Prabodh Dave is seeking a quality control position and has over 26 years of experience in quality inspection and engineering. He has worked in quality control roles for several major companies, including ATK, Unitek, and Beretta USA. His experience includes dimensional inspection, first article inspection, calibration of measuring equipment, statistical sampling plans, and ensuring compliance with aerospace and defense quality standards.

1. PRABODH N. DAVE
7036 Lennox Avenue Tel. (301)-605-4465 (Cell)
Elkridge, MD 21075
Email: sph.dave@verizon.net
OBJECTIVE: Quality control position with growth oriented company seeking an individual with
twenty six years of experience.
EXPERIENCE
ATK (Space), Beltsville, MD 20705 2001 – Nov.2014
Senior Inspector.
 Receiving Inspection of flight hardware & material per NAS and MS standard
 In process inspection of heat pipes, panels, and Loop Heat Pipe according to
customer’s requirement.
 Dimensional inspection of flight and non-flight parts using CMM machine and
other standard measuring techniques
 To check and approve final data package for customer.
 To inspect first article according to customer drawing.
 Final inspection with source inspector before shipping.
 Familiar with ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2008,ANSI/ASQC S2 and ANSI/ASQC M1-
1995. Familiar with Dimensional and Tolerance per ASME Y14.5M-1994
 Inspection of Aluminum welds per AWS D17.1: 2001 and MIL-STD-2219A
 To co-ordinate with production and Engineering personnel to get maximize
output.
 Familiar with Electrostatic Discharge Control per procedure GSFC-WM-001A
Unitek,. Centerville, VA 20121 2001-Present
Source Inspector
 Inspection of flight parts at supplier, Ethernet and Harness and cable approved by
Lockheed Martin Company and according to LM’s instruction.
 Also, dimensional inspection of missile parts at supplier approved by Orbital
Science, Missile division, Arizona.
Beretta USA Corporation, Accokeek, MD 20607 1988 - 2001
Lead Quality Control Technician
Responsibilities include:
 Lead position and supervising inspection of incoming parts with other inspectors
using Gages and measuring equipments.
 Perform First Article Inspection of machine parts and Investment castings.
 To measure dimensions of parts using open-set up techniques.
 Inspection priorities as per production schedule.
 Familiar with sampling Inspection Plan per MIL-STD-105E and make
dimensional inspection reports.
 Report of major and minor characteristics using gages and measuring techniques.
 Maintain proper records of documents of different parts from vendors and to
notify vendors to initiate corrective action as needed.
 Confirm material is to proper specifications.
 Familiar with the MIL-I-45208A, MIL-STD-45662, MIL-W-63150
 Internal Auditing of Inspection documents generated by Inspectors.
 Training of New Personnel for Inspection procedures and methods of inspection.
 Upgrade Calibration record and maintain accuracy of measuring equipments.
 Familiar with calibration of measuring equipment and gages per MIL-STD-120

2. Inspector April 1988 - March 1992.
 Inspection of incoming parts from the vendors.
 Source inspection of completed lots at vendor’s facility.
 Inspection in process, heat-treated and final inspection of machined parts.
Jyoti Engineering Ltd., Baroda, India. 1974-1988
Senior Production Engineer (1984-1987)
 Deal with project activities and solving problems through drawing scrutiny,
quality meetings, process control charts, purchase decisions and inventory control
of hydraulic pumps, turbines electric generators and motors.
 Oversee weekly and monthly production targets as per annual operation plan.
 Plan the training program to increase productivity and quality of different areas of
Production personnel.
 Minimize the production cost by examining and investigating cost affecting
factors and different areas of production services like tool design, pattern design,
machining hours and material procurement.
 Review site problems and investigate defects and implement new assembly
processes.
Assistant Production Engineer (1977-1983)
 Coordinate between R&D, marketing, purchasing and inspection for efficient
production.
 Make process charts of components and communicate with tool design and
industrial engineering.
 Expedite regular supply of finished components to assembly shop.
Junior Engineer, Assembly Inspection (1974-1977)
 Functional inspection of subassemblies and final assemblies.
 Source inspection of fabricated and machined components.
 Submit and oversee in-house source inspection by client inspectors and follow
their procedures
 Assure quality of assembled parts through proper documentation, inspection and
client requirements.
Education:
• B.S. Mechanical engineering (1973)
• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India.
• Certified ASQC Quality Engineer (CQE) refresher course finished.
• Attended inspection and gaging course.
• Attended Statistical Concept Course.
• Familiar with ISO 9000
• Operation of MS Windows, Excel, PowerPoint, word & Window 95.
• Familiar with Auto-Cad Ver.14
Professional Affiliation:
• Member of American Society of Quality Control.
References: Michael Mezzadra 240-417-9185 @ ATK Space