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Santa Clara, CA, US

Milpitas, California, US

• Designed and maintained machine control systems: Input/Output (I/O) control system design, Beckhoff PLC, safety interlocking, AC and DC power distribution, cabling
• Motion Control programming for Brushless DC servo motor controllers
• Integration of electrical power and control for laser systems
• Performed System upgrades, troubleshooting, & maintenance
• Designed, built, tested, and documented prototype cables, test fixtures
• Select, evaluate, and document electical components and equipment

Newport, GB

• Designed and maintained all aspects of machine control systems: Input/Output (I/O) control system design, Siemens PLC, Plasma Generators, Pump motor control, Safety interlocking, AC and DC power distribution, cabling.
• Design, Layout, and build 3 Phase AC / DC Power Distribution Assembly
• Heater/Gas flow control integration, tuning, maintenance and troubleshooting
• Managed Product Safety with engineering reviews, testing, certification reports, and external safety services provider
• Work with mechanical, software and process engineering to guide new requirements through design, implementation, validation, and into production
• Define and specify components and electrical hardware and subsystems

* Created specifications for power distribution systems and work with OEM Venders to develop first article units* Integrated OEM PLC modules into Test and Production equipment.* Created Electrical Schematics and PC boards* Designed Cable & Harness assemblies* Performed Engineering evaluation and testing* Documented designs with ECO's with Arena software*.

Milpitas, California, US

• Performed servo and stepper motor, PLC, solenoid, and sensor design and integration into complex systems
• Tested and Integrated GALIL motion controllers into Wafer Inspection systems
• Cable and Harness design using AUTOCAD
• Designed and built prototype circuits, cable/motor assemblies, and test fixtures.
• Perform Electrical/Mechanical prototype subsystem integration, testing and troubleshooting
• Document designs with Enovia PLM, and Interconnect diagrams with Visio

• Electrical / system engineering project lead for semiconductor handling robots, prealigners, EFEM’s, load ports, wafer sorters and stockers.
• Integrated into systems / robots- motion controllers, i/o control, servo motors, encoders, optical and magnetic sensors, DC / AC power distribution, pneumatics, RFID, EMO & interlock circuits, fan filter units, air.
• Designed system harnesses and cabling, created interconnect diagrams using AUTOCAD.
• Collaborated with mechanical engineers for design of interface panels, enclosures, sensor locations, and cable routing.
• Updated schematics and layout for analog / digital PC boards with ORCAD.
• Performed engineering second sourcing of electrical and electronic components.

• Updated optical interface PC board design & layout
• Implemented system design changes for capital equipment
• Performed cable design for capital equipment
• Created product documentation for customer (technical writing)

• Performed system engineering for complex LCD glass testing system including motion controllers / drives, servo motors, optical and magnetic sensor implementation, pneumatics, DC & single / 3 phase AC power.
• Designed system cabling.
• Updated schematics with ORCAD and PC board layout with PADS for analog / digital PC boards.
• Troubleshot systems to component level in-house and at customer sites.
• Created accurate documentation and verified designs met product / customer specifications.
• Designed and built prototype units and test fixtures.

As, Electronics

Management Level 1 Certificate