Rubén Castillo López
Industrial Engineer
Zapopan
Summary
Industrial Engineer with over 34 years of experience collaborating in domestic and world class companies, supplying products to industries such as Automotive, Consumer Electronics, and Pharmaceutical. Experience in Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Operations Experience in different processes such as soft and hard tool, electronic assemblies, SMT, PTH, plastic injection. Certification of quality, environmental and safety and health systems
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Staff SQE
Enphase Energy
09.2019 - 02.2025
- Company Overview: Solar Energy
- Work with the Contract Manufacturer in continous improvement activities to achieve First and Final Pass Yield targets.
- Lead RCCA due to field failures of units made by the Contract Manfufacturer.
- Validation and approval of PPAP’s for Enphase new products (NPI).
- Validation and closure of 8D’s.
- Conduct on site audits to qualify new manufacturers (plastic parts, metal parts, packaging and labels), Mexico and USA.
- Validation and approval of PPAP’s for parts made by the qualified manufacturers (Mexico and USA).
- Global support for Qualification of new CM’s in Europe and USA.
- Ram up and yield performance for new CM’s.
- Hold orders (Software developed by Enphase to prevent shipping suspect FG to customers) creation and closure.
- Training of quality colleagues in the use of the hold order software.
- Present and share best practices in weekly meetings with the quality global team (USA, China, India and Mexico).
- Solar Energy
- RTY Yield improvement from 96% to 99.80%.
- PPAP,s approval for over 100 new products (microinverters, envoy & Combiner, EV Chargers).
- PPAP’s approval for over 80 plastic injection parts.
- Qualification of 2 large plastic injection factories (Guadalajara and Queretaro).
- Qualification of 1 sheet metal factory (Monterrey).
- Qualification of 26 packaging manufacturers.
- 10 DPPM’s due to field failures.
SQE Manager
Flex Manufacturing
02.2018 - 02.2019
- Company Overview: Building and Construction
- Audit potential suppliers as the first step for qualification (Mexico, USA and Brazil).
- Follow up of the CAR reports coming out of the executed audits.
- Qualify specific products based on international standards and regulations applicable to the country / region to be sold.
- Develop / collaborate in the upgrade of the tools and procedures used by the FBG division to customize the Flex QMS to the building business.
- Training of Supplier Quality Engineers to support the Quality organization as Product Engineers (product approval process).
- Building and Construction
- Execution of on site audits on time as per schedule.
- Creation of product specifications of the qualified suppliers.
Lead Auditor and Trainer
Global Standards
11.2015 - 12.2016
- Company Overview: Certification Office in ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS18001
- Audit our clients to evaluate the level of compliance of quality and environmental systems to the ISO9001:2008 and ISO9001:2015 as well as ISO14001:2008 standards.
- Audit our clients to evaluate the level of compliance of Occupational and health systems to the OSHAS standard.
- Provide training sessions to our clients in topics such as lead auditor in ISO9001:2015, ISO/TS 16949 and Core Tools.
- Certification Office in ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS18001
- Achievement a score of 10 in customer satisfaction evaluations of the performed audits.
- Achievement a score of 9.9 in customer satisfaction evaluation of training sessions.
Quality Manager
Flextronics
05.2013 - 10.2015
- Company Overview: Industrial and Automotive Products
- Management of 11 Customer accounts by 8 Quality Engineers assigned to Costumer Focused Teams.
- Management of the quality team integrated by 50 Quality Inspector, 8 QE, 2 SQE.
- Continuous improvement of the process through the analysis and preventive actions.
- Management of the Supply Chain quality by team integrated by 2 SQE.
- Administration and liability of different metrics such as scrap, yields, customer complaints, SCAR´s, MRB.
- Management of customer audits.
- Responsible of the coordination and follow up of Management Reviews.
- Industrial and Automotive Products
- MRB inventory maintained within the target of 28k USD for a maximum of 30 days.
- SCRAP by month maintained in compliance to the target of 0.4% of the revenue.
- Process yield maintained up to 95%.
- Customer complaints maintained within 2 events maximum per month.
- SCAR´s with suppliers closed within the target of 30 days.
Production and Quality Manager
Grupo Industrial Armas
06.2011 - 04.2013
- Company Overview: Manufacturing of HVAC systems and Heater Exchangers
- Management of the quality system under the ISO/TS 16949 standard.
- Management of the quality team integrated by 30 inspectors, 3 supervisors and a Quality Chief.
- Continuous improvement of the process through the analysis and preventive actions.
- Management of the manufacturing team integrated by 5 engineers and a Manufacturing Chief.
