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San Jose, CA, US

San Jose, California, US

Sakuu is a 3D battery printing company. I have been Senior mechanical Engineer a Project Manager and am currently an Operations Manager

Santa Clara, CA, US

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (2013-2016) Senior Mechanical Engineer IVResponsibility for the Design Engineering function as it relates to performing product design release, part procurement, cost.
• Directed control builds of product modules. Documented and resolved design issues that resulted in significant cost and build time savings.
• Developed supplier repeatability process procedures to ensure that the supplier eliminated mistakes.
• Coordinated the successful and timely transition of new products from design to lean volume manufacturing.
• Managed and coordinated outsource activities related to the product line.
• Provided design information to drafting for component documentation.

Santa Clara, CA, US

San Jose, California, US

Responsible for automation development of lithium battery product line. Designed and procured robot grippers, battery product pallets, robot frames, and robot frame enclosures. Detailed all components using Inventor software packages. Created BOMs and OEM parts lists using excel. Created spec sheets in word for release into Inventor vault.

Milpitas, California, US

Responsible for product 3D model accuracy, BOM creation, Spec creation and drawings. Assisted in the designand development of the BENCH0 and BENCH1 laser scan component test modules. Design includes sheet metal, machined parts, plastics, and Inconel gasket pads. All designs follow a strict KLA clean protocol.Responsible for procuring parts and build for.

Campbell, CA, US

Responsible for product 3D model accuracy, using NX, and development of the next generation of electricvehicle battery charger stations. Designed components and created documentation specs and drawings for release, using GD&T practices. Assisted in helping with drafting when necessary to enable group to meet tightdeadlines and milestones. Created fastener.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Responsible for CTC product line. Responsible for all document packages, cost analysis, and overseas work force. Included travel to China for FAI, local training, and equipment install/start-up.
• Designed and tested heated roller laminator for decal lamination process using Solid Works.
• Developed stand-alone test equipment product line. Company sold 25 in first quarter @ $150,000 each(3.75M) in Solid Works.
• Developed stand-alone die cutter test equipment to accommodate different size options in Solid Works.
• Responsible for developing new suppliers in China for cost cutting directive.
• Resolved existing design issues with product line through ECO process.

Fremont, CA, US

• Customer Engineer for Applied Materials product line. Responsible for resolving manufacturing issues and customer design change implementations and customer assembly procedure processes.
• Created manufacturing assembly procedures for assembly floor.
• Reviewed customer design packages for manufacturing cost savings.
• Represented FM Industries at the AMAT ECO review meetings.
• Presented cost savings and improvement ideas to customer at bi-weekly review meetings.

• LAM Research, Fremont Ca. (2012-2013)Senior Mechanical Engineer IVResponsible for new product development, project scheduling, and document release for the 450mm manual wafer handler project in the Bevel Etch group.
• Responsible for the development of the 450mm manual wafer loader project.
• Designed the chamber, VAT valve, and wafer loader interfaces using UG.
• Designed the vacuum exhaust system and vacuum line arrangement for the wafer handler and chamber in UG.
• Presented designs and schedules to upper management at review meetings.
• Met with outsource suppliers to ensure on-time delivery.

Fremont, CA, US

• Credence Corporation/DCG Systems Inc, Fremont Ca. (2005-2012)Senior Manufacturing Engineer IVResponsible for new product development, production scheduling, and release in a teamwork oriented environment.
• Developed and maintained production schedules and supervised production floor to meet on-time goals and customer delivery dates.
• Developed control build procedures for all product lines to ensure continuous cycle time improvement and product improvement.
• Created power point presentations of system issues that included problem statement, cause and effect, and resolution to eliminate the issue from future builds.
• Interfaced with internal & external customers regarding manufacturing issues.
• Generated detailed drawings, 3D models and specifications of critical mainframe components when necessary to correct design errors, reduce cost, and reduce design engineering workload using Pro E and Solid Works.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (2000-2005) Senior Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineer IIIChemical Vapor Deposition DivisionResponsibility for the manufacturing engineering function as it relates to performing.
• Directed control builds of product modules. Documented and resolved design issues that resulted in significant cost and build time savings.
• Developed supplier repeatability process procedures to ensure that the supplier eliminated mistakes.
• Coordinated the successful and timely transition of new products from design to lean volume manufacturing.
• Managed and coordinated outsource activities related to the product line.
• Provided design information to drafting for packaging documentation.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (1995-2000)Senior Mechanical Engineer IIISub Atmospheric Chemical Vapor Deposition DivisionProvided mechanical engineering design and technical leadership in the development.
• Project team lead responsible for design and development of process chambers, gas panels, process kits, and mainframes associated to the product line.
• Oversaw part design, part procurement, fabrication, assembly, and testing of the process chambers and mainframes.
• Designed, developed, and tested process kits, gas boxes, and process chambers.
• Oversaw supplier outsource activities and developed supplier process controls.
• Designed the first low-K process chamber for customer use, (patent 6176195B1).

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (1992-1995)Mechanical Design Engineer Manager Chemical Vapor Deposition DivisionDeveloped and supervised design team for process chamber and gas panel delivery systems.
• Responsible for the design and delivery of the gas panel module for the new product line of plasma gas process systems.
• Supervised and directed gas panel and chamber projects to meet project timelines.
• Managed eight direct reports by developing their project timelines and work load to meet corporate goals.
• Maintained project time lines and cost reduction plans by creating a work process that reduced project cycle time by 23% and save the project ~ 165K.
• Designed and developed a cost reduction gas panel/liquid delivery system that saved the division $1.3M over the course of one year.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (1985-1992)Senior Mechanical design Engineer IIPhysical Vapor Deposition Division Provided mechanical engineering design and technical leadership in the development of.
• Lead designer of gas panel modules, chambers, and mainframes related to the PVD product lines to meet customer specifications and corporate goals.
• Designed a process chamber safety clamp, (patent 6012600), that eliminated the possibility of a chamber mishap.
• Worked with assembly techs to verify gas panel single line and multi line drop designs.
• ECO released designs for production.
• Developed a lessons learned manual for future projects to eliminate past failures and errors from repeating.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Industrial And Systems Engineering

Mba, Business Development

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering