Supply chain engineer with experience managing procurement of outsourced components for engineering products. Strong commercial skills, with experience managing relationships with multiple stakeholders on complex projects. Experience working on complex projects with multiple internal and external stakeholders at all stages of the product development cycle. Extensive technical background in optics as well as signal/power integrity.
Specialties: Procurement, Commodity Management, Camera Modules, Signal Integrity, Electronic Packaging, Microwave Engineering, Transmission Lines, Dielectric Material Characterization, Image Processing
Technical Skills
-Circuit Design and Simulation Software: Ansoft High Frequency Structure Simulator, Agilent
Advanced Designed System, Sigrity PowerSI and PowerDC, HSPICE
-Measurement Experience: Vector Network Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer, Multiline Calibration Routine
-Programming Skills: MATLAB, C
Supply Chain Engineer @ -Supply risk mitigation through identification of alternate sources for critical parts
-Technical qualification of vendors during NPI phase of large-scale engineering projects
-Collaboration with buyers and commodity managers on business continuity planning From June 2015 to November 2015 (6 months) Supply Chain Engineer @ • Managed procurement of cameras, sensors, and RF modules for phone and tablet reference designs.
• Recommended appropriate components to internal stakeholders based on project launch date and target market segment.
• Negotiated pricing and availability with suppliers to meet the target cost and schedule of different projects.
• Maintained business continuity plans to assess supplier risk and financial health.
• Worked closely with suppliers to find the root cause of quality issues in incoming material.
• Managed Intel’s relationship with suppliers, holding regular business update meetings. From June 2012 to June 2015 (3 years 1 month) Graduate Intern Technical @ Performed system-level simulations of power delivery networks and correlated this simulation data with measurements. From February 2011 to March 2012 (1 year 2 months) Graduate Research Assistant @ · Developed an algorithm to ensure measured dielectric permittivity values are causal by fitting them to Debye and Fröhlich broadband material models.
· Eliminated the need for signal vias in a Coplanar Waveguide to Stripline transition by creating a recessed probe launch structure.
· Created the recessed probe launch structure by removing the top layer of the circuit board
substrate using machine tools.
· Measured the S-parameters of the recessed probe launch using a Vector Network Analyzer.
· Developed a signal processing algorithm to improve upon the ShortPulse Propagation technique by investigating the effects of time windowing on accuracy. From August 2008 to January 2011 (2 years 6 months)
M.S, Electrical and Computer Engineering @ University of Arizona From 2008 to 2011 M.S, Optical Sciences @ University of Arizona From 2005 to 2008 BS, Electrical Engineering @ University of California, Santa Cruz From 2000 to 2005 Lee Wells is skilled in: Supply Chain Engineering, Product Engineering, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Procurement, Camera Modules, Signal Integrity, Electronics Packaging, HFSS, Transmission Lines, Image Processing, Medical Imaging, Characterization, Network Analyzer, Circuit Design