Technical Trainer

• Aug 2022 - Present

North America Regional Manager

• Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

Application Engineer

• May 2021 - Aug 2021

Technology and Engineering Teacher at Bonneville Junior High

• Nov 2020 - May 2021

Introduced engineering to students through implementation of projects executed through team-based creation of prototypes, visual aids, and experiment design. Taught junior high school student engineering principles, technology, college and career awareness, and stem classes. Completed required professional development training to encourage innovative teaching techniques. Utilized a variety of online technology for distance learners and utilized 3D printers, laser engravers, and other hands-on projects to teach evolving technology. Show less

Diffusion Equipment Manager

• Jun 2019 - Nov 2020

Managed the engineering team responsible for cost, quality, performance, and output for the diffusion deposition and anneal tools. Performed one on one meetings with entire team with focus on job level duties and performance feedback specific to each job level. Managed the engineering team responsible for cost, quality, performance, and output for the diffusion deposition and anneal tools. Performed one on one meetings with entire team with focus on job level duties and performance feedback specific to each job level.

CVD Senior Operations Engineer

• Mar 2018 - May 2019

Established and recommended key process control measures for high throughput process to senior engineers by gap analysis of current and historic manufacturing process data.• SPC, tool fault detection systems, and other inline checks to ensure the area is meeting quality and throughput requirements.• Contained excursions, documented corrective and preventive actions through the G8D process.• Created automated partitions to systematically source defects by checking wafer handling, processing, and gas lines.• Improved reaction mechanisms and BKMs as well as mentor process technicians.• Utilized G8 process to contain, document, and implement corrective and preventive actions for excursions and root cause solutions.• Collaborated with first shift engineering to coordinate experiments and excursion data collection.• Worked with software UAT teams to design and implement new software programs.• Task Management ticket system.• Procedures into a flow document system to include all necessary escalation and investigation paths. Show less

CVD Manufacturing Supervisor

• Sep 2015 - Mar 2018

Monitored the quality and throughput of the fab from a remote operation center in the CVD area.• Responsible for the safety, performance and development of the area process technicians• Collaborated with equipment team to schedule tool maintenance• Created multiple weekly metric reports to monitor the performance of the area

CVD Process Engineer

• Apr 2014 - Sep 2015

Monitored and maintained the performance of thin film processes and tools using SPC charts and raw tool data from inside the fab● Responded to tool alarms and disposition of adversely affected product● AMAT, LAM, Altus, TEL● Disposition of OOS material, continuous improvement projects and execution of experiments.

RDA Shift Engineering Supervisor

• Jun 2010 - Apr 2014

Led a team of engineers and technicians in the Real Time Defect Analysis area.● Managed daily action items in relation to safety, equipment and staffing constraints to reduce excursions and collect data on inline product● Managed performance using performance appraisals, 360 reviews and frequent 1 on 1 meetings.● Designed experiments to find and source defects to increase yield and reduce defects

RDA Equipment Engineer

• Jun 2007 - May 2010

Owned performance and recovery of wafer inspection tools in the Real Time Defect Analysis area● Wrote recipes on inspection tools for inline process monitoring of defects and data collection for engineering experiments on bright field, dark field and optical tools.o AMAT, KLA, Rudolph