Rhys Williams BSc785 Ashland Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30307 USA Tel (USA): (+1) 678-431-4869

Email: rhys.h.williams@outlook.com LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhyshwilliams

'I have extensive engineering experience, gained within the framework of often-challenging aerospace programme schedules'

Professional Experience:Process Technician, T&D / NPI. October 2005 – July 2015

Zodiac Seats UK Ltd, Zodiac Aerospace Group, Cwmbran, UK

Total familiarity with all stages of aircraft interiors product evolution and maturity, including R&D projects; initial technical coordination meetings (ITCMs); preliminary design reviews (PDRs); critical design reviews (CDRs); certification testing; first article inspections (FAIs); aircraft installation; in-service support; in-service upgrades and service bulletin (SB) implementation; training, marketing, and technical demonstration; customer/supplier visits, and so on.

Highly experienced traveller, regularly providing on-wing installation support after delivery of the first and second shipsets of product, and provision of long-term technical support to customers throughout the product's life-cycle.

Planning and coordination of, and technical input into R&D projects - research of new methodologies and ways of achieving product improvement, through weight-optimisation, cost analysis, use of DFM, study of in-service issues, etc.

Responsible for recording and tracking development and engineering pickups, developing and maintaining product development schedules, and working to key milestone events within the programme

Comfortable and familiar with regular communication with many other departments, functions, and personnel within and outside of the business; regular interaction with customers, suppliers, airframe representatives, and so on.

Extensive knowledge of confidence and certification testing, including static, dynamic, cyclic, windmill, vibration, abuse, HIC, thermal, and EMC/EMI testing.

Support of products entering the production phase, including operator training and product familiarisation, manufacture and supply of assembly aids, production layout / flow organisation, etc.

Technical support at trade shows, including Hamburg AIX (2011 and 2012), and test/development facilities, such as Millbrook, UK.

Engineer, Test/Design. May 2005 - October 2005Matsushita Electric (UK) Ltd., Pentwyn, Cardiff, UK - Microwave Oven Plant

Responsible for the complete planning and testing of microwave ovens to British/European and international standards, making design changes, where necessary, to ensure compliance.

Successfully headed a major recertification project for Bosch to ensure that their 27 litre oven would comply with new European regulations, thus ensuring production would not be disrupted.

Trainee Graduate Engineer. September 2002 – March 2003Robert Bosch Limited, Miskin, Pontyclun, UK – Alternator Production Plant

Headed the UK-side of an R&D project relating to an automotive starter motor/alternator product. Conducted daily reviews with Bosch Cardiff and Bosch Germany teams, as well as external engineering companies. Scope of job included definition of product form and dimensions, investigation into CNC machining processes, methods

of component assembly for trial and full production purposes, testing of product integrity and performance, and planning and logistics for both test and development and production phases of the project.

Education: BSc Mechanical and Production Engineering, University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom. 2002 BTEC HNC in Engineering (Mechanical/Manufacture). 2000 BTEC GNVQ (Advanced) in Engineering. 1998 9 GCSE qualifications at grade C or above. 1996

Computer skills and experience: MS Office (including regular Excel usage); CATIA V4; CATIA V5; ENOVIA VPM; ENOVIA SmarTeam; 3DVIA; AutoCAD 14 /

2002 / 2015; BaaN; Agilent BenchLink; Lotus Notes. Aircraft seat actuation systems (development, testing, fault -finding) from Artus, Precilec, PGA. IFE systems from Panasonic, Thales (development, testing, fault-finding).