Product developer and solution architect on the Central Engineering Team, supports customer deployments, and provides services for CIM/MES automation solutions applied in a variety of industries such as the semiconductor, defense, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. Drives continuous improvements, improves current knowledge base, and works to increase efficiencies in processes. Tests builds and patches for MES releases prior to sending out for customer deployments. Troubleshoots issues across the solutions and drives towards resolutions. Conducts requirements analyses, design specification reviews, and test cases reviews with customers. Development of Windows native and web-based applications that use a MVVM model with C# and C++. - Includes travel of up to 75% domestic and international, primarily in Asia and North America, including a relocation to Taiwan.- Works and coordinates with engineering teams from around the world.- Works with customers to analyze requirements, produce requirement specifications, and supports delivery and deployment of patches.- Solution architect for customer customizations.- Server software engineer using C++ and C# to develop for customizations, optimize code, and resolve defects. - Mentors and trains new employees to help integrate them into the company and help them learn and understand MES products.

Supports product development, customer deployments, and services for CIM/MES automation solutions applied in a variety of industries such as the semiconductor, defense, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. Drives continuous improvements, improves current knowledge base, and works to increase efficiencies in processes. Tests builds and patches for MES releases prior to sending out for customer deployments. Troubleshoots issues across the solutions and drives towards resolutions. Conducts requirements analyses, design specification reviews, and test cases reviews with customers.- Includes between 25% and 75% travel to customer sites dependent upon project needs, with a focus on North American and Asian customers, primarily China, Japan, and Taiwan. - Works with teams and engineers across multiple products groups centered in a variety of areas across the world, including teams based in the US, UK, Canada, France, Taiwan, China, South Korea, India, Singapore, and more. - Conducted requirements analysis and led quality assurance testing of a migration script was successfully deployed in a 300mm wafer fab that allowed the fab to switch to a new MES without shutting down the factory. - Mentor new employees and help them integrate into the company, team, and working environment. - Conduct product training for multiple MES products for customers, new hires, and other interested parties. - Skillsets: Oracle, SQL, Python, C#, Java, C++, XML, JSON, Unix, Linux, Windows, CAPA, troubleshooting, Bash and other Shell scripts, Semiconductor processes, SEMI standards, 8D, Six Sigma, 5-Whys, Kaizen, Agile Development

Senior Software Engineer in the Consumer Business Group's Data Sciences Lab at 3M, designing the architecture used by machine learning algorithms and developing new applications to improve the flow of data within the organization.- Designs and architects components for multiple progressive web app frameworks using React built front-ends and C# and .NET Core built back-ends with Entity Framework Core to allow the input of sales data for use in ML algorithms, create and manage store planograms, detect faces and analyze images, videos, and other file formats, and other projects.- Uses Adobe's Common Extensibility Platform (CEP) and Unified Extensibility Platform (UXP) with React to create plugins for various platforms on the Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator, and XD, implementing functions such as the plugin authorization and authentication frameworks, building and styling the UI, and the system the plugins use to call internal and external APIs for processing images and returning results.- Architects, designs, and develops Azure Cloud frameworks and solutions for hosting applications, a C# and .NET Core Web Job for handling scheduled HTTP web requests and responses, other AI/ML software systems, testing frameworks, APIs, Function Apps, Web Apps, and Web Jobs to implement and interact with statistical computing and machine learning algorithms.- Makes changes as needed to take apps hosted on AWS and migrate them to Azure.- Develop build and release pipelines for continous integration and delivery (CI/CD) to ensure quality applications and infrastructure.- Optimize deployment of cloud computing resources, while maintaining infrastructure and applying cybersecurity best-known practices.- Works across cross-functional teams to identify key business problems, design innovative solutions, and define technical requirements.

