1. Curriculum Vitae
Name: BOGDAN VALERIU CARDU
Address: Tuam, Co. Galway, Republic of Ireland
Contact phone no: +40-721-108.713; +353894932535
E-mail: bogdan_cardu@yahoo.co.uk
Place and date of birth: Timisoara, Timis, the 13th
of February 1980
Social status: married
Education:
 1998 diploma of the Timisoara “William Shakespeare” High School
 2003 diploma of Electronical and Telecommunication Engineering,
Faculty of Timisoara, “Politehnica” University
Professional Activity:
 October 2015 – Present : Quality project team member at Valeo Vision
Systems
• Co-ordination of Quality Engineering activities associated New Product Introductions
• This involves working directly with the Project Manager(s) to meet Project Milestones
• Supporting all Project Engineers in the preparation of PSW Documentation.
o Dimensional Measurements.
o Appearance Approval.
o Material & Functional Tests
• Release and Control of Prototype Samples with relevant Customer Documentation and
maintaining Parts History until release to Production
• Maintain Parts History file up to SOP
• Supplier Quality:
o Approval of New Parts from Suppliers on Approved Vendor List in conjunction
with the Process Development Engineer & Supplier Quality Engineer
o Review of Suppliers ISIRs & initiation of Corrective Action where necessary
o Communication and specifying the SCs & CCs with Suppliers from Start of
Project.

2. • Transfer of Quality Engineering Documentation for each Project to production.
• Presentation of Quality Documentation in conjunction with Process Engineers to the
customer.
• PPAP package submission to the customer
 February 2013 – October 2015 : Quality engineer at Elster Rometrics
• Perform internal audits in order to validate the online documentation
• Perform supplier audits(plastic material supplier and PCBA-Printed Circuit
Board Assembly supplier) based on an Elster approved checklist in order to
check and validate(or not) the supplier for future business with Elster
Rometrics
• Perform incoming quality&quantity check for the incoming materials(plastic
materials, PCBA’s, screws, seals, optical probes)
• Monthly SPI(Supplier Performance Index) report for top 11 suppliers for
Elster Rometrics
• Contact with the customers regarding the status of the claims, 8D reports
and implementation of the corrective actions
• Meeting coordinator for the customer claims in order to provide a fast
feedback to the customer
• Participate in the “5 Why” and “Fishbone” meetings in order to define the
root cause for the customer claims
 February 2011 – February 2013: Project manager for airbags at TRW
Automotive Timisoara
• Project Manager for New Product Introduction and Product Transfer
processes.
• Co-ordination of Quality & Engineering activities associated New Product
Introductions
• Communication and specifying the SCs & CCs with suppliers from start of
project.
• Review of suppliers ISIR’s & initiation of corrective action(together with
quality supplier engineer) where necessary
• Responsible, together with the supplier quality engineer, for the approval of
new parts from supplier
• Co-ordination of the MSA requirements for each New Products/Launches
o Identification of Special & Critical Characteristics in conjunction with
Customer and TRW Design & Process Development Engineers.
o Assessment & Identification of appropriate measurement techniques
for SCs & CCs.
o Responsible for the work instruction creation
• Preparation of PSW/PPAP documentation
o Design records responsible

