Brian Pettenger

• Santa Barbara, CA

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Brian Pettenger's Bio:

Brian Pettenger's Experience:

• Senior Sourcing Engineer at Kollmorgen

  July 2011 - Present

  Oversee and manage electronic commodities on key Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) projects through the tollgate process. o Supplier Qualification, New Supplier Establishment and On-going supplier management o Provides Component Technology expertise to assist the Design community on part selection o Interface with Product Groups to align component and Technology roadmaps to define preferred parts for design o Obtain, maintain, and communicate supplier technology roadmaps o Evaluate new components for approved suppliers, data accuracy, proper classification, redundancy, life cycle status, etc. and make approvals o Facilitate introduction of new parts into Engineering Change data system o Perform data editing functions on new components and component changes o Review and/or create Component Change Notices as appropriate o Maintain and develop Approved Supplier Part List o Arrange Supplier Technical Reviews and agendas o Completes ERP set up of project parts in Oracle o Make component recommendations for design engineering and manufacturing in the new product development process through early BOM analysis. o Champion cost savings for existing products by recommending design and/or process improvements. o Source gating parts for projects that are above usual demand. o Coordinate with engineering, suppliers, contract manufacturers and operations to ensure prompt issue resolution. o Keep abreast of market and global economic trends to understand the price and lead times of components. o Consolidate suppliers in supply chain to achieve the best cost, quality and availability. o Recommend replacements to current AVL for EOL/Obsolete components. o Ensure Suppliers understand and comply with Business objectives.

• Sr. Test Engineer at Schindler Elevator Corporation

  January 2008 - July 2011

  The Center of Service Excellence (CSE) in Holland, Ohio is the industry's best in class center for all after market service strategic planning, deployment of best practices, unparalleled support services, training, and customer visitor center. Our role is to support the successful execution of Schindler service in 225 service markets in North America. Provide leadership in after market service delivery and customer satisfaction for all Schindler and non - Schindler vertical transportation equipment Agilent 3070 in-circuit test development in the Field Engineering Service area. Major responsibilities include developing test methods for competitor printed circuit boards. Using Fabmaster (Test Expert) and Gerber Expert to create board files for reverse engineering and test development. Functional test support using LabView Windows and Visual Basic application software. Black box, functional, and system test development. Reverse Engineering responsibilities to include: Schematic creation, PinPoint, Gerber creation, Cad creation, BOM creation with end result being test development on In-Circuit test platform, black box, or functional test system

• Test Systems Design Engineer at Keihin

  April 2006 - January 2008

  Responsible for sustaining engineering modules, board level fixtures and programs designed for Agilent and/or Teradyne test platforms. Skilled at generating Test Coverage Reports and interpreting data to improve both customer and internal test yields. In-Circuit Test Development and Functional Test daily support. *Design and develop in-circuit, Flash, and Functional test fixtures using AutoCAD and Fabmaster software specific application. *Teradyne and Agilent platform test development *Hioki Flying Probe test development *Provide daily support to tests software and hardware including on call support for the off-shifts. *Provide training to test technicians and line technicians. *Drive manufacturing and quality issues to the appropriate departments. *Attend daily meetings to report on yield issues and their corrective actions. *Implement ECN's to tests/fixtures. *Maintain tests on Linux server including storage, backup, and eliminating redundant copies of tests

• Test Development Engineer at Flextronics

  May 1998 - March 2006

  *Advanced Digital Development *Custom Library Development *Boundary Scan Fundamentals *In-circuit test development on HP 3070 test platform. *Flying Probe test development on Takaya FP *HP- Unix System Administrator *In-circuit design for testability *Fabmaster/UGS *Generated Test Coverage and Programming Quotes for ICT Programs

• Technician at United States Air Force

  August 1991 - April 1997

  Honorable Discharge

Brian Pettenger's Education:

• NC State University

  1997 – 2000
  Electrical Engineering

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