Systems Engineering - Operations Research

• Nov 2018 - Present

Freelance Writer

• 1996 - Present

Science fiction novels and short stories. Member SFWA.Trade paperback, Ebooks, and Audio Fiction.www.ricknovy.com Science fiction novels and short stories. Member SFWA.Trade paperback, Ebooks, and Audio Fiction.www.ricknovy.com

Adjunct Professor of Mathematics

• Aug 2001 - Dec 2018

Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics

Lead Quality Engineer

• Sep 2017 - Sep 2018

Content Creator and Analyst

• Nov 2012 - Jan 2018

Engineer turned freelance writer specializing in technology and manufacturing companies. I've been trained by award-winning authors. I'm also a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), an organization requiring a professional fiction sale to qualify. So yeah, I can write. My business focuses on four areas.1) White Papers and Case Studies. These King of Content marketing documents are usually for the B2B arena. Quite often, engineers are the influencers doing the research and making purchase recommendations. White papers make an ideal vehicle for marketing to engineers. The document respects the reader's intelligence and gently guides the reader to the conclusion your product will solve the problem the prospect is facing. 2) Web Content. Tech companies benefit from content marketing just like any other business. Drawing in prospects and staying in good graces with the search engines matters. I'll help you devise a content marketing strategy with measurable results.3) Online Presence Benchmarking. I've worked with some of the best internet marketing specialists around, and together we produced a comprehensive report comparing your company with several competitors. The report allows measurement of your content marketing efforts so you can see what's working, and make course corrections for what isn't. 4) ESL Editing. Some of the best engineers in the world use English as a second language. I take a journal article manuscript and edit it to read like it was written by a native-speaker. If you require any of these services, contact me today.

Product Engineer

• Jun 2006 - Jan 2009

Responsible for MEMS accelerometers.+ Characterization and Qualification of new parts or parts with process changes. Involved bench and ATE testing, stress testing, accelerated aging, humidity testing, high and low temperate testing.+ Test time reduction and elimination of unnecessary tests.+ Extensive customer interaction.+ Analysis of customer returns working closely with Quality and Failure Analysis Departments.+ Statistical analysis of large quantities of test data and trending yield and test data over time.+ Yield Improvement.+ Generated documents associated with automotive safety applications, including PPAP.

Product Engineer

• 2006 - 2009

Responsible for MEMS accelerometers.+ Characterization and Qualification of new parts or parts with process changes. Involved bench and ATE testing, stress testing, accelerated aging, humidity testing, high and low temperate testing.+ Test time reduction and elimination of unnecessary tests.+ Extensive customer interaction.+ Analysis of customer returns working closely with Quality and Failure Analysis Departments.+ Statistical analysis of large quantities of test data and trending yield and test data over time.+ Yield Improvement.+ Generated documents associated with automotive safety applications, including PPAP.

Product Engineer / Device Engineer

• 1999 - 2006

Multiple PositionsProduct Engineer+ Responsible for yield tracking, analysis, and reporting on a die-by-die basis.+ Support all aspects of test program on various ATE systems for wafer probing, including test time reduction.Parametric Test Engineer+ Responsible for tracking and reporting yields at the wafer level.+ Support production in all aspects of Keithley testing.+ Test time reduction.+ Responsible for ship/scrap decisions.+ Member of Material Review BoardDevice Engineer+ Responsible for overall yield for a product group on 0.35 micron CMOS process.+ Led cross-functional teams to solve yield excursions.+ Responsible for process Cpk stability (a process capability statistic)+ Performed statistical experiments (DOE).

Product Engineer / Device Engineer

• 1999 - 2006

Multiple PositionsProduct Engineer+ Responsible for yield tracking, analysis, and reporting on a die-by-die basis.+ Support all aspects of test program on various ATE systems for wafer probing, including test time reduction.Parametric Test Engineer+ Responsible for tracking and reporting yields at the wafer level.+ Support production in all aspects of Keithley testing.+ Test time reduction.+ Responsible for ship/scrap decisions.+ Member of Material Review BoardDevice Engineer+ Responsible for overall yield for a product group on 0.35 micron CMOS process.+ Led cross-functional teams for solve yield excursions.+ Responsible for process Cpk stability (a process capability statistic)+ Performed statistical experiments (DOE).

Engineer

• 1994 - 1994

Manufacturing Process Improvement for Ferrite components. Manufacturing Process Improvement for Ferrite components.

Satellite Operations Associate Engineer

• 1988 - 1991

Satellite Mission Control Team Member - Planner / Analyst+ Planning of satellite contact sessions.+ Monitoring real-time state-of-health data.+ Statistical analysis of state-of-health data.+ Writing reports for the client (USAF). Satellite Mission Control Team Member - Planner / Analyst+ Planning of satellite contact sessions.+ Monitoring real-time state-of-health data.+ Statistical analysis of state-of-health data.+ Writing reports for the client (USAF).