• Area Coordinator and Technical Project Manager for Thin Films process equipment installation and qualification.

• Tool ownership of Lam dry etchers for polysilicon and metal etches, and KLA/Tencor metrology tools for in line product measurements and test wafer quals. • Supervised a team of 12 equipment technicians, managing daily priorities and scheduling.• Led spec gas cost reduction team; implemented several cost saving measures, spec gas qualifications, and process improvements within plasma etch, and thin films / CVD.• Qualified new layers / devices on process equipment, bringing foundry partner processes to in-house production. • Developed new quals, SPC charts, and tool controls to increase quality and improve cycle time. • Implemented new automation and MDAS controls across multiple toolsets, contributing to quality improvements and reductions in full lot / multi-wafer scrap events.• Implemented equipment upgrades and installs, including new gas lines / VMBs, robotics and controls, upgraded generators and chiller cooling loops.• Troubleshot chronic tool issues and long downs to increase capacity, improve availability, and reduce scrap.

• Engineering and development of new products for industrial audio and communication systems.• Sustaining engineering for legacy products - updating and improving product lines for increased durability and service life, and reduction in warranty returns.• Product compliance, testing, validation and improvement in an ISO 9001 certified environment.• Qualification of components and systems, determining failure modes and criteria and Cpk / process capability studies through FAA and production release. • Management of large electro-mechanical CAD assemblies and BoM databases, including implementation of PDM solutions and migrating legacy files into DMBS.• Generation of work instructions and ASME 14.5 compliant drawings for domestic and international suppliers and OEMs. • Plastic injection molded part design, development and qualification, including mold flow simulation, and design for mold tools utilizing insert molding and/or overmolding. • Design, fabrication, programming and assembly of custom machines for test engineering and manufacturing, involving motor control, PLC programming, pneumatics, and sensor integration.

• Product development, industrial design, solid and surface modeling, simulation and testing of electro-mechanical components, devices and systems.• Design and development of rapid prototypes and proof-of-concept for wearable technology, IMU and bio-sensing based devices, smart garments and soft goods, and computer vision systems. • Optimization of designs, assemblies and process flows for scalable manufacturing and OEMs.• Software development for engineering applications including software for computer vision systems, device interfacing, PLC programming, data logging and parsing, and basic GUIs.

• Solid modeling and design for manufacturing of mechanical components and assemblies.• Prototyping and fabrication of components using 3D printers, CNC mills, laser cutters, 3D scanners and other fabrication tools, as well as maintenance and new user training of all equipment. • Electronics integration, bring-up, rework and debugging.• Collaboration with electrical engineers on PCB design and layout.

• Instructing students on proper use of tensile, compressive, and fatigue testing machines. • Operation of lab equipment, and troubleshooting of malfunctioning equipment.• Briefing students on experiments performed in the lab, and experimental procedure documentation. • Heat treatment / annealing, preparation of material test samples.

• Solid modeling of mechanical components and systems.• Stress and finite element analysis of mechanical assemblies including hydro turbine components.• Measurement, tolerancing (GD&T), design and mechanical drafting for machining / manufacturing. • Piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) markup and revision for systems and facilities. • Pipe flow modeling and pump sizing. • Working with vendors / contractors for purchase and installation of equipment for generation facilities.