- Manufacturing of HVAC systems and Heater Exchangers
- Internal rejects maintained within the target of 500 DPPM´s.
- External claims maintained within 3 events per month, the target was 5 events maximum.
- MRB area in compliance with disposition target time of 3 days.
- Achievement of 100% of on time delivery by 18 consecutive months.
Operations Manager
Comercializadora Castillo
04.2008 - 05.2011
- Company Overview: Design, manufacturing and commercialization of vending machines
- Fully responsible of the business operation.
- Coordination of the design, manufacturing and commercialization of vending machines.
- Monthly financial reviews with the business co-owner.
- Supervision of the correct operation of vending machines being operated in the Guadalajara area.
- Searching and establishment of the supply chain for the project.
- Market opening through private and public entities such as schools and local government authorities.
- Design, manufacturing and commercialization of vending machines
- Start-up of the operation allocating 10 vending machines in the first phase.
- Implementation of Lean Manufacturing concepts that facilitated the assembly process, it was started with 17 operation steps and it was modified to 13 steps.
- Creation of the replenishment, operation and logistic of the business to manage it with 30 employees.
Quality Manager
Solectron
10.2005 - 03.2008
- Planning and participation in the startup of the Guadalajara Operations.
- Execution of product and processes audits in order to ensure the compliance to the quality metrics established by the company.
- Incoming inspection performing to received materials.
- Management of the document control system of external and internal information.
- Coordination of the calibration activities based on annual programs.
- Release of new parts and dies using gage R&R, process capability studies and First Article Reports.
- Integration of the Lean Manufacturing concepts of the Guadalajara site to integrate the Enclosure operation under the corporate policy One Solectron.
- Implementation of the quality system to be prepared for the first customer audit. This process took 3 months with positive results that helped on the customer approval and awarding of the project.
Quality and NPI Manager
Sumida de México
11.1999 - 09.2005
- Company Overview: Manufacturing of coils and electronic products for the automotive industry
- Administration of the resources of the Quality Assurance area through the strategic planning and annual objectives.
- Process audits based on monitoring of the critical operations established in the PFMEA and Control Plans.
- Performing of product and raw material audits.
- Administration of the Document Control function.
- Coordination of the activities carried in the Calibration area based on established annual programs.
- Supervision of the activities of the Metrology area.
- Planning, performing and coordination of internal and external audits to the ISO/TS/16949 quality system and ISO14001 environmental system.
- Introduction of new products based on advanced planning (APQP).
- Elaboration and application of training programs for new operators on each operation of the production lines.
- Continuous communication with customers and suppliers.
- Manufacturing of coils and electronic products for the automotive industry
- Certification of the quality system in QS9000, ISO9000:2000 e ISO/TS16949:2002.
- Revision and upgrade of the ISO14001 system, first surveillance audit without findings.
- Revision and upgrade of the training area and implementation of the certification and re-certification programs.
- On time achievement of line releases with the customers.
Education
Total Quality Seminar - ISO9000 standard
Green Belt training - USA
Kimball Electronics
APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA - undefined
Perry Johnson
Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen - Poka Yoke, Mfg Cells
Lead Auditor Certification - ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015, OSHAS18001:2007
Skills
Friendly, positive attitude
Teamwork and collaboration
Computer skills
Customer service
Education Updates
- Total Quality Seminar and ISO9000 standard
- Green Belt training in USA (Kimball Electronics)
- APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA (Perry Johnson)
- Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen, Poka Yoke, Mfg Cells
- Lead Auditor Certification ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015, OSHAS18001:2007
Career
Industrial Engineer
Brief Summary
Industrial Engineer with over 34 years of experience collaborating in domestic and world class companies, supplying products to industries such as Automotive, Consumer Electronics, and Pharmaceutical. Experience in Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Operations. Experience in different processes such as soft and hard tool, electronic assemblies, SMT, PTH, plastic injection. Certification of quality, environmental and safety and health systems.
Timeline
Staff SQE
Enphase Energy
09.2019 - 02.2025
SQE Manager
Flex Manufacturing
02.2018 - 02.2019
Lead Auditor and Trainer
Global Standards
11.2015 - 12.2016
Quality Manager
Flextronics
05.2013 - 10.2015
Production and Quality Manager
Grupo Industrial Armas
06.2011 - 04.2013
Operations Manager
Comercializadora Castillo
04.2008 - 05.2011
Quality Manager
Solectron
10.2005 - 03.2008
Quality and NPI Manager
Sumida de México
11.1999 - 09.2005
Green Belt training - USA
Kimball Electronics
APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA - undefined
Perry Johnson