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Abbas Alali

Irvine

Summary

Quality assurance professional with proven track record of enhancing product reliability and streamlining processes. Known for strong focus on team collaboration and achieving consistent results while adapting to evolving project demands. Skilled in root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies, bringing reliability and integrity to every task.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Design Quality Engineer II

Medtronic Neurovascular OU
02.2022 - Current
  • Lead the Reliability Engineering efforts for component qualifications by encompassing design changes, assessing compatibility of new components and planning, and executing deliverables
  • Provide engineering support for day-to-day internal Neurovascular change requests, implement, and qualify supplier changes by reviewing qualifications including IQ, OQ, PQ and development plans
  • Utilize Quality tools to maintain, develop and execute validation strategies via implementing tools such as risk analysis, FMEA, statistical techniques and root cause analysis
  • Review design specifications to assess the implementing change by analyzing data and its statistical outcome
  • Implement quality procedures on releasing, updating, and routing documents for peer review to address gaps, maintain traceability, and ensure compliance to regulatory
  • Ensure compliance of NV products with international standards, by providing substantiation evidence to ensure commitment to regulatory regions
  • Qualify alternative components due to the PFAS medical device exit, protecting $8 million in annual revenue
  • Expand a production line to a supplier to increase manufacturing capacity and meet customer demand
  • Participate in internal/external audits to assess compliance with quality standards, contributing to the identification of process improvements and ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements
  • Present findings of complex problems through detailed information to cross functional team

Research and Laboratory Assistant

Wichita State University Engineering Department
08.2018 - 12.2021
  • Research Focus: Investigating a correlation between handling tasks and fatigue activity via a psychophysical approach
  • Developed risk assessment of human performance, analyzed human model data, provided specifications for safe manual handling, and gathered human kinematics data to reduce the rates of Injuries
  • Successfully presented a correlation between a psychophysical and human kinematics data via several statistical analysis software to minimize injurious effects on the handling mechanism for material handlers

Design of Experiment

Wichita State University Engineering Deprtment
01.2021 - 05.2021
  • Employed data to determine the best location for installing speed bumps before stop points
  • Successfully demonstrated the most applicable location to install speed bumps to reduce the risk of accidents

Upper Exoskeleton Development

Wichita State University Engineering Department
01.2019 - 05.2019
  • Designed, analyzed, and collaborated on a 3D-model of an exoskeleton to help eliminate the weight of lead aprons worn by medical professional to reduce the risk of orthopedic injuries

Education

Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering

Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
12.2021

Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Engineering

Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
05.2019

Skills

  • Quality audits
  • ISO standards
  • Statistical analysis
  • Risk management
  • Quality control
  • Process improvement
  • Root cause analysis
  • Six Sigma

Certification

  • DRM Six Sigma (Green Belt), ASQ, 04/01/23
  • OSHA- 30 hours training, 09/01/19

Timeline

Design Quality Engineer II

Medtronic Neurovascular OU
02.2022 - Current

Design of Experiment

Wichita State University Engineering Deprtment
01.2021 - 05.2021

Upper Exoskeleton Development

Wichita State University Engineering Department
01.2019 - 05.2019

Research and Laboratory Assistant

Wichita State University Engineering Department
08.2018 - 12.2021

Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Engineering

Wichita State University

Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering

Wichita State University
Abbas Alali