Harjeet Gill has over 20 years of experience in quality engineering for contract manufacturers, including experience developing quality systems, performing failure analysis, and ensuring regulatory compliance. He is currently a Quality Engineering Manager at Flextronics International, where he manages quality teams and works closely with product development and operations to deliver quality products on time. Previously he has held roles with increasing responsibility at various electronics manufacturing companies.
Talented and accomplished manufacturing professional with dedicated work ethic, equipped with more than 25 years of comprehensive achievements in quality assurance, safety, training and development, purchasing, inventory, process development, and project management.
1. HARJEET GILL _________________________
1634 Roll Street, Santa Clara, CA 95050 H: (408)-2469846 ♦ C: 4088369105 ♦ davegill13@hotmail.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Contract manufacturer for over 20 years, including printed circuit board manufacturing, printed circuit board
assembly, and higher-level mechanical assembly
Versatile, flexible, collaborative and willing to work within constantly changing priorities
Develop and maintain effective relationships in order to facilitate teamwork and collaboration.
High ethical standards; preserve confidentiality
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Lean Six Sigma an experience in quality engineering, Quality tools including RCCA, Lean, Kaizen events,
Management, lean manufacturing and process design. VSM, 5 Whys, Pareto Analysis, 8D, First Articles, FMEA,
Proactively address problems and acceptance plan and calib sys, Audits ISO 9000, ESD UL, TUV, CQC and BIS.
statistical analysis improve product quality, manufacturing
flow, customer satisfaction .
WORK HISTORY
Quality Engineering Manager, 01/2011 to Current
Flextronics International Inc – Milpitas, CA
Initially hired as a Quality Engineer, consistently promoted and given additional responsibilities to manage and
support group of Quality engineers, Supplier Quality engineers, Production process techs, Quality supervisor and
Quality inspectors. in various business segments NPI, Production and Repairs.
Managed quality engineering, supplier quality engineering, and quality assurance personnel.
Worked closely with product development teams from regulated sectors and site engineering, materials, program
management, and operations in order to ensure quality products are delivered on-time
Maintained QMS, ensuring improvements are effectively implemented.
Guided and monitored product quality planning and qualification (validation and verification), including
protocol creation and sampling justification.
Ensured FMEA, Quality Plans and related control plans are appropriate in order to mitigate process risk and
safeguard product efficacy
Primary contact for regulatory, surveillance, and customer audits and inspections.
Primary customer contact for quality escalations.
Senior Quality Engineer, 01/2005 to 01/2011
Flextronics International Inc – Milpitas, CA
Perform the failure analysis and support teams on identification of 'high-hitter' quality issues, defined corrective
action plans to improve the process and product quality.
Drives Internal and external Customer Quality meetings.
Impart training on Quality tools including Root Cause Analysis, Lean, Kaizen events, 8D, First Articles, FMEA,
calibration systems, acceptance plan and statistical analysis.
Lead Material Review Board meetings and disposition the nonconforming materiel.
Assist to perform agencies audits ISO 9000, ESD UL, TUV , CQC and BIS.
Develop inspection procedures and standards
Develop process FMEA characterizing potential failure modes, their effects, and process controls
Perform detailed investigation of non-conforming material and identify root cause (7 steps).
Participate in internal auditing and drive Kaizens.
Initiate / monitor Purges, RMAs and MRB, Bone-pile aging.
2. Quality Engineer, 04/2000 to 03/2005
Flextronics International Inc – Milpitas, CA
Interface with customer's quality representative to discuss any quality issues and drive action plan to improve the
yield implementation and monitoring of quality programs from NPI to mass production.
ECO, manufacturing and inspection instructions; perform first article qualification.
Drive root cause analysis and CAPA with cross-functional teams; implement quality improvement tasks utilizing
risk management tools such as FMEA and control plan; interface with engineering and customer for quality
improvement; oversee customer complaint process.
Supervise various inspection processes; established inspection procedures and specification.
Lead the MRB teams for disposition of defective materials.
Quality Engineer, 02/1998 to 01/2000
Sanmina Corporation – San Jose, CA
Drive internal and external quality meeting for continue process improvement.
Develop and lead quality circles teams.
Work with supplier to drive action plan to improve quality issues.
Responsible of MRB and purge process.
Responsible for all equip calibrations and repair Perform an internal ISO, ESD and process audits.
Process Quality Control Engineer, 01/1997 to 01/1998
ISIS Surface Mounting – San Jose, CA
Produced in-house documentation conforming to ISO standards.
Report and analyze process yield data for evaluate defects and opportunity for process improvement.
Lead MRB team and disposition the nonconforming material.
Assist to perform ISO & process audits.
Quality Control Engineer, 01/1996 to 01/1997
Pantronix Corporation – Fremont, CA
Prepare and analyze process yield report and drive for the process improvements.
Support the implementation of inspection processes.
Support Internal ISO & process audits and ensure that all observations or nonconformance's are properly closed.
Interface with customer, handle customer quality concerns & drive for closer.
Senior Process Quality Engineer, 01/1991 to 01/1996
Siemens Telecom Limited
Participate in internal auditing Oversee inspection (examination) of incoming materials, ensuring that they meet
requirements Developing inspection procedures and standards to meet product quality goals.
Initiate / monitor Purges, RMAs and MRB, Bone-pile aging.
Collects and analyzes and monitor quality data for reporting purposes, delineating between component and
process issues.
Defined corrective action plans to improve the process and product quality.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering : BS Electronics & Communication,
Gulbarga University India -
QA Software testing Certification UCSC:
UCSC Extension -