Carlos Avalos-Lara

About Carlos Avalos-Lara

I am an Industrial and Manufacturing Engineer with a career spanning more than 25 years industry experience in Global worldwide R&D, Manufacturing and Quality management, Operations and Project management in USA, China, Europe and South America in high volume manufacturing of Electro-Mechanical Products, Home Appliances, Consumer Electronics, Electronics (Aerospace & Automotive), Computers, Semiconductors, Solar Panels.Management skills and experience in: • Factory start-up,• Planning for Product Realization, • Design & Development,• Pre-Production & First Article Inspections, • R&D Lab Management, • Suppliers OEM Management, • Supply Chain & Warehouse,• Factory Audits • Lean Six Sigma & Statistics,• Consultant & Senior Technical Advisor- Language fluency in: Spanish, English, Chinese-Mandarin and German- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification- AS9100 Lead Auditor Certificate (Aerospace)PROFESSIONAL SKILLS SUMMARY Having vast knowledge and understanding of Product Design Manufacturing Processes, Quality Control, and Regulatory Safety Standards to provide analytical, practical, and real solutions, reducing costs against unnecessary processes and ensuring compliance with the overall operational and system performance and legal requirements.Experience using inspection tools, measuring, test equipment and the ability to read, understand, and interpret prints/drawings and other technical documents that define product requirements to prevent design and technical problems. Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) and Root Cause Analysis to find and debug issues during design and development phases before mass production, making necessary changes to prevent problems that might occur during production to avoid unnecessary redesigns, reworks, waste of tools, and costs.Knowledge of Quality Management System (QMS) and Social Audits to perform Factory Audits to assure requirement compliance to produce products within a consistent manufacturing and quality process to minimize variability in manufacturing operations, and to verify ethical and safety production procedures. Knowledge of Six Sigma statistical tools such as CPK and Statistical Process Control (SPC) to observe and analyze process variations, or inconsistencies, and Lean methodologies to find ways to reduce waste and simplify production process.R&D Lab Management, design reviews and reliability tests, to verify the correct function of critical components and overall product performance conformity according to Safety Certification Standards.

Experience

1. Quality Engineer (Usa - Mexico)

   Sanmina

   Mar 2025 — Present · Reno, NV, US

   Working on-site at TESLA’s facility to ensure product quality, manage customer relations, and address quality issues quickly and effectively.• Coordinating design and quality processes at three manufacturing plants at Sanmina Mexico.• Successfully implemented communication methods to improve communication skills and teamwork between R&D, Engineers, and Customers to prevent misunderstandings during product design and development.

Education

• University of Nevada, Reno

  Master's degree, Business Analytics

  2024 — 2026

• Truckee Meadows Community College

  Associate of Science - AS, Automation and Robotics

  2022

• Universidad de El Salvador

  Engineer, Industrial Engineering

  1996

• Truckee Meadows Community College

  Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Cyber-Physical Manufacturing

  2023

• Instituto Tecnico Ricaldone

  Technician, Electronic

  1988

Skills

• Team Leadership
• Textile Industry
• Leadership
• Continuous Improvement
• Project Management
• Management
• Product Design
• Quality Auditing
• Software Documentation
• Root Cause Problem Solving
• Business Strategy
• Patents
• Standards Compliance
• Social Audits
• Purchasing
• Cost Planning
• Pre-Production Planning
• Engineering
• Supplier Quality Management
• Process Engineering
• Production Managment
• Manufacturing
• Negotiation
• Factory Audit
• Iso9001 Auditor
• Quality Management
• Strategic Planning
• Testing
• Product Development
• Process Control
• Problem Analysis
• Cost Engineering
• Iso 9000
• Quality Assurance
• Product R&D