Failure Analysis Resume
Fremont, CA
Summary: Well rounded experience in Operations, Failure Analysis, Process Engineering and Project Execution in Solar, Semiconductor & Hard Disk Drive industries.
Skills:
Vendor Interface | Failure Analysis | Manufacturing Support
ALT (Accelerated Life Tests) | Product Development | Specifications (KPIVs)
Six Sigma Methods | Operations | Design of Experiments
Dark IV Testers, Environmental Chambers, IR Systems, Break Strength Testers, Edge Microscope, Shock Testers, Interferometers, Contact and Non-Contact Profilometers
Software:JMP, Minitab, SQL, Test Director, QTP, MS Windows
Established & sustained Failure Analysis of Solar Modules and supported Semiconductor Operations.
Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA 09/2011 - 11/2011
Engineer - R & D (Operations)
- Sustained and supported daily Electronics Materials operations related to Silicon.
- Operated semiconductor metrology tools and semi-automated manufacturing machines.
Highlights: Supported semiconductor operations by using metrology and manufacturing machines
Confidential, Fremont, CA 02/2010 - 05/2010
Failure Analysis Technician (Contract)
- Facilitated Failure Analysis of thin film modules, using Microscopes and Infra Red systems.
- Point-of-contact for process owners for daily compilation of morning yield meeting presentations.
Highlights: Sustained Failure Analysis procedures and assisted in morning production meetings
Confidential, Hayward, CA 01/2008 - 01/2009
Engineer - Failure Analysis
- Executed first level and second level Failure Analysis of Solar modules for root cause defect analysis.
- Responsible for Defect Analysis Systems like Interferometers, Dark IV Testers and Micro-Vu.
- Generated Module Failure Analysis procedures and trained new engineers and technicians in FA procedures.
- Hands-on implementation of ALT (Accelerated Life Tests) methods using environmental chambers.
Highlights: Established Failure Analysis and ALT (Accelerated Life Tests) procedures, which resulted in significant improved yields.
Confidential, San Jose, CA 09/2005 - 07/2006
Senior Engineer - Process Development
- Improved substrate yields in the manufacturing facility, by introducing novel consumables for the polishing process.
- Commissioned state-of-the-art cleaning machines used as part of the media process, in a manufacturing environment.
- Proficient in ECN (Engineering Change Notice), hands-on laboratory measurements and generating procedures for new processes.
Highlights: Introduced novel carriers, pick up tools, cleaning soaps and improved yields in a manufacturing environment.
Confidential, Fremont, CA 09/1996 - 07/2004
Staff Engineer - Product Development
Senior Engineer - Research & Development
Advisory Engineer - Process Development
- Generated specifications for glass substrates based on transfer functions obtained from drive to media to substrates.
- Identified and solved reliability issues including flyability, corrosion and defects contributed by substrates.
- Interacted with vendors and secured the glass substrates for qualification at pilot level and consequently transfer to manufacturing.
- Utilized Industry Standard ALT (Accelerated Life Tests) for glass substrates and Media pertinent to hard drives
- Pioneered Hands-on development of substrate polish/planerizing processes with different polishing machines.
- Regularly updated the substrate global team with technical reports on technology transfer to manufacturing.
Highlights: Established Specifications for Glass Substrates, which was one of the contributing factors for the launch of first Seagate Mobile drive.
Education:M.S., Chemical Engineerin
B.S., Chemical Engineering
