Ümitcan Tanrikulu

Key Achievements: • Reduced incoming inspection cycle time: 3 to 0.7 days • Reduced sample-approval lead time: 15 to 4 days Responsibilities: • Led 10-person QA team for assembly & incoming quality • Managed GD&T, CMM, hardness & coating tests (KTL, Geomet, Galvanizing) • Monitored Gate 1-2 & PDI quality; led weekly top-defect reviews • Coordinated 0-300h field failure root-cause analysis (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone) across 53 export markets • Managed imported component NCRs, FMEA, PPAP & Control Plans

• Quality engineering for solar structures, transmission towers & galvanized steel products • Performed process inspections, First Product Approval (FPA) & GD&T checks • Prepared Weld Maps, coordinated NDT (VT, MT, UT, RT) & reviewed inspection reports • Prepared Quality Files & PPAP docs; participated in customer FAT • Managed welder qualifications (ISO 9606-1, ISO 14732) & WPS/PQR (ISO 15614-1) • Verified raw materials per EN 10204 3.1 & led 8D problem-solving

• Planned Incoming, Process & Final Inspections per ITPs & PED 2014/68/EU • Performed GD&T visual/dimensional checks for machining, welding & laser cutting • Coordinated Weld Maps, NDT (VT/MT/UT/RT) & welder certs (ISO 9606-1) • Supported AS9100 QMS & audit prep for defense parts (Roketsan, Aselsan) • Applied FAT, FAI & MIL-STD-810 standards for qualification components • Managed NCR/CAPA & welding equipment calibration per ISO 17662

Sand Analysis, Process Controls, Heat Treatment Processes of alloy - unalloyed steel and cast irons by using sand mold casting method. Quality Control Inspections (Model-Casting-Machining Dimensional and Visual Controls, Non-Destructive (VT, PT, MT) and Destructive Inspections (Tensile, Notch-Impact, Hardness), Chemical Analysis (using Spectrometer), performing of Safety Tests (pressure).

Casting, forging, welding, composite materials, polymers, ceramics.