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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Promoted after consistently providing fundamental manufacturing support and successfully transferring new products to manufacturing
• Vast experience developing programs and utilizing advanced sensor assembly equipment for qualification and validation of manufacturing processes and new product introduction
• Production support including operator training, creation of operation procedures, equipment setup, and troubleshooting to sustain throughput
• Perform R&D builds and studies for the latest innovative products, while collaborating with a cross-functional team performing sourcing of materials, FMEA risk assessment studies, DOE testing, analysis, and reporting.
• Lead continuous improvement projects to improve yield and increase throughput using lean manufacturing methods
• Involved in key manufacturing equipment purchases and integration of new capabilities into manufacturing

Waterloo, Ontario

• Program and utilize advanced sensor assembly equipment for production processes and new product introduction• Assemble leading edge prototype sensors and detectors for R&D testing• Vast experience developing programs for laser marking, wafer dicing, wafer dismount, automatic dispense, semi-auto diebond, advanced fully automated diebond, and Aluminium.

Kitchener, Canada Area

• Performed specific procedures to isolate volatile compounds, P/Q, and ammonia from mainstream cigarette smoke• Prepared samples for HPLC Analysis under strict time constraints

Mississauga

• Evaluated raw materials and finished goods.• Performed titrations, pH measurements, and absorbance readings.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Ran analysis of air samples on HPLC for CPCBs • Assisted in method development for analysis of chlorinated paraffins • Interpreted mass spectrometer data