Jonas Castillo

Industrial Engineer with +13 years of experience working in automotive & manufacture sectors, mostly related with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, launching new projects and supporting mass production of national and overseas customers.

ITW Automotive Products (Plastic Injection – Automotive T1/T2)                                                               Mar 2024 – Mar 2025

Sr. Quality Engineer Launches, Process & Customer.

• Responsible for quality customer projects: Nissan NA/ LATAM, Toyota NA and Honda MX, (Tiers Kasai USA + Avanzar NA).

• QA Customer Champion, leading claims with multidisciplinary team using RCA tools such as 8D's, 5 why's, Factor Three, DOE’s until successful resolution with customer (“Go & See”). 

• Guarantee new projects launch quality performance under APQP (Core tools develop, PPAP validation to PSW sign off; BOM materials, tooling, fixtures and process validations), in addition of process performance control of current projects in mass production (KPI’s: RTY & Scrap vs. Sales – Corrective Actions).

• Assure the successful transfer of new projects from US to MX site due business distribution.

• Monitor customer scorecards and portal maintenance (Nissan - PQE, SQP & CSCC, Toyota - QIMS, Honda - NARS).

• Collaborate with procurement team to improve supplier performance, capacity, quality, ensuring the source of the right materials.

• Warrant GP12 & Safe Launch control deployment for new projects, material engineering changes, customer complaints. 

• Develope of Inspection methods according drawings (design rights reserved), spec tenders, CSR’s.

• Main mentor for auditors (9) dedicated to warrant all the technical aspects of the products.

• Manage of inside (2) / outside (5) sorting companies at NA & LATAM, plus tracking of P.O.s & Invoices payments until resolution. • Management of Quality Representative Engineers (2) at Nissan Canton and Toyota Texas. 

FLEX GDL Norte (SMT, Electronic Manufacture Assemblies)                                                                        Sep 2022 – Mar 2024

Sr. Quality Engineer Supervisor

• Management daily RTY perform report (4Q’s CA/PA’s and Roadmap follow up status) for GOOGLE, Sensata, EnerSys projects.

• Develop strategies to solve operation issues that impacts KPI’s (RTY, TML, OTD, RMA’s, etc.)

• Responsible of customer quality, monitoring DPPM’s and solving claims based on Root Cause Analysis

• Lead internal and external audits (LPA’s, ESD, ISO: 9001, etc.) AQP submission (PPAP documentation)

• Coordinate and lead Quality and Manufacture process certification for NPI’s (SMT VS IPC-A-610/standard PCBA’s).

• Lead and support CFT improvement actions (Kaizen, Shingijutsu, CA/PA’s, etc.)

• Management of Quality Engineers, Technicians and Auditors (Support Process release 24/7)

• SQE’s support according supplier contracts.

SACRED Mexicana (Rubber Injection - Automotive T1/T2)                                                                            Sep 2021 – Sep 2022

Sr. Quality Engineer & SQE

• Responsible to maintain KPI’s under target (Scrap, continuous improvement, customer claims, deliveries, etc.)

• Maintain customer Score Cards on target (98%-100%) main customers: Nissan, MAHLE, Mann Hummel & ThyssenKrupp Presta.

• Coordinate and close CA/PA’s using 8D’s Methodology (Ishikawa, 5Why’s, Factor Three, etc.)

• Lead and attend customer remote and Insite audits (IATF: 16949/ VDA).

• Control and coordinate external sorting companies and quality audit teams (Process Release 24/5)

• Maintain plant 5S’s with audits according GEMBA walks.

• Lead the development of new key suppliers by performing audits to their QMS.

• Provide support and participate on risk analysis for new projects (CSR’s, PFMEA & Control Plan)

FLEX AGS (SMT, Electronic Manufacture Assemblies)                                                                                Aug 2018 – Sep 2024

Quality Engineer

•Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.

•Report GM and CFT Daily RTY for quality performance of HID GLOBAL and Pitney Bowes projects.

•Com piles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.

•Lead Quality Performance on QBR meetings with customers.

•Responsible for supplier material assurance at Incoming Inspection.

•Control of Quality Auditors releasing finish good at production line covering 24/7.

FUJIKURA (Wire Harness System - Automotive T1)                                                                                       Jan 2018 – Aug 2018                     

Project Engineer

-Part of brand-new launch department - Methods Lab In charge of new manufacturing process design and implementation.  

-Supervise GANTT activities for GC7 Subaru Body Main Harness Project launch

-Coordinate daily meetings with cross functional teams to track layout modifications according $/FT2.

•Report weekly top management new manufacturing system introduction of mini-boards assemblies to cost reduction

•Responsible to determine capacity of production line, head count & production process

•Develop of work instructions for each manufacturing process station.

•Balance line according times measures and motion studies.

•Create and coordinate feed and update PFMEA’s.

•Ensure Tiers studies by com paring BOM’s VS Physical Materials

•Lead Process Technicians to develop visual aids and trainings.

APTIV (Wire Harness System - Automotive T1)                                                                                              Feb 2011 – Jan 2018

Engineering Technician

•Principal lead of critical Gantt to coordinate new projects launches (GM -Buick Lacrosse GMX 353& GMX 350).

•Design manufacturing process according harnesses prints and BOM’s released.

•Define quantity of operation stations according work content.

•Coordinate daily meetings with cross functional teams to track layout modifications according $/FT2.

•Ensure to transmit and commit the multifunctional team with critical dates to assure commitment start–updates with customer.

•Define Run @Rate capability.

•Responsible to detect any new CSR that need to be added to the process.

•Design and define hard tooling, assembly boards and electrical test boards.

•Responsible to determine capacity of production line, head count & production process

•Develop of work instructions for new production lines

•Balance line according times measures and motion studies.

•Create and coordinate feed and update PFMEA’s.

•Coordinate the training for workstations every new launch, engineering change, PTR and pilot pieces.

ITCV - Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Victoria  Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering (Quality & Productivity)                                                   

 Cd. Victoria, Tamps, February 2011

Tecnologico de Monterrey     Quality & Productivity Diploma                                                                 Monterrey, N.L.  October 2017