SUMMARY
A detail-oriented equipment engineering manager with extensive experience with Semiconductor and Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing equipment. Strong background in Chemical Mechanical Polish (CMP), CdS Chemical Bath Deposition, Lean Manufacturing, Project Management, and Technician Mentoring. A self motivated and mulit-task performer. Promoted 5 times (in 10 years) for outstanding company contributions and accomplishments. Additional skills include:
Fluid & Pneumatic System Design
Robotics
Electrical & Mechanical System Troubleshooting
Agile Product Lifecycle Mgmt(PLM)
Preventive & Corrective Maintenance
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Consumable and spare parts selection/qualification
Optical Laser Hardware
Failure Mode Effects Analysis(FMEA)
Lean 5S Manufacturing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Solyndra, Fremont, CA
Equipment Engineering Manager 2009 - Present
Wet Equipment (Clean, Chemical Bath Deposition and Chemical Mixing Equipment) Engineer responsible for maintaining multiple fluid and chemical equipment toolsets. Managed 4 equipment engineers and trained/certified 16 maintenance technicians to troubleshoot and sustain multiple PV toolsets in accordance with ISO9001 and OSHA safety standards.
• Managed a 24/7 High Precision Maintenance (HPM) and Lean manufacturing team to perform advanced troubleshooting and maintenance tasks resulting in 15% tool availability improvement.
• Created an equipment logging database system used in producing tool availability, utilization, and downtime charts to accurately identify and highlight key areas for improvement.
• Evaluate and analyze key process parameters to detect/resolve tool issues and implement hardware upgrades to improve tool reliability.
• Worked closely with R&D, Operation/Maintenance, Supply Chain and Supplier groups to select/test/qualify and implement new equipment components to improve tool performance.
• Created Engineering Change Order (ECO), Evaluations, Work Instructions, Maintenance, Safety, and Training documents for high volume manufacturing equipment.
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
Senior Manufacturing Equipment Engineer 2006 - 2009
A CMP Equipment tool owner responsible for installing, qualifying and upgrading semiconductor equipment. Wrote maintenance procedures, checklists and specification documents to increase productivity and promote Lean Manufacturing principles. Performed ISO9001 audit and provided corrective actions for all equipment issues. Managed all tool maintenance, decontamination and decommission activities.
• Managed a team of 20 equipment technicians to achieve 25% improvement in equipment availability by standardizing & streamlining maintenance tasks and minimizing repair times.
• Completed a Preventive Maintenance (PM) reduction and scheduling project that reduced PM frequency and PM kit costs by 25%.
• Designed an award winning slurry dispense upgrade on the CMP equipment that reduced production cycle time by 50% and saved $250,000 per tool.
• Managed and reduced the $0.5 million annual CMP spare parts budget by 30% in a 12 month period.
• Implemented and trained technicians on the Harvest Parts System program that achieved over $1 million in savings on spare parts in the D2 factory and was recognized with a Thin Films Department Award.
• Worked closely with the Intel Module Repair (IMR) group to refurbish and repair equipment ...
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