot electro-mechanical and pneumatic systems.

Created the a new product HRP 150 SMIF for manufacturing

Worked with designers on two final designs that were released.

Additional Experience Jan - Jun 1995 AG ASSOCIATES Senior Assembly Technician

Assembled cassette locators, X-Y motors, wafer alignment tools, perforator covers, shuttle mechanisms and robots, water manifolds, utilities, relays, chiller panels, window hydraulic mechanisms, power supplies, filters and modules, and in-house harness fabrication. Also performed leak-proof testing on panels.

1988 - 1995 STANFORD SHOPPING CENTER MANAGEMENT Maintenance Engineer

Serviced and maintained company vehicles, sand-blaster and pressure washer machines, scissor and airlifts, air conditioners, main electrical panels rooms. Responsible for tile grouting and installation, floor and wall caulking, painting, roofing, construction, concrete setting, plumbing, sand blasting and pressure washing. Operated airless sprayers, scrubber machine, boom and scissor lifts. Responsible for the electrical maintenance on the lighting system for the shoping center. Striped parking lots and rods around the shoping center.

1985 - 1987 GCE TELEPHONE COMPANY

Installation Technician, Shipping and Receiving Manager, System programmer and troubleshooting specialist.

Education 1980 INSTITUTO TECHNOLOGICO SALVADOREÑOEl Salvador, Central AmericaDegree in Electrical and Electronic systems

1985 ALBERT EINSTEIN UNIVERSITYEl Salvador, Central America4 years of Industrial Engineering (Credits for the first two years were carried from ITCA). Degree in Industrial Engineering.

1995 - Present KLA - TENCOR – San Jose, CA Corporate Training Classes: MS ACCESS 2000 Certified MS WORD 2000 Certified MS EXCEL 2000 Certified Demand Flow Technology Manufacturing Methodology ORACLE Database Training Certified ORCADv9, CADR14, VISIO2000, CORELv9. Equality Datasweep Database Certified ISO 9002 Training ISO 14001 Training Lean Manufacturing Training ECO Process Training Quality Control Training Optical Inspection Certified Optical Principals Certified Optical Alignment Certified SAP/Matrix One

Bilingual (English, Spanish); computer literate; well organized; quick learner; team player; detail oriented; capable of performing multiple tasks; self-starter; very dependable.

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