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Design for Reliability (2 days) This seminar will highlight a series of Selected Reliability topics and will answer the question of why each technique is important. We will also introduce how to use each technique. The major topics we will cover are: FMEA, Design Defect Tracking (FRACAS), Thermal Design, Component Stress Derating, Design of Experiments/Reliability Statistics, Supplier Reliability Management, Environmental Testing, and HALT. This seminar will help you define reliability goals, metrics, plans and schedules and then manage the activities, all within a product life cycle perspective. It will also monitor and improve processes to measure reliability related costs. From this seminar, you will be able to establish and monitor processes to track reliability growth as well as assist production and supply chain groups in reliability assurance strategy development. This seminar is targeted at the engineers responsible for product reliability who will be using these reliability techniques.
OTHER SEMINARS COMING IN 2006 - inquire if interested at education@opsalacarte.com
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The rest of the electronics industry, your products will transition to Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance prior to the deadlines in 2006. This includes the transition to Lead-Free Solder, and at this time, there are significant reliability uncertainties around Lead-Free Solder. Even if your product does not need to be compliant, the materials and processes that make up your product are changing. As one major consumer product team concluded, doing nothing would double the field failure rate of the electronics. During this time of rapid transition, there is a significant new body of knowledge to understand to determine the areas of greatest risk to the reliability of your product. In this presentation, we will highlight a few of these significant risk areas and how to best mitigate these risks during the transition. Email us at RoHSSeminar@opsalacarte.com to register.
Warranty is no longer just a concern for automotive and appliance companies. Practically every industry has to deal with warranty these days.
Warranty costs for the computer and other high tech industries were greater than $6.2 billion in 2004. Less than 35% of that was material costs; the majority was related to support process costs. Consequently, product design teams are being challenged to reduce the warranty costs by both improving product reliability (AFR) and designing in less expensive warranty support processes (i.e., customer self diagnostics and repair). This 1/2 day FREE seminar will introduce a proven warranty event cost model and supporting methodologies that help teams identify warranty cost reduction solutions which integrate both component failure rate reduction strategies and strategies that shift the support process mix to less expensive processes. The warranty cost model constructs the cost of warranty events from both event frequencies and the specific support process costs used to resolve each event. Case studies will be presented describing how teams used this model to: analyze warranty costs by event type, prioritize what events needed cost reduction options, and develop cost saving estimates for each prioritized event. In the afternoon the class will explore and practice using methods to rank the feasibility of proposed design options by identifying all diagnostic tools, product features and support tools/capabilities needed to realize its potential cost savings. Finally, how these models and tools integrate with FMEA and other reliability planning tools will be explored. Email us at Warranty@opsalacarte.com for more information on this event.
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| This month, we have a special offer: Half-Off Admission to the "Design for Reliability (DfR)" Seminar In this newsletter, our featured article is on Software Reliability and in conjunction with this, we are offering half-off admission to our "Design for Reliability" seminar to the first 3 people that email us with the correct answer to our question in the "Problem Solver" section of this quarter's newsletter. This is a $600 value. Please email your solution to Problemsolver@opsalacarte.com | ||||
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Link Silicon Valley, LLC (LinkSV) is an online networking resource for researching, identifying and contacting the companies and people within the 6,000 plus active & inactive companies in the greater Bay Area. Our company records identify the senior team, board members, financing, key partners and customers. There are many features which allow you to view the information from different angles and "connect all the dots". LinkSV helps you tap into previously scarce and extraordinarily hard-to-find information on early stage companies and the key people associated with them. This will improve your effectiveness without the hassle and time of trying to do it all on your own. LinkSV is ideally suited to help you quickly identify and leverage your own connections in career search, in identifying new business opportunities, new investors and Board members.
The Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability Partnership (RMS/P) organization's goal is to enhance communication, coordination and collaboration between industry and government in a manner that will encourage individuals and organizations to adopt an integrated systems engineering approach, or end-to-end management approach, when addressing RMS issues. The RMS Partnership also encourages individuals, professional societies, and industry associations to develop, use and maintain world-class RMS non-government standards. The RMS Partnership publishes a quarterly newsletter which is freely available on the Web site. Membership in the RMS Partnership is open to individuals and organizations interested in being on the cutting edge of RMS issues and initiatives both nationally and internationally. Ops A La Carte's newsletter goes out to over 4500 subscribers. If you would like to advertise in next quarter's "Reliability News", email us at advertise@opsalacarte.com or call at (408) 472-3889.
