Daniel Owens

Daniel Owens
(952)412-7182

Eden Prairie, MN
danielbrianowens@gmail.com

Engineering professional with five years experience in hard drive quality system design and commercial validation. Proven ability to work with cross functional teams to bring profitable and robust products to market under tight scheduling deadlines.
EMPLOYMENT

Reliability Technology Engineer

Seagate Technology
May 2011 – Present

• Drove quality improvements to provide five year field life and minimize field escalations, resulting in
• Designed and implemented tests for head and media interface reliability based on internal and field excursion data. Provided test coverage for historical and current failure modes.
• Deployed Six Sigma and 8D problem solving to debug hardware and software issues that drove failure analysis and root cause understanding, resulting in closure of high risk and business impact issues.
• Created product development test plans that achieve life and margin requirements within budget and on time.
• Interpreted field data in order to develop accelerated test workloads that provide five year life confidence metrics in 1/3rd the time.
• Led cross functional teams to develop and run design margin testing; correlated resulting parametric data to design and market requirements for Fortune 500 clients.
• Defined and executed component qualification testing based on failure modes and effects analysis; resulting in multi-million dollar business impact.
Software Engineer, Design Project

Polaris Industries
August 2010 – May 2011

• Designed and implemented a controller area network data logger.
• Developed graphical user interface to enhance analytics on logged data in Polaris vehicles allowing maintenance professionals to diagnose issues faster.
TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Statistical Analysis & Visualization: JMP; SQL based

• Programming & Scripting: Python (current); C++, C#, MATLAB, Microsoft Visual Studio, Assembly, Verilog (prior)
• Organizational Effectiveness: Six Sigma; 8D
• Productivity Management: Google Office Suite; Microsoft Office (advanced excel formulas and macro-based test result analysis)
EDUCATION

Saint Cloud, MN

Saint Cloud State University
September 2007 – May 2011

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Experience
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Job Title
Company

Experience

Reliability Technology Engineer

Seagate Technology
– Present

Additional Info
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Current Career Level:
Experienced (Non-Manager)

Years of relevant work experience:
Less than 1 Year

Date of Availability:
Within 2 weeks

Work Status:
US – I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:
None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:
US citizen

Target Job:
Target Job Title:
Quality Engineer

Desired Job Type:
Employee

Desired Status:
Full-Time

Target Company:
Company Size:

Industry:
Engineering Services

Occupation:
Engineering
• Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Quality Assurance/Safety
• General/Other: Quality Assurance/Safety

Target Locations:
Selected Locations:
US-MN-Minneapolis

Relocate:
Yes

Willingness to travel:
Up to 50% travel

Languages:
Languages
Proficiency Level

English
Fluent

German
Beginner