Experience

LEARN Academy
• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Full-stack Developer

  • Nov 2021 - Present


Apex Systems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Equipment Engineer

  • Jan 2021 - Aug 2021

  - Worked on site at NXP Semiconductor - Oakhill as an Equipment Engineer. - Primary owner for BPSG and FTEOS (both AMAT and Novellas) production tools, as well as owner of ancillary systems for said production tools. - Backup owner for all vacuum pumps on site, as well as liaison for pump repair vendor. - Worked with staff to recover tools after the 2021 winter storm shutdown. - Initiated CIP qualification process for hardware vendor changes. - Assisted with site-wide investigation in identifying source of unknown gas leak. Show less



Reliant Appraisal

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Real Estate Appraiser - Assistant

  • Jul 2020 - Jan 2021

  - Acquired data pertaining to market analysis, comparable sales info, and subject conditions. - Performed comparable sales adjustments in order to determine a valuation of the subject property for both sales and refinance appraisals. - Worked with head appraiser to inspect subject and comparable properties to verify their conditions. - Acquired data pertaining to market analysis, comparable sales info, and subject conditions. - Performed comparable sales adjustments in order to determine a valuation of the subject property for both sales and refinance appraisals. - Worked with head appraiser to inspect subject and comparable properties to verify their conditions.



Samsung Austin Semiconductor

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineer

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  - Performed regular statistical analysis on nonproduction and production trends for defectivity, film thickness, film uniformity, film properties, and downstream critical dimensions.- Worked with process technicians to investigate irregular SPC interlocks and create plans for product affected by tool stops and OOS failures.- Worked with other departments to save a batch of OOS product by setting up a custom process flow to remove and reapply CVD film, with the affected product having yield results comparable to baseline.- Tested and implemented several changes to production recipes in order to meet department goals for cost and throughput.- Setup primary and ancillary production systems for a new tool installation and completed all qualification requirements on schedule.- Completed initial testing on a project for converting tools to different type of carrier gas, a change which would save the company $120k annually. Show less

• Equipment Engineer

  • Jan 2018 - Nov 2019

  - Wrote numerous breakdown maintenance plans for equipment technicians to guide them in troubleshooting a variety of issues pertaining to defectivity, film thickness, film uniformity, and sensor-based interlocks.- Created out of control action plans for technicians which improved their hardware troubleshooting capabilities and reduced engineering intervention.- Reviewed preventative maintenance SOPs and routinely made revisions to either clarify or overhaul procedures to minimize risk of human error.- Analyzed sensor-based interlock data using Spotfire, identified top repeating interlocks, and successfully implemented solutions for common failures.- Implemented a hardware-based solution for a chronic electrical arcing issue which occurred on a bottleneck production recipe, a change which enabled tools to meet factory production needs more consistently.- Rolled out cost savings projects totaling $180k in 2019 by extending preventative maintenance cycles and reducing parts usage. Show less

• Shift Engineer

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2018



Texas A&M University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant - TAMU Thermal Hydraulics Research Laboratory

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

  - Worked with postdoctoral and doctoral students in studying the TAMU scaled air-cooled reactor cavity cooling system (RCCS), which was built to study thermal hydraulic phenomenon. - Calibrated and installed thermocouples, air blowers, hot wire anemometers, PIV and LDV equipment for the RCCS. - Conducted experiments in order to collect data on both steady-state heated and adiabatic conditions inside the upper plenum and exhausts. - Worked with postdoctoral and doctoral students in studying the TAMU scaled air-cooled reactor cavity cooling system (RCCS), which was built to study thermal hydraulic phenomenon. - Calibrated and installed thermocouples, air blowers, hot wire anemometers, PIV and LDV equipment for the RCCS. - Conducted experiments in order to collect data on both steady-state heated and adiabatic conditions inside the upper plenum and exhausts.



Texas A&M University-Kingsville

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2010 - May 2013

  - Was selected among all students in my class to travel to Cortland, NY, in order to crate and ship and Van de Graaff particle accelerator back to my corresponding university. - Worked with professor to reassemble the accelerator over the course of 2 years. - Operated particle accelerator and created positive ion beams during Spring 2013 semester. - Performed preliminary studies of hydrogen embrittlement of Zirconium by bombarding samples in target chamber. - Maintained and repaired Veeco leak detector, oil diffusion vacuum pumps, and dual stage rotary vane vacuum pumps. Show less