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Newburyport, Ma

Usa And Asia

Managed manufacturing groups located at different sites worldwide, focusing on new product introduction (NPI) cycle and quality improvement. Drove improvements in methodology and simplified manufacturing. Facilitated cross-functional teams to address yield and manufacturing issues, such as gate metal lifting, Rdson fallout, test program change standardization, and consolidation to single build sheet system.➢Program manager to reduced our Assembly and Test manufacturing footprint 25% by closing down a facility. Defined strategy to re-qualify product and package combinations across several manufacturing sites, working with multiple teams on planning, risk mitigation, and execution.➢Generated programs and plans to reduce cost of scrap year-over-year by 15%.➢Drove improvements in NPI process, resulting in 20% improvement in PQA rate and cycle time.➢Deployed firewalls in assembly and test➢Drove WLCSP ramp and consolidation. Increased capacity by 8X in six months, with $19,000,000 investment across two sites.➢Installed AutoVISION tools across back-end sites, reducing wire-bond quality incidents by 15%.➢Earned 2011 presidential award, which recognized exceptional performance and collaboration, for contributing to successful release of new product into new business segment➢Developed and introduced automated workflow to control test program changes.➢Reduced sort cost by consolidating sort operations.

South Portland, Me

Managed Device and Test engineering group supporting internal fabs, foundries, wafer sort, and assembly sites. ➢ Qualified Fab transfers and new process modules at internal fab sites and at foundries. ➢ Maintained high yields and parametric compliance through product debug and diagnosing causes of variance using six sigma methodologies.➢ Responsible for disposition of noncompliant material. ➢ Developed new product test solutions on ASL 2K/3K and Eagle 364 ATE platforms. ➢ Part of the New Product Introduction team➢ Improved test cost and quality through implementation of known best practices. ➢ Created and maintained Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA) and drive actions to lower Risk Priority Number (RPN) scores.➢ Recognized as author of merit in 2007 as part of engineering competency development program.

South Portland, Me

➢ Implemented test and burn-in strategy for multichip modules, including selection and procurement of new test platform, test philosophy, operation and maintenance procedures. ➢ Responsible for procurement and installation of final test and burn-in capital equipment. ➢ Provided production support, worked toward cost reduction, tracked hardware, and ensured compliance to customer specifications.➢ Provided production support engineering with respect to final test methods, procedures, problems, device specifications, and yield problems associated with automated test equipment (ATE). ➢ Managed production transfer from Tucson, Arizona, to South Portland, Maine, and memory transfer from Santa Clara, California, to South Portland, Maine. Coordinated delivery of equipment, ensured commit dates were met, generated reports, resolved yield impacting issues, and trained production personnel without impacting shipment of products. ➢ Wrote software to report monthly outgoing electrical defect levels and coded to track burn-in hardware.