RODOLFO SILVAManufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing · Quality · Reliability

Rodolfo Silva

Manufacturing Engineer

I go to the floor, measure where the time and material are going, and fix what the data points to. Each project here starts with a problem I found, the engineering tool I used to prove it, and what changed afterward.

Fig. 1A lathe part I programmed in SolidWorks CAM: face, rough and finish turn four diameters, cut off. I make these parts on manual, ProtoTRAK and Haas CNC machines, and program them as production jobs: setups, tools and operations. See the machining projects →Skills: CNC programming · SolidWorks CAM · GD&T drawings

What I do, and where to see it

Skills & Evidence →
01

Production flow

Map the line, time the work, find the constraint, and size the queues.

Seen in: production line · line balancing case
02

Quality and reliability

Make defects visible where they happen, rank them, and remove the cause.

Seen in: defect tracking · aircraft shaft · FMEA
03

Analysis and statistics

Design experiments, model the process, and say how confident the answer is.

Seen in: stent DMAIC · line simulation · bracket FEA
04

Standards people follow

Turn a fix into floor markings, picture cards and work instructions people follow.

Seen in: floor zones · reason cards · break calls

Experience

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  • Manufacturing Engineer
    Eagle Woodworking · fully custom, made-to-order production line
  • Production Expeditor
    Magellan Aerospace · AS9100
  • Landing Gear Technician
    AeroRepair Corp · FAA Part 145
  • M.S. Engineering Management
    UMass Lowell · in progress
  • Graduate Certificate, Design and Manufacturing
    UMass Lowell
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering
    UNILESTE