Principal Engineer for Reliability and Test Development Intuitive Surgical, based in Sunnyvale, California is the leader in the emerging field of robotic-assisted, minimally invasive surgery Our Quality and Regulatory Affairs Division is in a growth mode, and we need to hire a Quality System/Regulatory Wizard - Back To The Future Fast Forward One Year - Intuitive Surgical would like to thank you for doing a remarkable job of growing our Quality and Regulatory Affairs Department while keeping up with our tremendous revenue growth and demand for our robotic da Vinci Surgical System throughout the world! It was your desire to be the compliance expert and establish corporate corrective and preventative action systems, your ability to work with sophisticated computer systems and instruments such as our robotic equipment, and manage internal audit processes in accordance with company procedures for compliance with ISO which had lead to yours and our success. Everyone in the company would like to thank you for the effort and respect you showed everyone. Back To Today - If you'd like this story to be yours, send us your resume with a half-page write up of your most significant Quality Systems accomplishment. While we are less concerned with typical job titles and said skills, we won't compromise on your ability to deliver results. You might want to check out our Web site- www.intusurg.com - for some insight into what we are doing. We think you will be as excited as much as by where we are today, the opportunity for you to excel and be recognized for doing some of the most outstanding work of your career. Email resumes to: Courtney.brubaker@intusurg.com or visit our web site: www.intusurg.com and click on company/careers/opportunities/clinical/regulatory affairs and quality and submit your resume on line. Intuitive Surgical 950 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, CA 94086 www.intusurg.com.
Reliability Engineer FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR SEEKS RELIABILITY ENGINEER LOCATIONS: ARIZONA & TEXAS TO APPLY: Send MS Word Resume directly To - davemendoza@cox.net . MRAM R&D is seeking Reliability Engineer with actual work exprience background in physics statistical analysis, mathematics, and data analysis. R&D oriented. PhD, or MSEE ideal. Test development, mathematical model construction, data analysis, physics of failure and design of experiments. Masters Degree EE/Physics + 2 years of experience in technology development. Preferred requirements: MSEE and/or PhD ABOUT FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL, FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. CONTACT: Dave Mendoza, Global Talent Consultant Freescale
Quality and Reliablity Engineer IV Location: Santa Clara, CA Job Specific Knowledge and Experience Knowledge for the reliability function necessary to perform job includes: understanding of the application and theory of most of the following including statistical concepts (discrete and continuous probability distributions, weibull analysis, DOE), modeling and prediction (allocation, fault tree analysis), data collection and analysis (advanced laboratory instrumentation, data acquisition and control), reliability design tools (failure modes and effects analysis), reliability testing (highly accelerated testing, environmental stress screening), product safety and liability (analysis of safety issues, risk assessment), physics of failure (failure analysis, surface and bulk analytical techniques); basic knowledge of Computer Aided Design tools; and general understanding of other engineering sciences. Thorough understanding and application of engineering principles, including electrical, mechanical, process, and vacuum; and utilization and thorough understanding the interrelationship of technologies and their effect on product reliability. Strong knowledge of project management skills. Knowledge for the Quality function includes the ability to frequently contribute to the development of new theories and methods. Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist. If interested, call Ellen Wiegert Employment Marketing Global Staffing Programs Applied Materials, Inc. (408) 563-4627
Senior Reliability Consultants Needed ! Ops A La Carte is looking for Senior Reliability Consultants around the world with their own consulting practice to join our team of consultants and work on some of the most exciting and challenging projects in the industry. CONSULTANT PROFILE - Set your own hours - Control your own future - Work on fascinating projects in new industries - Travel as little/much as you'd like - Be looked upon as an expert - Work with the best consultants in the industry - Run your own business - Eligible for free seminars and symposia - Freedom to work on whatever you want If interested, please email hr@opsalacarte.com or call (408) 472-3889. Ops A La Carte's newsletter goes out to over 4000 subscribers. If you would like to put a job opening in next quarter's "Reliability News", email us at jobopenings@opsalacarte.com or call at (408) 472-3889.
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