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Hawthorne, California, US

Managing a team that is responsible for the design and production of all avionics on the Raptor Engine. Including harnessing, flight computer and instrumentation. Established the group and staffed up to a cross functional team of ~20 in only a few months, defined org structure with roles and responsibilities, hired leaders, engineers and production staff..

Hawthorne, California, US

Responsible for manufacturing of instrumentation used across all vehicle programs. Managed a team of ~15engineers and technicians supporting 2 shifts of production. Doubled the size of the of the production team, expanded to 2 shifts, established training program and setup daily and weekly production targets for the team. Increased production rate from 30.

Hawthorne, California, US

Design, test and manufacturing of high performance electronic sensors.Project Management & Technical leadership bringing new concepts from paper to realityOngoing support of existing sensors and design/process improvements to improve performance, reliability or manufacturabilityLeveraging experts both internal and from industry to drive innovation and.

Hawthorne, California, US

Huainan, Anhui, CN

• Formed as a Joint Venture between Emcore Corporation and SanAn Optoelectronics to leverage Chinese supply chain and manufacturing to develop low cost, high volume CPV technology.Key Responsibilities and Achievements:
• Technical due diligence of potential company and technology acquisitions
• Work with quality and production systems (SPC, ECR, ECO, NCMR, DFMEA, PFMEA, design review etc.)
• Represent quality and reliability on Material Review Board
• Supplier qualification – meets specification, quality and reliability and process control requirements
• HALT, HAST testing of opto-mechnical and electro-mechanical devices

Alhambra, CA, US

• Diversified semiconductor company offering a broad portfolio of semiconductor products for telecom, satcom, video distribution, defense, space and terrestrial photovoltaic cells. Purchased the technology of Soliant.
• System integration including modelling and performance optimization
• Work with quality and production systems (ECR, ECO, NCMR, DFMEA, etc.)
• Optical design, modelling and testing
• Define and document test procedures and review test report and data
• Lead solar cell cost/performance optimization, qualification and certification

US

• A start-up company developing a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar panel designed for commercial rooftop applications. Acquired by Emcore Corporation in March 2011.Key Responsibilities and Achievements:
• Lead prototype design and testing for next-gen product development.
• Design of experiments and apparatus to test hypotheses and determine failure modes.
• Data analysis & data mining to explore statistics in experimental and production data.
• Develop & update models to predict power output and optical throughput of CPV systems.
• Evaluate competitor’s designs to identify strategic risk and potential opportunities.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

• Supervision and coordination of a multidisciplinary team of engineers from the departments of chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering at UBC developing the SmartChip, a flow-following microchip sensor package.
• Supervised and coordinated of a multi-disciplinary team of engineers
• Performed Failure analysis of electrical components and PCBs
• Developed custom calibration procedures for the SmartChip sensors
• Evaluated energy harvesting as a means of powering the SmartChip
• Designed and built electronics packaging for harsh environments (200°C, 14 pH & 300psi)

Edinburgh, GB

• Design and analysis of MBE grown semiconductor heterostructures (II-VI and III-V) and optical laboratory equipment. Highlights include developing a novel annealing technique utilizing bandgap engineering to tailor the.
• Designed and tested semiconductor heterostructures
• Developed a charge tuneable QD structure to control exciton state
• Developed a novel epitaxial lift-off technique for II-VI semiconductors
• Performed optical characterization of semiconductor samples
• PL, µ-PL, magneto-luminescence, transmission, reflection, ellipsometry

Building control panels for automated filtration systems. Organized and computerized engineering information. Developed extensive knowledge of SQL programming and data mining. Designed and implemented a purchasing and inventory database system written in MS Access.

Phd, Condensed Matter Physics

Basc, Electrical Engineering