Work with chemicals in the Nickel and Palladium bond pad plating process. Drain and neutralize chemical baths. Ensure that product wafers keep moving through parametric and final probe testing. Follow special engineering work requests. Report any safety concerns. Work with Equipment Support to correct minor tool issues. Train new employees.

• Inspected photomasks on DUV inspection systems which met 70nm defect specs.• Repaired photomasks on laser, FIB,electron beam, and diamond tip.• Worked on ITAR, secure, defined secure products.• Used working relationships to assist all company employees with technical, ergonomic or other issues resulting in improved job knowledge or working conditions.

• Wrote ISO9000 documentation and trained manufacturing technicians to SOPs, to insure site compliance to quality standard.• Wrote engineering change notices and collaborated with managers about effects to manufacturing up and downstream from area being changed.• Held monthly meetings with manufacturing technicians to communicate important procedural changes and advance notice of important customer products.• Used FMEA to eliminate failure mechanisms and 8D in solving problems to prevent recurrence and updated process documentation.• Worked on team that created an automated die to die setup program that reduced setup time from 30 minutes on a tool to 30 seconds on a computer. • Participated in process improvement teams to streamline the process by removing unnecessary or redundant steps and suggested throughput reducing ideas to customers.

• Integrated and modified procedures from joint venture to main company using QMIS document control system.• Work with engineers to improve inspection procedures by removing outdated methodologies and developing workarounds to save money and delay expensive upgrades.

• Worked on fab startup including supplier site tool qualification, crating, shipment, equipment placement, installation, tool qualification and implementation into manufacturing.• Participated in video conferences with customers to assist in the inspection of their highest priority designs.• Worked with site safety teams to ensure that OSHA requirements were met.• Verified that all upgrades on an inspection tool worked properly.• Trained inspection and repair technicians on new tools.

• Work with MRA and Repair Engineers to improve inspection procedures• Assist in solving problems /increase product throughput• Work on the most difficult inspection issues/products• Applied for an hired into DPI, MICRON, AMD Joint Venture DPI Reticle Technology Center LLC