Erika de Souza

About Erika de Souza

I\'m a forward thinking Electronics Production Manager with 13 years of electrical…

Experience

1. Manufacturing Engineer Associate Manager for Electronics Manufacturing Center (Emc)

   Lockheed Martin

   Jan 2011 — Present

   Manage performance and budget on projects in EMC, including development and production of electronics boxes, Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA’s), cable/harnesses, batteries, Radio Frequency (RF) hardware, microelectronics and antennas Lead team of over 50 personnel, including Manufacturing Engineers and Production Leads. Oversee EMC multimillion capital equipment budgets to ensure cost and schedule commitments are met without overruns. Average 20% Return on Investment (ROI) less cost of capital. Provide support for major Configuration Audit Report (CARs), audit findings and Corrective Action Boards (CABs) to certify compliance with Aerospace Standard (AS9100) and British Standard Institute (BSI) KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Reduced training cycle time for new hires by 50 percent by creating more effective training materials. • Saved $52M annually in CCA test hours with Flying Probe implementation • Enhanced, automated and streamlined production of Surface Mount Technology (SMT) by obtaining equipment to create two state-of-the-art SMT lines allowing a touch reduction of 20 percent on production CCAs. • Introduced line-reprocessing method that eliminated unnecessary non-conformance documentation. Annual savings of $7.3M by correcting defects per materials and processes (MAP) specifications. • Incorporated intelligent single file IPC-2581 standard into LMSSC product flow to efficiently transfer Printed Circuit Board (PCB) data to Manufacturing and save an average of $48M per year.

Education

• University of Utah

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1998 — 2001