Michael Snyder

Experience

1. Manager, Npi Product Quality Engineering

   Google

   Oct 2019 — Present

   Ensure product quality during the NPI phase from concept to ship -Developed and deployed risk mitigation methodologies such as NUDD (New, Unique, Different, and Difficult) to identify system-level risk in design, process, and supply chain -Proactively assess risks to negative customer experience, so that it can be prevented during development phase -Drive hardware warranty return reduction through Design for Quality and Early Engagement initiatives -Lead cross-functional failure analysis on IQC, FATP cosmetic, rolling reliability, and OQC issues leading to root cause determination and subsequent closed loop corrective action -Set quality goals and monitor performance -Lead quality lessons learned with cross-functional team and deploy mitigation to prevent re-occurrence of quality issues -Utilize statistical analysis such as process capability and control, GRR, Kappa studies, multiple regression/ANOVA, DOE, and significance testing -Lead team of Quality TPgM in the US and Taiwan as well as Hardware Failure Analysis Engineering Team

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Process Simulation
• Scrum
• Value Stream Mapping
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Testing
• Agile Methodologies
• Design of Experiments
• Continuous Improvement
• Engineering
• Project Management
• Manufacturing
• Operations Management
• Starccm+
• Matlab
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Spc
• Process Engineering
• Solidworks
• Program Management
• Materials Science
• Supply Chain Management
• Systems Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Minitab
• Characterization
• Simulations
• Engineering Management
• Dmaic
• Chemical Engineering
• Six Sigma
• R&D
• Thin Films