Marlon Charles MarlonICharles@gmail.com 408.396.46217262 Alder Spring Way, San Joe CA 95139

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EDUCATION SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING San Jose, CABachelor of Science May 2007Manufacturing Systems TechnologyMinor Business Management

EXPERIENCE JABIL CIRCUIT San Jose, CABusiness Unit Manager/Manufacturing Project Manager March 2014 - Present Establish project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements, and performance

standards; completing technical studies for customer such as Tesla, Space X, Bloom Energy and Google X

Maintains project schedule by monitoring project progress; coordinating activities and resolving problems, eliminating line down situations through CAPA

Gather and analyze performance data from various departments, develop strategies to continuously improvement plans to increase performance and efficiencies

Traveled to Shanghai to develop our low cost volume manufacturing facility, formulated transition plan for Bloom Energy products

Spearheaded cross-functional team of 5 to save $476K by reducing RMAs and improving quality on 6 products, improving margins

WOLFE ENGINEERING San Jose, CASenior Mechanical Design Engineer May 2010 – March 2014 Designed automated equipment for Tesla Motors - $1.2M (Stator Encapsulation 2.0 and Rotor

Inductor Brazing tool) for volume manufacturing Blueprinted and prototyped material handling equipment & manufacturing tools and equipment for

Tesla Motors (Model S and X) SDU, Euro-jig fixtures and test equipment Lead process DFM studies to improve manufacturability for DYNO 2.0, Stator Encapsulation, material

handling equipment and various rotor wedge lifts Re-designed Bloom Energy’s 3/8” and 1” natural gas regulators; reduced manufacturing cost by 13%

and eliminate NPT leaking issues Provided DFM input for Bloom Energy YFP weldments and energy modules Constructed design criteria, specification and CAD models for Cryogenics application Conduct design review and data analysis programs; also assisted in budget management and estimating

WOLFE ENGINEERING San Jose, CAManufacturing Engineer, NPI June 2007 – May 2010 Assisted in the initial qualification of ISO 13485 and maintained ISO 13485 quality management system Created an efficient low – medium volume manufacturing operation for cryogenics applications,

specifying and refining BOMs, workflow process, and detailed work instructions Succeeded in correcting major manufacturing and design flaws for chemical delivery systems Initiated manufacturing test development for the automotive, power and semiconductor industries Prep routings, work instructions, BOMs, and various documentation to help facilitate program activities Create standard operating procedures (SOPs) Lead continuous improvement circles, focus on material cost reduction, capacity enhancement and

streamlining of supply chain

NUMMI Fremont, CAManufacturing, Process Development and Optimization intern July 2005 – January 2006

Responsible for continuous improvement to ensure high throughput Analyzed data from various powertrain products to identify trends in manufacturing quality Perform process characterization and establish process control for all critical parameters Perform process improvement for the manufacturing line on a variety of mechanical processes