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Portland, Or, Us

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Hillsboro, Oregon

Responsible for ensuring quality, reliability, and robustness for the next generation of SEM/FIB dual beam systems as a member of the New Product Development team. Worked closely with Systems, Software, and Application Engineers in Hillsboro, OR and Brno, CZ to design & perform quality testing on R&D products.• Improved the process robustness of a critical FIB alignment feature by over 20% within a month of joining the project team by working with software engineers to optimize the metrology workflow.• Enabled near-instantaneous analysis of product quality experiments by writing JMP scripts to pull, clean, analyze, and output the results of DOE data at the click of a button.• Demonstrated a 2x increase in speed and a 4x increase in repeatability across ~40 different operating conditions for a new low energy FIB alignment method. • Traveled to the Czech Republic multiple times to conduct rigorous integration testing, oversee handoff next-generation FIB features, and present results to leadership of the new product development team.• Designed, executed, and analyzed more than 10 DOEs using automated test scripts to perform capability & robustness experiments faster and more efficiently.• Designed and implemented an automated software version tracker for R&D systems in PowerShell to replace the existing manual tracking system.

Corvallis, Oregon

Responsible for designing new quality tests, optimizing existing tests, and analyzing print quality data for the R&D Large Format Printing integration team. Worked closely with manufacturing and advanced technology teams to troubleshoot ink chemistry/printer architecture compatibility.• Discovered a brand-new text quality defect signature by correlating patterns in optical density profiles to overall print quality that no existing metric measured.• Doubled the effectiveness of the line quality print assessment from 45% to >90% by developing a new 4-factor quality metric to replace the existing 1-factor quality metric.• Increased quality test throughput by 50% within a month of joining the company by streamlining the test procedure and writing VBA scripts to automate data collection, entry, and grading.• Characterized the operating parameters and analytical capabilities of a new diagnostic microscope to automate previously manual print quality tests.

Beaverton, Or

Process owner of two wet etch tools, with an emphasis on sustaining daily operations and driving continuous improvement projects for process quality, safety, and throughput. Worked closely with technicians & operator staff to ensure system up-time, meet daily WIP move targets, and conduct quality experiments.• Stabilized the etch rate of a wet etch system for the first time in over a year by identifying & correcting poorly controlled testing conditions that the 3 previous process engineers all missed.• Increased process throughput by up to 10x and saved nearly $300k/yr in chemical & operational costs by moving 4 metal clean processes to a new high-volume batch tool.• Resolved a major contamination excursion by identifying the particle type using SEM/EDX, analyzing the workflow for potential sources, and tracing the root cause upstream to a missed cleaning step.• Overhauled standard operating procedures and process recipe documentation for 12+ recipes across 4 tool systems to enhance clarity and improve accessibility to both engineering & non-engineering personnel.

Los Gatos, California

Los Gatos, California

San Jose, California

Master Of Science - Ms, Chemistry, Overall Gpa: 4.00

Activities and Societies: University of Oregon Master's Industrial Internship Program, focus in Photovoltaic & Semiconductor Device.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering, Overall Gpa: 3.88

Activities and Societies: Multiple Engineering Co-Op Program (MECOP); Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Chemical, Biological, & Environmental.