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San Diego, Ca, Us

Responsible for transition of XBAR acoustic resonators from concept to product launch and manufacturing with mother company (Murata Manufacturing Corporation) in Japan.Manage a team responsible for small and large signal modelling of novel XBAR acoustic resonator devices, identifying and managing tradeoffs between acoustic performance, manufacturability, circuit application, and reliability. Ensure device performance and mitigate risk through pre-production stage as product requirement,… Show more Responsible for transition of XBAR acoustic resonators from concept to product launch and manufacturing with mother company (Murata Manufacturing Corporation) in Japan.Manage a team responsible for small and large signal modelling of novel XBAR acoustic resonator devices, identifying and managing tradeoffs between acoustic performance, manufacturability, circuit application, and reliability. Ensure device performance and mitigate risk through pre-production stage as product requirement, process flow, and schedule are rapidly changing.Advanced technology development for next generation processes and devices. Show less

Process development and supplier management for novel XBAR acoustic resonator for RF filter applications. Responsible for process definition and optimization for manufacturability and improved product performance. Develop roadmap to ramp prototyping process into scalable supply chain to support high quality, high volume manufacturing for Tier 1 RF Front End customers.XBAR is the first of its kind Laterally Excited Bulk Acoustic Resonator. Required managing piezo material constraints… Show more Process development and supplier management for novel XBAR acoustic resonator for RF filter applications. Responsible for process definition and optimization for manufacturability and improved product performance. Develop roadmap to ramp prototyping process into scalable supply chain to support high quality, high volume manufacturing for Tier 1 RF Front End customers.XBAR is the first of its kind Laterally Excited Bulk Acoustic Resonator. Required managing piezo material constraints, MEMs processing for stress management and membrane release, extremely high precision thin film substrate engineering, and control of sensitive IDT features to compete with the capability of well established Surface Acoustic Wave technologies. Show less

Responsible for product yield from substrate to packaged test, covering 10+ key suppliers and multiple SOI CMOS processes, with focus on RF applications. Integrate IC manufacturing line with downstream module flows, identifying quality, performance, and efficiency improvements. Technical lead for customer RMAs, including management of internal Failure Analysis laboratory. My team was also responsible for developing innovative data analysis capabilities, maintaining engineering database… Show more Responsible for product yield from substrate to packaged test, covering 10+ key suppliers and multiple SOI CMOS processes, with focus on RF applications. Integrate IC manufacturing line with downstream module flows, identifying quality, performance, and efficiency improvements. Technical lead for customer RMAs, including management of internal Failure Analysis laboratory. My team was also responsible for developing innovative data analysis capabilities, maintaining engineering database infrastructure and automation tools, and evangelizing data science throughout the organization, Show less

Responsible for product yield from substrate to packaged test, covering 10+ key suppliers and multiple SOI CMOS processes, with focus on RF applications. Technical lead for customer RMAs. Design rule manual owner for qualified processes; drive yield, quality, and manufacturing improvements through design rules and guidelines. My team was also responsible for developing innovative data analysis capabilities, maintaining engineering database infrastructure and automation tools, and… Show more Responsible for product yield from substrate to packaged test, covering 10+ key suppliers and multiple SOI CMOS processes, with focus on RF applications. Technical lead for customer RMAs. Design rule manual owner for qualified processes; drive yield, quality, and manufacturing improvements through design rules and guidelines. My team was also responsible for developing innovative data analysis capabilities, maintaining engineering database infrastructure and automation tools, and evangelizing data science throughout the organization, Show less

Responsible for yield and quality of RF switch product line on custom silicon-on-sapphire CMOS process. Managed process changes, new substrate qualification, analysis and resolution of fab related failure modes. Responsible for test coverage and limit setting to guarantee data sheet parameters.

Supported creation of in-house design team. Highlights of this work included• development of compressed reticle program for rapid, low-cost prototyping, • implementation of a thorough design flow, and• development and characterization of new CMOS device types and circuit blocks.

Responsible for process control and development for industry leading CMOS Silicon-on-Sapphire process used for high performance RF market and radiation hard space and defense applications. • process and device characterization through simulation, wafer level measurement, and DOE,• failure analysis of defective and mis-processed material; yield improvement,• process and module qualification and reliability analysis,• process monitoring and control through SPC, and • test… Show more Responsible for process control and development for industry leading CMOS Silicon-on-Sapphire process used for high performance RF market and radiation hard space and defense applications. • process and device characterization through simulation, wafer level measurement, and DOE,• failure analysis of defective and mis-processed material; yield improvement,• process and module qualification and reliability analysis,• process monitoring and control through SPC, and • test structure design. Show less

Phd, Electrical Engineering (Photonics)

Vertical-Cavity, Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) characterization for use in Optical Interconnects. This project involved the design.

Bachelor, Electrical Engineering