Accomplished Senior QA Inspector at L-3 Communications with expertise in in-process and final inspections. Proven ability to enhance quality audits and streamline calibration processes. Adept at interpreting technical documentation and fostering collaboration between engineering and production teams, ensuring compliance with stringent military specifications.
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA & Receiving Inspection Lead
Ebara Technologies, Inc.
Sacramento
01.2014 - 01.2025
Prioritized daily incoming work for receiving Inspection and inspection on the production floor and assigned inspection duties to other inspectors.
Acted as liaison between Engineering and Production to alleviate or eliminate engineering / production problems.
Produced daily receiving inspection priority reports, weekly receiving inspection aging reports and other reports as needed.
Performed inspection of incoming parts and final inspection of finished products.
QA Inspector III
Ebara Technologies, Inc.
Sacramento
01.2004 - 01.2014
Performed inspection of incoming components, hardware, fabricated and machined parts using calipers, micrometers and basic surface plate setups.
Reviewed and labeled shelf / material life of consumable parts.
Inspected sub-assemblies, PWBs, and final assemblies.
Senior QA Inspector
L-3 Communications Narda Microwave- West
Folsom
01.1999 - 01.2004
Perform in-process inspection and final inspection of sub-assemblies and top assemblies of various product lines including isolators, circulators, oscillators, channel amplifiers, up/down converters, linearizers, passive and active filters for commercial, military and space programs.
Conduct customer and Government source inspections as required by contractual agreements.
Cross-trained for both receiving and in-process inspection functions.
Served as key inspector for all space related product inspection including receiving, in process and final inspection.
Interpret internal and customer supplied documents required for assembly and final acceptance of all products.
Perform in-house calibrations and repair of various tools and equipment.
Government Clearance Certified- Secret
QA Inspector- In Process and Receiving Inspection
L-3 Communications Narda Microwave- West
Folsom
01.1992 - 01.1999
Performed in process, final and receiving inspection duties for all wireless, commercial, space and military products.
Receiving Inspector and Production Line Inspector
EG&G Power Systems, CEA Operations
San Luis Obispo
01.1991 - 01.1992
Inspect all incoming components, hardware, fabricated metal parts, chemicals and final inspection of finished products of all power supply components.
Inspected sub-assemblies, PWBs, and final assemblies.
Inspector B
Rantec Microwave & Electronics, Inc
Los Osos
01.1988 - 01.1991
Performed in-process inspection of sub-assemblies and PWBs, including verifying component values, prepping, and soldering to various military specifications.
Responsible for insuring that the PWBs and sub- assemblies were built to meet specifications and dimensions as required by blueprints.
Acted as liaison between Engineering and Production to alleviate or eliminate engineering/production problems, especially with prototype assemblies.
Worked in Receiving Inspection performing all duties attached to that area.
Performed quality audits of production lines, stockroom and additional manufacturing areas.
Created detailed instructions and procedure manuals for all inspection processes.
Senior Assembler
Rantec Microwave & Electronics, Inc
Los Osos
01.1984 - 01.1988
Performed a variety of sub-assembly functions which included coil winding, high voltage connectors, high voltage lead assembles, multiplier assemblies, and torroid coil winding.
Performed component prepping, PWB loading and soldering.
Encapsulating and conformal coating of finished boards and labeling of final assemblies for shipping.