3. o ECN responsible
o Team member in the DFMEA team meetings coordinated by the
DFMEA moderator
o Process flow diagram concept and creation
o Coordinator of the Control plan meetings
o Important role in the PFMEA team meetings coordinated by the
PFMEA moderator;
o Key person for the control plan, process flow, PFMEA transfer to the
customer in order to be reviewed and signed off
o Part of the team that performs MSA studies; gage R&R for the
critical and high impact characteristics of the product; key person in
giving the confirmation that the gages that measure these
characteristics are calibrated
o Initial sample inspection report responsible
o Release and control of prototype samples with relevant customer
documentation
o Responsible, together with the quality engineer, of maintaining
parts/prototype samples history up to SOP
o Responsible, together with the quality engineer, that the appearance
approval report is reviewed and signed off by the customer
o Responsible, together with the quality engineer, that the master
sample is signed off by the customer
o Run@Rate responsible for the first produced parts
o Statistical Process Package(SPC); shared with the quality engineer
o Responsible, together with the program manager, that the PSW form
is reviewed and signed off by the customer
• Draws up the detailed transfer plan (together with Group functions), for each
product that is planned to be introduced in TRW Romania. Prioritise the
transfer plans according to the Customer requests and Plant Business Plan.
• Supervises the project team(logistics, quality, production, maintenance,
health&safety, sourcing) in regards to the activities and actions required for
successfully introducing the new products, based on the transfer time plan.
• Prepare the budget, related to the NPI activities based on the volume, timing
(SOP + ramp-up), technical characteristics of the new products. Plans and
assures the investment approvals for the new tools required for the transferred
or new products to be started in TRW Romania.
• Act as Project Manager representing TRW Romania plant in relation with the
support departments from TRW Spain.
• Coordinate the communication with Group supporting functions regarding the
status of the NPI activities, technical issues, etc.
• Coordinate the implementation of the technical changes required by R&D
group or by local needs of the process / products / equipment.

4. • Perform and provide cost calculation and technical analysis requests and
represent TRW Romania starting with Gate 3 meetings
• Support for and collaborates with Management Team regarding improvement
projects
• Support and lead the customer audits(Dacia, Renault, Nissan)
• Process and working methods planning
 February 2007 – February 2011: Manufacturing Engineer / Program
Management representative for Timisoara site - at TRW Automotive Safety
Systems
• Control Plan, SAP settings for Engineering BOM’s in Timisoara plant, 11
Colors documentation system.
• Process and working methods planning
• Participate in FMEA meetings coordinated by a FMEA moderator
• Responsible for start of new projects.
• Customer interface on technical issues.
• Coordinates the implementation of the process and products changes.
• Issues all production documents.
• Participate in the “5 Why” and “Fishbone” meetings in order to define the
root
cause for the customer claims
• Support customer oriented project teams.
• Issue technical description.
• Perform Supplier selection for production equipment.
• Develop cost reduction programs.
• Perform line walk audits.
• Support the development teams.
 October 2004 – February 2007: Hardware engineer at Siemens VDO
Automotive
• Perform EMC(Electromagnetic compatibility) measurements on ECU’s
according
to the specifications requested by the customer.
• Responsible for the accuracy of ECU testing according to the customer
specification
• Escalate the problem to the customer(e.g. Porsche and Ford) and negotiate
new testing parameters with the customer in case the customer specifications
are too strict
• Prepare a short report with the test results and present it to the customer in
order to certify/or not the reliability of the ECU.
 October 2003 – September 2004: Engineer at the Institute of Power studies
and Design, Timisoara Subsidiary

5. • Assure the interface with a Dutch company that decided to invest and
develop together with the Romanian engineers the power installation for a
company in Drobeta Turnu-Severin
• Follow a course for basic Autocad taught by a more experienced colleague
Special trainings / courses:
 2007 – SAP basic training
 2008 – Multicultural teams / Intercultural teambuilding
 2008 – Communication training
 2013 - IPC, Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies; certified IPC specialist(CIS) –
certificate valid from 03.06.2013 until 03.2015
 2013 – 5S & Shoop Floor Management
 2013 – FMEA investigator course
Languages:
 English – advanced
 French -beginner
Computer skills:
 Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, SAP basic knowledge
Hobbies:
 Traveling, mountains

6. • Assure the interface with a Dutch company that decided to invest and
develop together with the Romanian engineers the power installation for a
company in Drobeta Turnu-Severin
• Follow a course for basic Autocad taught by a more experienced colleague
Special trainings / courses:
 2007 – SAP basic training
 2008 – Multicultural teams / Intercultural teambuilding
 2008 – Communication training
 2013 - IPC, Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies; certified IPC specialist(CIS) –
certificate valid from 03.06.2013 until 03.2015
 2013 – 5S & Shoop Floor Management
 2013 – FMEA investigator course
Languages:
 English – advanced
 French -beginner
Computer skills:
 Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, SAP basic knowledge
Hobbies:
 Traveling, mountains