SUMMARY:

Seeking senior engineering or management position in the field of semiconductor materials, optoelectronic devices with focus on in - situ sensors and metrology development, process integration and yields improvement. I am accomplished and self-motivated engineer with over 18 year experience in R&D and manufacturing environments and proven track of novel in-situ technology development and implementation. I have long track of successful individual and small team project management.

SKILL:

• Strong background in Semiconductor Physics, MOCVD/ Confidential technology, Optical characterization/modeling of II-VI and III-N materials and optoelectronic devices.
• Solid experience in MOCVD and Confidential growth and characterization of III-V and II-VI structures including InGaN and AlInGaP LEDs, InGaAs VCSELs and HgCdTe IR-FPAs.
• Solid experience in development of the custom in-situ sensor technology, novel metrology and rapid prototyping of advanced process control solutions for high-yield Confidential and MOCVD.
• Solid experience with statistical data mining packages, JMP, Minitab and MES SPC.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Labview, Matlab, C/C++, Visual Basic, TwinCAT.
• Highly proficient in analog and digital electronic circuit design, microcontroller and PLC programming, industrial process automation.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills. Proactive and efficient in debugging various engineering issues in the assigned tasks, while frequently providing innovative solutions.
• Proven record of successful individual and small team project management.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities. Ability to lead the team effectively on multiple R&D and Manufacturing programs.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, CA

Principal Scientist

Responsibilities:

• Main lead in advanced MOCVD process control and custom in-situ sensor development and implementation projects on Confidential and Aixtron reactor platforms.
• Responsible for drafting proposals, statistical data mining, performing cost/benefit analysis, project planning and execution, implementing novel sensor technology in our high-yield MOCVD process.
• Developing novel in-situ sensors and advanced process control concepts, developing system prototypes, devising qualification plans and overseeing manufacturing proliferation of the new process control technology.
• Pioneering advanced real-time process control solutions for Confidential and Aixtron MOCVD platforms
• Closely interacting with R&D hardware and process development teams advising on GaN MOCVD process optimization to maximize competitive advantages of the new sensor technology.
• Closely interacting with multiple external partners on joint development and evaluation of the new customized in-situ technology
• Overseeing novel in-situ technology and metrology transfer from R&D to manufacturing, creating support documentation, supervising training, resolving outstanding issues and planning product and technology upgrades.

Sr. Scientist/Sr. MTS Development Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead in development of the advanced in-situ monitors and process control for high yield MOCVD process.
• Designed unique in-situ sensors, developed supporting hardware/software, qualified enhanced EPI recipes and implemented it in production MOCVD environment.
• Led advanced in-situ sensor integration with Aixtron MOCVD reactor platform and demonstrated significant yields improvement in our LED device Epitaxy.
• Performed routine statistical analysis of the R&D and production wafer/device characterization data identifying areas of potential improvement in the EPI process control.
• Worked with various external vendors to enhance existing in-situ sensor technology and custom-integrate it with proprietary Philips Confidential EPI process.
• Frequently demonstrated excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills and creative thinking while completing projects on time and on budget.

Confidential, Camarillo, CA

MTS-Research Scientist

Responsibilities:

• Contributed to Confidential growth and characterization of the HgCdTe structures for military and space applications.
• Successfully led several R&D programs and successfully completed them within the allocated timeframe and budget.
• Led Confidential development effort and achieved significant yields improvement for the Dual Band Manufacturing Technology (DBFM) program.
• Significantly improved overall Confidential yields by developing better in-situ control over the HgCdTe alloy composition during growth using in-situ spectroscopic ellipsometry.
• Advanced IR-FPA manufacturing process by developing unique FTIR modeling technique for accurate prediction of the device array cutoff wavelength and layer thickness for the dual color HgCdTe hetero structures.
• Actively participated in proposal and progress report writing for the US Government, regularly interfaced with customers and vendors.

Confidential, Fremont, CA

Senior Epitaxy Engineer, Staff Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Routinely grew III-V based tunable Confidential structures for 1.55 m WDM systems by Confidential .
• Actively participated in main R&D effort oriented on the metamorphic material growth improvement, layer uniformity, Confidential growth repeatability and transferring process to the manufacturing.
• Extensive hands-on experience with multiple semiconductor characterization techniques including X-ray DCD, Photoluminescence, Reflectance, Optical Interferometry, AFM, SEM, C-V profiling and Hall.
• Doubled the Confidential yields by developing in-situ feedback control technique for precise Confidential growth.
• Developed highly manufacturable epitaxial process on multiple Confidential systems by designing universal user interface and system-independent Confidential growth recipes.
• Created real-time SPC database (on Infinity QS) for Confidential production and advanced data mining guided by ISO standards.
• Developed new post-growth spectral simulation analysis method for quality assessment and failure analysis of the Confidential structures. Transferred process to the manufacturing.
• Provided support for the task of micro-optics packaging automation for tunable Confidential transmitter modules.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Principal researcher

Responsibilities:

• Routinely grew and characterized long- and mid-wave IR HgCdTe structures on bulk CdZnTe and large area composite CdZnTe/Si substrates.
• Characterized HgCdTe, CdZnTe and CdTe structures using X-ray DCD, Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Reflection Anisotropy, Photoluminescence, Hall and Lifetime techniques.
• Developed better optical model for the CdZnTe optical spectral dielectric function.
• Developed new in-situ SE control technique for the CdZnTe/Si composite substrates.
• Substantially improved the accuracy of the in-situ SE technique. Integrated it with the Confidential growth control system for better process control.