Software & System Engineer in the Consumer Business Group's Data Sciences Lab at 3M, designing the architecture used by machine learning algorithms and testing frameworks, and developing new applications to improve the flow of data within the organization.- Designs and architects progressive web app frameworks using React built front-ends and C# and .NET Core built back-ends with Entity Framework Core to allow the input of sales data for use in ML algorithms, detect faces and analyze images, videos, and other file formats, manage and administrate test cases in simulated environments, and other projects.- Designs and architects SpecFlow testing frameworks in C# and .NET Core that calls into Azure SQL databases for data analysis and test Python scripts used in machine learning algorithms.- Architects, designs, and develops Azure Cloud frameworks and solutions for hosting applications such as a Python web crawler, a C# and .NET Core Web Job for handling scheduled HTTP web requests and responses, other AI/ML software systems, testing frameworks, APIs, Function Apps, Web Apps, and Web Jobs to implement and interact with statistical computing and machine learning algorithms.- Develop build and release pipelines for continous integration and delivery (CI/CD) to ensure quality applications and infrastructure.- Writes and implements automated ETL processes for analysis of sales data on internal data warehouses using SSIS, PySpark in Azure Databricks, and Azure Data Factory.- Optimize deployment of cloud computing resources, while maintaining infrastructure and applying cybersecurity best-known practices.- Works across cross-functional teams to identify key business problems, design innovative solutions, and define technical requirements.

Serve as R&D C# and SQL database engineer for web, messaging, and reporting applications for Smiths Medical’s infusion pump product lines. Primary developer for an MVC .NET web application, developing for both back-end and UI code; SQL Server database design and improvements; SQL Server stored procedures, triggers, and performance tuning; development of SSIS ETL jobs and associated utilities and resources in C#.NET; and creating unit tests used for continuous integration testing completed during every build. Writes and updates technical documentation used for submission to regulatory agencies around the world, including the FDA. Collaborate with members within the R&D interoperability team using Agile development methods to coordinate development tasks between teams. - Lead and drove effort to update the process by which a necessary database used by company products is updated to the latest schema version, reducing the downtime of the database on customer servers from 3 hours to 5 minutes.- Lead developer for the creation and maintenance of SSIS ETL scripts, with work involving adding increased logging capabilities, streamlining data flows to improve performance, adding compatibility with additional infusion pumps, and creating a series of unit and integration tests to verify the C#-based transformation code.- Develops web applications with C# and JavaScript using a Model-View-Controller architectural pattern that acts as a framework for an SSRS reporting system, forms an API for messaging plugins, supports outside medical utilities, and creates unit and integration tests for both new and existing product lines.- Experienced with Scrum Agile software development methods to coordinate tasks between teams and track development from planning to release.

Product Engineer for the ORION Semiconductor Surface Preparation Systems. Maintained installed equipment at customer sites, lead install teams, troubleshoot issues on production equipment, and increased machine reliability. Works with members of quality and design engineering, technical support, software engineering, production, and other departments to solve current reliability issues and improve tool layouts and designs. Experience with both hardware and software troubleshooting and design, including on software, robotic systems, and automation systems, in a Class 1 cleanroom environment in customer manufacturing facilities. Worked with customers both on and off site, with a primary focus on customers in Taiwan, including as much as 55% international travel.- Contributed to reducing costs and improving up-time for multiple departments by developing a web-based software application to track warranty replacements leveraging a Windows server running Apache and MySQL. Used the SQL, PHP, and JavaScript/JQuery programming languages to develop an in-house ETL and reporting system, transferring data from an outside warranty part-ordering system to a local database to display in reports with charts, tables, and graphs.- Contributed to reliability improvements as an administrator for the Request for Action problem reports database, troubleshooting issues and utilizing Visual Basic scripting to improve stability and performance of the MS Access database. - Reduced downtime by working with the manufacturer of the wafer transfer robot (Stäubli) to develop oil check, drain, and fill procedures for the TX90XL within the limited confines of the robot cell.- Played a key role in ensuring customer satisfaction as install team lead for multiple on-site installations, managing daily tasks and schedules for a multi-national team of 3-10 engineers, facilitating call-in progress meetings with engineering and technical support, and communicating with customers.

Assisted customers with questions and project requirements in the electrical and hardware departments, often helping finish the design or determine the correct parts.