Ernest Scott Schneider
PV-CIGS Engineer at Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Wendi Batchelor
I worked with Scott at Ascent Solar and even though he was only with us for a short time, he made large strides in the TCO process improvement.He impressed me with his analysis skills, his eagerness and his ability to learn quickly.
Wendi Batchelor
I worked with Scott at Ascent Solar and even though he was only with us for a short time, he made large strides in the TCO process improvement.He impressed me with his analysis skills, his eagerness and his ability to learn quickly.
Wendi Batchelor
I worked with Scott at Ascent Solar and even though he was only with us for a short time, he made large strides in the TCO process improvement.He impressed me with his analysis skills, his eagerness and his ability to learn quickly.
Wendi Batchelor
I worked with Scott at Ascent Solar and even though he was only with us for a short time, he made large strides in the TCO process improvement.He impressed me with his analysis skills, his eagerness and his ability to learn quickly.
Experience
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Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.
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United States
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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PV-CIGS Engineer
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Jun 2021 - Present
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Amazon
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Bangladesh
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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ICQA Data Analyst
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Sep 2018 - Jun 2021
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TCO (Transparent Conductive Oxide) Process Engineer
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May 2016 - Dec 2016
• Led the development and process improvement of Transparent Conductive Oxides (TCO) for future production processes in Photo-Voltaic (PV) solar cells. • Maintained responsibility for the production deposition processes of TCO layers, intrinsic zinc oxide (i-ZnO) and tin doped indium oxide(ITO). • Controlled film thickness, electrical resistance and conductance and PV parameters including transmission, reflectance and absorption. • Served as a key individual on a cross-functional process team, improving device efficiencies including the main p-n junction processes and monolithic integration process (laser scribing). • Managed a number of development projects maintaining compliance with strict manufacturing processing standards and ISO requirements. • Played a key role in the preparation of process documentation to obtain initial ISO certification. Show less
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Vacuum Process Engineer
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2006 - 2016
• Led the successful development of Giant Magneto Resistive (GMR) “spin valves” and “synthetic anti-ferromagnets” for future production processes. • Directed the production deposition processes for GMR sensor layers including control film thickness, electrical resistance and magnetic parameters and the development a high moment (CoFe) seedlayer for electro-plating. • Controlled film thickness to less than 0.1 nm and magnetic parameters including freelayer exchange coupling, dR/Rmin, Freelayer Coercivity, anisotropy, magneto-striction and electrical resistance. • Maintained responsibility for the deposition and etch processes of Thin Film Seedlayers including precursor sputter deposition processes necessary for electro-plating and alumina deposition processes. • Served on the New Technology Integration Teams, providing comprehensive engineering line support to a “non-regular hours” manufacturing shift. • Managed statistical data analysis projects to successful completion, delivering reports on internal calibration, statistical process control and critical-to-function capability (Cpk) reporting. • Performed Measurement Systems analysis for all production measurement systems including resistance probers, magnetic hysteresis, magneto-striction, optical, cantilever profilometer and X-ray fluorescence. • Conducted detailed data analysis through the use of different statistical software packages and open source R (R-project.) Show less
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Education
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University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelor’s Degree, Physics