Experience

Halo Industries, Inc.

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer

  • Jul 2023 - Present



KLA

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electrical Design Engineer

  • 2019 - Present



Glasspoint Solar, Inc.

• 46421 Landing Parkway, Fremont, CA

• Sr. Electrical Engineer

  • Jul 2015 - 2019

  Responsible for the solar field electrical controls. Designed the control system and panels for Solar tracking of the mirrors. All Equipment is designed to NFPA-79 and UL-508A standards. Create schematics, panel layouts and system BOM’s for the architecture. Write PLC test code to perform startup and factory acceptance tests. Wrote Supplier Specifications for the production controls to be built by a contract manufacturer. Interfaced and qualified suppliers who would build our production units. Kept electrical controls under budget. This included the power distribution in the solar field. Field support (to Oman) to help startup and train on site personnel. Project had unique high temperature operational conditions. Worked with 3rd party safety evaluators to insure overall safety with unique cooling scheme. Show less



Owens Design

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Electrical Engineer

  • Nov 2005 - Jul 2015

  Design and build custom tools for Semiconductor, Solar, LED/OLED, Disk drive, Fuel cell and Medical device manufacturing. Schematic capture and Panel Layout drawings completed using Autocad Electrical. Other primary duties include cable drawings, 3rd party evaluation support for CE requirements, project budget estimations for BOM’s and EE NRE time. Complete risk analysis to define safety circuits and requirements. ISO 13849-1 Typical hazards for my projects include things like electrical, motion, low oxygen environments, CO2, lasers and flammable or explosive environments. Design equipment to SEMI, NFPA-79, UL-508A standards, this includes designing to the CE machine directive. I have integrated small to larger robots and EFEM’s from Staubli, Brooks Automation, DENSI and Equipe. Assist the customer in defining the system requirements and specifications. Write test plans and design verifications tests (DVT) for the tools we designed Show less



Aviza Technologies

• Scotts Valey, CA.

• Sr. Electrical Engineer

  • Nov 2003 - Oct 2005

  ***** Aviza purchased ASML***** I was the project lead to outsource a power distribution assembly to a Chinese contract manufacturing (CM) team. The power distribution box was for a 480VAC@400A system. We were trying to qualify the Chinese CM company. I wrote detailed specifications and test procedures to qualify the power distribution assembly. Designed the power distribution assembly to meet NFPA-79, UL-508A and SEMI standards. Helped define risks and risk mitigation for the Semiconductor tools. (SEMI standards) Programmed PLC’s for safety interlocks on the vertical furnace tools. Show less



ASML

• Netherlands
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Electrical Engineer

  • Jun 2001 - Nov 2003

  ***** ASML purchased Silicon Valley Group***** Tasked with new product development integrating various vendor robots and controllers into front-end automation from vendors such as Staubli, Brooks Automation and Equipe. I programmed the GE Fanuc PLC using ladder logic for interlocks of the various gas mixtures and process development. Trained field service engineers on the calibration and startup for the new products introduced. Lead engineer to replace a VME system with a cost reduced PLC based system. Show less



Silicon Valley Group

• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager, Motion Control Systems

  • Jun 1999 - Jun 2001

  ***** Silicon Valley Group purchased Watkins Johnson ***** Managed teams to meet production and prototype build schedules. I scheduled production, installation and field service tasks for myself and my team. Designed new front end loader specifying motors, amplifiers and power supplies. Configured and tuned the system PID parameters. Trained manufacturing and field service engineers for setup and calibration of the front end loader. Complete miscellaneous tasks for product improvement and sustaining engineering on legacy products. Show less



Watkins Johnson

• Scotts Valley, CA.

• Sr. Electrical Engineer

  • Mar 1992 - Jun 1999

  Performed new product design as well as sustaining engineering on APCVD tools. Co-inventor for 2 patents in Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapro Deposition. Performed field service to support new startups and trouble shooting of systems. Performed new product design as well as sustaining engineering on APCVD tools. Co-inventor for 2 patents in Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapro Deposition. Performed field service to support new startups and trouble shooting of systems.