Terry RIGDEN

e-mail: 3 Heathfield
Phone: (01473) 620067 Martlesham Heath Mobile: 0776 2572364 IPSWICH Suffolk IP5 3UB

Anexperienced, post graduate qualified engineer with a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions. Experienced in production, design quality engineering in high technology, high volume multi-national manufacturing.

As a result of Agilent closing their Ipswich factory I am looking for an interesting challenging engineering role where I can use my experience skills.

Key achievements

  • Overturned conventional expectations of product cost size with radical new design of optical transceiver. Cut production costs by 75% product size by 50%
  • Eliminated production bottleneck by delivering a 60% improvement in throughput at critical production stage without significant capital investment or downtime.
  • Saved multi-million dollar contract for ultra high reliability components. Analysed understood underlying cause of failure designed implemented solution within weeks. Cut the failure rate by an order of magnitude.
  • Opened up new high volume markets for opto-electronics by drastically cutting costs with non-hermetic packaging technology using plastic injection moulding encapsulation.

Experience

Agilent Technologies Ltd (formerly H.P) Ipswich.(Optoelectronics manufacture)2/1989 –11/2003

Senior Analytical Engineer. (1/2000 – 11/2003)

Reporting to Quality manager.Managed analytical services department. Staff of 5.

  • Cut response time for failure analysis reports from weeks to hours with less staff, by involving requestors in analysis.
  • Developed forensic approach to failure analysis using state-of-the-art techniques.
  • Refocused analytical resources department to become an integral part of R&D project teams. Speeded development times by providing practical solutions to quality issues.
  • Ensured product reliability by conducting Failure Mode Evaluation Analysis (FMEA).

Senior Design Engineer. (6/1995 – 1/2000)

Reporting to R&D manager,Designing developing advanced optoelectronic components for high volume production both here in Far East.

  • Designed developed radical new opto-electronic products using micro-machined components to sub micron tolerances.
  • Sourced state-of-the-art components liaised with suppliers all over the world.
  • Proved product reliability fitness for purpose with qualification programs to Bellcore ISO standards.
  • Developed transferred new production processes to Singapore operation.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer(2/1989 – 6/1995)

Reporting to production manager with overall engineering responsibility for yield throughput of solid state fibre optic laser production line. Staff of 1

  • Doubled throughput increased yield by 1/3rdwithin 9 months.
  • Improved yield by introducing implementing Statistical Process Control (SPC).
  • Developed new production processes with higher throughput yield
  • Ensured production throughput by trouble shooting equipment processes.
  • Designedspecialist production equipment for new innovative products.

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Dynapert Ltd, Colchester.(Electronic assembly equipment manufacture) 4/1988 –2/1989

Project Leader

Reporting to R&D director, responsible for the design development of a high-speed surface mount electronic component assembly machine. Project team of 7

  • Designed crucial mechanismsthat doubled throughput at 75% of cost using CAD
  • Developed pattern recognition algorithms to detect component orientation in 50% faster.

INMOS Ltd, Newport Gwent. (Integrated circuit manufacture)6/1981 –4/1988

Support / Project Engineer(9/1985 – 4/1988)

Reporting to manufacturing manager responsible for design of new upgraded equipment. Maintenance troubleshooting on production line. Staff of 3

  • Designed developed specialist process equipment improving throughput by 1/4
  • Managed equipment plant upgrade projects budget of £1/4M

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Facilities Engineer(6/1981 – 9/1985)

Reporting to Facilities manager, responsible for operation maintenance of all mechanical services on site as well as sub contracted services. Staff of 11 plus contractors

  • Key role in construction start up of new factory, on time within budget.
  • Commissioned plant equipment ensuring performance criteria achieved
  • Established managed Plant Operations Dept, recruited trained staff.
  • Designed supervised installation of “state of the art” ultrapure water system.
  • Reduced facilities downtime to near zero by introduction of condition based maintenance.
  • Managed several major capital investment projects to upgrade plant facilities

Marconi Electronic Devices Ltd, Lincoln. (Semiconductor manufacture) 5/1978 –6/1981

Equipment Engineer

Reporting to works engineer. Responsible for De Ionised water plant development of new production equipment staff of 1

  • Major role in construction start-up of new factory on time within budget.
  • Designed installed ultrapure water systems.
  • Designed specialist production equipment to improve throughput quality.
  • Troubleshooting maintenance of equipment processes.
  • Designed installed nitric acid distribution system, reduced chemical costs by 3/4

Project engineer (10/1980 – 3/1981)

Reporting to works engineer (Lincoln). Seconded to GEC Semiconductors Wembley to manage project to upgrade of the plant facilities to production standard. Staff of 5.

  • Increased DI water plant capacity ten fold
  • Tripled production throughput in just 4 months
  • Project completed early within budget

Universal Abrasives Ltd, Stafford (Abrasive manufacture) 4/1977- 5/1978

Assistant Process Engineer

  • Developed new products introduced improved processes equipment.
  • Introduced electronic process monitoring cutting rejects by order of magnitude

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Terry Rigden

Education

Open University. 1996- 1999

Postgraduate diploma in Manufacturing Management Technology.

  • Computed Aided Engineering
  • Implementation of new technologies
  • Structure & design of manufacturing systems
  • Project management
  • Design & manufacture with polymers.

North Staffordshire Polytechnic,Stafford 1973 – 1977

HND Mechanical Engineering (electives: electronics & electrical engineering)

PriorySchool for Boys, Shrewsbury 1970 – 1973

A level :- Physics, Chemistry

O level :- Maths, English, Biology

Other Information

I.T. Skills:Computer literate on P.C, Unix Apple.

Real-time machine control in “C”

Spreadsheets, Databases & Word processing

2 & 3D CAD, (AutoCad, Autosketch, Me10, SoliDesigner, Total CAD, MacDraught).

Finite element analysis (Pro-Engineer)

Project planning management (Micrsoft project , Hoskyns)

Courses:Project Management. – Hoskyns, Hewlett PackardOpen University

DFM, FMEA, SPC, Taguchi, C Programming, – Hewlett Packard

Interpersonal ManagementSkills - Xerox

Training Skills for Technical Staff - EITB

Practical RF Protection – Marconi

Strategy of Experimentation - Dupont

Quality Improvement - Juran

Laser Welding Technology - Lumonics

Ultra pure water technology – School of water sciences

Personal data:

Date of Birth 25/10/54. Married, one married son Clean driving licence.

Leisure interests: Technical officer for canal boat syndicate.

Part of team restoring Ipswich Stowmarket canal

Building & operating R/C model yachts, aircraft

Cycling, reading, listening to music.

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