Michael Warddrip Email & Phone Number

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Beaverton, OR USA

• Owned process modules including electroplating (copper, nickel, rhodium and gold), polyimide coating, and the calibration substrate product line. Operated analytical equipment including: UV-Vis spectrometer, cyclic.
• Improved copper anode maintenance procedure, reducing PM down time from 5 days to 1 day. It also reduced defects by 50%, reduced PM frequency from 6 weeks to 20 weeks, and saved $3k annually in chemical costs
• Developed initial 3 metal layer process flow which is the basis for all FormFactor 5G probe cards
• Improved nickel preclean and plating procedures to improve yield 9%
• Justified, installed and qualified capital equipment (i.e. copper plating system, dicing saw)

Beaverton, OR

• Led team of 4 – 10 Engineers and Engineering Technicians supporting Thin Film Membrane Manufacturing Line
• Installed and qualified equipment to increase output of factory 5x in 5 years. Managed average capital budget of $2.5 million
• Decreased factory cycle time by 2 days while improving on time delivery performance
• Introduced new products including a custom calibration substrate developed by the team

• Identified and monitored process problems and trends
• Troubleshot and resolved complex and critical problems
• Improved process control by identifying and fixing systematic process problems
• Developed and continuously improved engineering standards (procedures) using Lean Manufacturing principles
• Utilized design of experiments (DOE) to design and execute experiments to improve process yields
• Monitored equipment flexibility and balanced the needs of flexibility vs. product quality

• Performed proof of concept experiments in the laboratory
• Met with customers to determine their product requirements
• Designed and produced product samples for customer trials
• Worked with the factory to perform large scale trials of new products designed in the laboratory
• Worked with partner customers in the customer’s laboratory to jointly develop new materials
• Developed advanced process to manufacture graphite composite fuel cell flow field plates in joint development project with customer Ballard Power Systems

• Summer Intern:
• Solved wet etch residual resist defect problem as a key member of an interdepartmental team, increasing yield
• Qualified a reduced backside gold sputtering (PVD) thickness, decreasing both cost and equipment down time by 25%

Ms, Chemical Engineering

Bs, Chemical Engineering