Lars D. Ledbetter
Quality Engineer, Automotive driveline
Greenville, SC · (864) 555 0141 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/larsdledbetter
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Eight years in automotive tier one component manufacturing
INDUSTRIES
Automotive driveline, metal stamping, assembly
SPECIALTIES
Production part approval process, failure mode and effects analysis, control plans, capability studies, customer complaints
SYSTEMS
Minitab, SolidWorks, coordinate measuring machine software, quality management software
CREDENTIALS
Certified Quality Engineer, American Society for Quality; Six Sigma Green Belt; International Automotive Task Force 16949 internal auditor
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, Clemson University
Executive Summary
Automotive quality engineer with eight years on driveline components, owning the production part approval process from prototype through run at rate. Builds failure mode and effects analysis documents that the plant actually uses instead of files. Certified Quality Engineer with a customer scorecard record she can defend line by line.
Signature Achievements
- Submitted forty six production part approval packages across two vehicle launches with a first time acceptance rate of ninety three percent.
- Cut customer parts per million defective on a driveshaft family from three hundred forty to sixty one over two years.
- Raised process capability on a critical bore diameter from one point one one to one point six eight after a fixture and gage redesign.
- Closed a customer controlled shipping status in twenty two days by proving containment and permanent corrective action.
- Saved about two hundred thirty thousand dollars a year in sorting cost by moving one inspection to an in process gage.
Professional Experience
Quality Engineer
Piedmont Drivetrain Systems, Greenville, SC 2020 to present
Machining and assembly plant of five hundred people supplying two domestic vehicle manufacturers.
- Own quality planning for assigned part families from quotation through production.
- Lead failure mode and effects analysis and control plan reviews with manufacturing and tooling.
- Run capability and measurement system studies in Minitab and act on the results.
- Manage customer complaints, containment and corrective action to closure.
Quality Engineer
Blue Wall Components, Spartanburg, SC 2017 to 2020
Metal stamping and welding supplier running three shifts for regional assembly plants.
- Approved first article inspections and maintained the gage calibration system.
- Audited process layouts against control plans and corrected drift.
- Trained inspectors on print interpretation and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Quality Engineer, American Society for Quality
Six Sigma Green Belt
International Automotive Task Force 16949 internal auditor
Education
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, Clemson University, 2017
Core Skills
Production part approval · Failure mode analysis · Control plans · Capability studies · Measurement systems · Corrective action · Layout inspection · Supplier containment · Minitab · Print interpretation