DAVID M.

STEELE
Albuquerque, NM 87111

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MANUFACTURING / PROCESS / PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Primary Point of Contact for Manufacturing on Space Flight Programs
Dedicated leader with extensive experience in manufacturing production process
engineering in high-reliability space electronics industry with environmental and
safety background. Skilled in development design and loading of ordnance devices.
Interface between manufacturing department and all other departments, including
drafting, engineering, quality, and program management communicating program
and schedule-related issues. Lead continuous improvement events focusing on
optimizing floor layout and product flow that improve product flow. Translate
complex designs into workable solutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES AEROSPACE SYSTEMS (formerly Goodrich ISR), 1996
2015
Albuquerque, NM
Production / Manufacturing Engineer
Developed product flow requirements and work instructions (travelers) and
determined need for special tooling and training. Supported design reviews, cycletime reduction, process improvement, make / buy analysis, problem analysis,
equipment analysis and selection. Established design for manufacturability
guidelines and drafting guidelines based on customer contractual requirements and
approved engineering drawings. Performed departmental quality audits.

On Team that developed 1st space qualified electronic actuation system,

working through challenges as manufacturing engineer and delivering program
successfully.

Served as leader for continuous improvement event that converted entire

assembly floor from entirely hand solder operation to state-of-the-art surface
mount technology line for facility, reducing time to assemble and solder every
board in plant by up to 80%.

Selected to be trained as super user in application of SAP, working as

manufacturing point of contact when company changed from Deltek material
management system to SAP. Instrumental in most successful and clean
transition of UTC facilities at the time.

Led approximately 20 continuing improvements events ranging from floor

layout, installation of new equipment to creating status boards, to cause and
corrective action events for manufacturing issues.

Specified, purchased, set up, wrote operating procedures and trained employees
for circuit board solvent cleaning system used for cleaning space flight hardware
without failure for over 18 years.

Wrote companies crimping and wiring procedure based on NASA-STD-8739.4

wiring requirements. Company never had a space flight wiring failure.

Collaborated with teams to establish design for manufacturability guidelines and

drafting guidelines based on customer contractual requirements, J-STD-001 Class
3 and NASA-STD-8739 requirements, enabling company to have zero space flight
failure in over 40 years of operation.

Managed and supervised companies through hole technology assembly line for a
2 year period. Reduced assembly defects by 50 percent during this period.

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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNC ANALYTICAL SERVICES, Albuquerque, NM
Environmental Engineer
Reviewed applicable DOE orders and environmental regulations and helped develop
regulatory compliance data base for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Performed
environmental audits of various DOE facilities. DOE Q clearance was held for this
position.
GOODRICH ISR SYSTEMS (formerly Gulton Data Systems), Albuquerque, NM
Production / Manufacturing Engineer and Environmental Safety Officer
Was facilities environmental and safety contact responsible for compliance.
Developed product flow requirements and work instructions (travelers) and
determined need for special tooling and training. Supported design reviews, cycletime reduction, process improvement, make / buy analysis, problem analysis,
equipment analysis and selection. Established design for manufacturability
guidelines and drafting guidelines based on customer contractual requirements and
approved engineering drawings.
UNIDYNAMICS PHOENIX INC., Phoenix, AZ
Design Engineer
Designed and developed of pyrotechnic devices. Design worked include mixing of
various propellants loading and testing initial designs when necessary.
Was
responsible for design through manufacturing, scheduling and shipment of
hardware. DOD secret clearance was held for this position.

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science Degree (BS), Chemical Engineering, University of New

Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Attended company sponsored courses on program management from the project

management institute (completed two of the coursed required to get program
management professional (PMP) certificate)

Certified in J-STD-001 and NASA-STD-8739 Workmanship Requirements

ACE Associate at United Technologies Aerospace Systems

Lean Practitioner by Goodrich Aerospace

Quality Audit training to meet ISO9001 requirements

Total Quality Management; Quality Circles Leader; Value Engineering

Attended Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene and Industrial Hygiene Monitoring

Courses at Colorado State University

Previously held DOD secret and DOE Q level security clearances