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Billerica, Ma

• Responsible for developing strategies and executing upgrades on ASM’s Advance Packaging Electroplating and PVD product lines, to offer rapid execution with first time right results.• Implemented and enhanced processes for driving upgrade development consistently to streamline development time, and reduce recordable incidents through post-mortem review and corrective action.• Responsible for technical writing of Field Change Order and Best Known Methods documentation while supporting… Show more • Responsible for developing strategies and executing upgrades on ASM’s Advance Packaging Electroplating and PVD product lines, to offer rapid execution with first time right results.• Implemented and enhanced processes for driving upgrade development consistently to streamline development time, and reduce recordable incidents through post-mortem review and corrective action.• Responsible for technical writing of Field Change Order and Best Known Methods documentation while supporting field base related to upgrades, software and new products. Show less

• Served as primary test engineer on next-generation ion implantation system, and as part of a team focused on characterizing and developing a new product. • Run designed experiments to improve source lifetime for new customer applications, enhance beam tuning speed and reliability, and test new hardware and software upgrades.• Responsible for running and processing wafer implants associated with customer demonstrations, new process evaluations, and product reliability… Show more • Served as primary test engineer on next-generation ion implantation system, and as part of a team focused on characterizing and developing a new product. • Run designed experiments to improve source lifetime for new customer applications, enhance beam tuning speed and reliability, and test new hardware and software upgrades.• Responsible for running and processing wafer implants associated with customer demonstrations, new process evaluations, and product reliability testing.• Provide technical support and engineering analysis to the factory and installed field base. Show less

• Perform Applications/Process support for all segments of the organization, and to the Axcelis customer base.• Generate applications notes, and best-known methods documents, based on experimental results and collective knowledge within the organization.• Coordinate and assist with product sales demonstrations. Compile and present results to the customer.

• Responsible for conducting post installation on-site training and rapid process qualification for Axcelis’s ion implant equipment to ensure enhanced customer yield and productivity.• Managed and coordinated installations for three first-of-a-kind products at a customer facility, meeting aggressive customer milestones over a 4 month period.• Served as system owner for Axcelis’s first serial high current implant system, and within a cross functional team to meet engineering targets on… Show more • Responsible for conducting post installation on-site training and rapid process qualification for Axcelis’s ion implant equipment to ensure enhanced customer yield and productivity.• Managed and coordinated installations for three first-of-a-kind products at a customer facility, meeting aggressive customer milestones over a 4 month period.• Served as system owner for Axcelis’s first serial high current implant system, and within a cross functional team to meet engineering targets on schedule.• Instituted reliability enhancements as part of a 6σ project that resulted in a 60% reduction in failure rate for a wafer robot system over a multi-year period. Show less

• Managed new product manufacturing development and reduced manufacturing cycle time, while improving reliability. • Developed and improved methods for qualifying system performance and worked with Quality Assurance to enhance product acceptance standards.• Supported manufacturing, while ensuring continuous process improvements through documentation enhancement.

• Led a team of experienced engineers and published a monthly performance report that shifted R&D focus to product improvement.• Authored a reliability assessment and key sections of the FMEA safety statement as part of two successful pre-market submissions to the FDA.• Responsible for the development of a comprehensive system service manual, and conducted educational training programs for engineers worldwide.