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Krystian Walkowski

Krystian Walkowski

Pila

Summary

Resourceful Product Engineering Section Manager with impressive product expertise. Manages group of engineers who are responsible for Life Cycle Product Management ( component validation due to scarcity, cost reduction, PTN/PCN etc), product transfers, quality incident expertise etc.

Strong component engineering knowledge - took part in component selection, component expertise, cooperation with many significant suppliers in the world.

Very easily adapted to dynamic situations. Very open for cooperation team player.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Engineering Section Manager

Signify Electronics
02.2023 - Current
  • Managing Product Engineering team
  • Develops resource plans, manpower plans, various analyses,
  • Selects engineering employees to serve as participants, delegates entire projects to the Engineering Project Leader,
  • Play a key role in all component related actions (MOT program - last years more than 1mio savings, PTN/PCN, dual sourcing) for all production sites in EMEA,
  • Support for SCM in case of replacement and shortage of components, also play active role in obsoletes utilization (WORLD SEC WINNER in 2022)
  • Support sustaning engineers with making component selection to achieve the lowest price, lowest possible obsolete level and best commonality of component selection,
  • Play the first contact window for Pila factory for electronic components' quality issues from field, production lines or early development.

Component Coordinator

Philips Lighting
07.2014 - 01.2023

Coordination component activities/projects for EMEA factories,

  • Play a key role in all component related actions (MOT program, PTN/PCN, dual sourcing) for all production sites in EMEA - coordinate actions realization by development engineers,
  • Chair CT maintenance meeting for EMEA
  • Support for SCM in case of replacement and shortage of components, also play active role in obsoletes utilization,
  • Support sustaning engineers with making component selection to achieve the lowest price, lowest possible obsolete level and best commonality of component selection,
  • Key user and support for component database (xDM);
  • support colleagues with TeamCenter expertise,
  • Play the first contact window for Pila factory for electronic components' quality issues from field, production lines or early development. If needed, should contact the right CE or other development resource to support for root cause analysis,
  • Support making and implementing change proposals in TeamCenter
  • Ad hoc support Customs in case of components/products definition,

Product Development Engineer

Philips Lighting
11.2002 - 06.2014
  • Construction, testing and implementation for the production of power electronic systems for lighting technology,
  • Testing and reliability analysis of electronic components,
  • Competition analysis,
  • Electromagnetic compatibility testing,
  • Execution of quality test plan,
  • EMC improvement,
  • Selection of electronic components according to component policy,
  • Technical documentation - specifications, measuring instructions etc.
  • Cooperation with other research departments and manufacturers,
  • Support for production and After Sales department,
  • Production improvement,

Education

Master of Science -

Gdańsk University of Technology
Gdansk, Poland
09.2002

Skills

  • Team Management,
  • Equipment Maintenance,
  • Product Life Cycle management,
  • NPDL knowledge,
  • Quality Control Management,
  • Preparation of quality, design and production process documentation for power supply units,
  • Component Engineering knowledge,
  • Knowledge about product testing and design,
  • Microsoft Excel (Power Query, Power BI) expert knowledge,

Certification

  • Time Management,
  • Emotional Intelligence,
  • Electric certificate up to 1kV,
  • Leadership SLII Experience™ Blanchard,
  • Effective Manager,
  • Mentor Graphics,
  • Green Belt DMAIC - ongoing,

Languages

Polish
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Spanish
Beginner
A1
Russian
Intermediate
B1

Timeline

Product Engineering Section Manager

Signify Electronics
02.2023 - Current

Component Coordinator

Philips Lighting
07.2014 - 01.2023

Product Development Engineer

Philips Lighting
11.2002 - 06.2014

Master of Science -

Gdańsk University of Technology
  • Time Management,
  • Emotional Intelligence,
  • Electric certificate up to 1kV,
  • Leadership SLII Experience™ Blanchard,
  • Effective Manager,
  • Mentor Graphics,
  • Green Belt DMAIC - ongoing,
Krystian Walkowski