🏆 Stephen Lu 🏆 Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Leading 5 DDP programs by working cross-functionally with hardware and process engineers, supply chain teams, product marketing, on-site customer and account teams, and DDP management• Supporting 5 global customers and 8 field sites with delivery of retrofits and upgrades to address downtime and increase throughputs of 20 chambers• Managing a quarterly budget of $500k across 5 programs to procure hardware and coordinate installation in Applied Materials’ lab tools to demonstrate increased capabilities with customer demos• Maintaining 4 tracking Smartsheets to help product owners determine priorities for critical parts by listing part delivery dates, quantities, and ship dates of system builds

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Design for Obsolescence Resilience Initiative (DFOR)• Transformed company’s mindset to become proactive about obsolescence by implementing a Design for Obsolescence Resilience (DFOR) scorecard and performed 275 assessments prior to design reviews• Designed and implemented 6 major automation workflows to automatically request BOMs and dates from project owners, alert project owners about DFOR scoring progress, and send follow-ups for feedback and questions. • Formulated an Excel VBA script to calculate the supplier risk score from a BOM and creates separate software and hardware assessments. The script removes human error and improves efficiency by 95%• Created a Smartsheet Dashboard for upper management visibility that shows scoring results of past and upcoming reviews, including monthly and quarterly statusesMaterial Risk Index (MRI) and Supplier Engagement• Created a summary Excel to seamlessly transition responsibilities to supply chain by showing the status of 55 suppliers within our 15-step Obsolescence Management Process and Continuous Improvement Plan and the maturity level of each supplier. This included an Excel VBA macro that easily displays the action needed by highlighting and indicating the next step for each supplier.• Created an Excel VBA script to automate the monthly verification of 3000+ supplier obsolescence notifications, reducing processing time by 90% from 5 hours to less than 30 minutes. The script identifies if each part is truly obsolete, compliant to the notification period, identifies potential exclusion reasons and creates summary graphs for reporting purposes• Created a Smartsheet scorecard and dashboard for 60 strategic suppliers, which allows 4 team leads to input their scores for each supplier and it compiles and provides the average and a letter grade. Results are shared with the Commodity Business Management Director and presented at various supplier quarterly reviews

• Created 200+ videos on LinkedIn sharing career tips and advice, mentoring thousands of individuals• Hosted a weekly LinkedIn Live show about leadership, career, personal and professional development in 2021-2022• Presented on 8 additional LinkedIn Lives, panels and podcasts in 2023• Achieved 250,000+ views through livestreams, text posts, and videos in 2023

Bethesda, Md, Us

Obsolescence Program Manager• Led 3 obsolescence and part qualification projects with total contract values of $18M• Drove 2 parallel Failure Review Boards (FRBs) to closure while minimizing ongoing supplier costs by identifying schedule opportunities and contingency plans• Reduced project financial risk by $900k to maintain project overall success through evaluation and elimination of backup supplier• Tracked and closed 45 design review action items through coordination with government customer, Lockheed Martin Engineering, and subcontractor management• Conducted cross-functional tag-ups with Engineering, Subcontractors, Finance, Planners, Program Management, and government customer to coordinate decisions and ensure project success • Improved schedule by 11 months by evaluating and executing opportunities for alternative part qualification methods with the supplier, Engineering, and the government customer• Completed project affecting 5 subsystems 6 months ahead of need date by establishing precedence through most critical subsystem and applying to the remaining ones

Bethesda, Md, Us

• One of 16 engineers company-wide selected to the 3-year ELDP program in 2017• 3-year leadership development and job rotation program for early-career high-potential engineers• Completed 3 rotations in Risk Management, Mission Operations, and Project Management• Designed a brand-new Technical Program Shortcomings workshop for the 2018 Technical Leadership Conference to 100 ELDP participants from across the country• Revamped the Lockheed Martin onsite Master’s program with San Jose State University to offer 2 new Master’s programs with 60 employees enrolled• Introduced a brand-new Master’s program in Artificial Intelligence through collaboration with San Jose State University, resulting in 40 employees enrolled in the program

Bethesda, Md, Us

Mission Operations, Propulsion Subsystem • Learned as much as possible in 6 months about Aerospace Engineering, and propulsion to support launch and 4-month orbit raising mission of a $2 billion satellite• Briefed upper management and Air Force customer on thruster performance after each cycle of orbit raising burns• Enhanced 2 propulsion schematic drawings to be used during the mission as quick-reference sheets by adding temperature sensors, heater areas, and telemetry names • Created a 50-page knowledge transfer document to help new members of the Mission Operations team learn about the satellite, mission, and processes quicker• Performed sustainment efforts on existing satellites, such as stationkeeping• Wrote a Python script to plot telemetry data for the lifetime of any thruster

Bethesda, Md, Us

Risk and Opportunity Manager • Worked 1st rotation as a concurrent stretch assignment to Missile Data Center Refresh position• Lead monthly meetings to discuss risk, opportunities, and watch list items within SEIT• Created pre and post meeting checklists to document steps, improving existing processes• Tracked closure to reduce the number of Watch List Items from 20 to 5• Supported risk owners by retiring 3 old risks and identifying 3 new risks to lower cost impact by $250k• Acting Risk Manager for the SEIT Director for certain program-level meetings about risk management• Supported SEIT Director by collecting performance metrics to provide weekly status to the program VP• Provided 3 months of training and mentoring to my successor

Bethesda, Md, Us

Missile Data Center Refresh Project • Created brand-new documentation to build and test a new Telemetry Processing Station• Assumed responsibility of procuring $2 million of hardware when co-worker went on permanent leave and interfaced with 25 vendors to ensure on-time delivery• Designed an interconnect diagram that includes over 1,600 cable connections across 18 racks• Wrote a system-level test procedure to verify functionality of the new telemetry station• Managed a requirements matrix to describe system requirements verification and validation methods• Proactively documented steps on how to procure equipment as knowledge transfer for my successor

Bethesda, Md, Us

System Integration Lab • Managed the planning, design, and execution of moving a 15,000 square-foot lab into a new and more efficient facility of 50% of the original footprint by interfacing with lab users, external contractors, Facilities and program management • Created Ethernet, Fiber, and Electrical Power wiring documents to reduce troubleshoot times by 80%• Operated different tactical stations to verify the new lab’s functionality • Performed troubleshooting and root cause analysis on lab infrastructure when test failures occurred• Integrated new tactical vehicles and equipment to existing lab infrastructure to expand lab capabilities• Designed and built Test and Integration rack to support customer’s immediate needs • Completed 5 week-long installations on 2 testbeds within an 8-week period to support field issues

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Exposed hard drives to a range of radio frequencies and changed testing parameters based on failure points• Analyzed the performance of thermal interface materials that disperse heat from the SoC to the drive enclosure• Measured the amount of strain on PCBs using sensors and compared the results to the threshold values• Created reports and presentations from test results for senior engineers• Reworked PCBs for debugging and testing purposes• Verified that Engineering Changes (ECs) were updated on schematics and BOMs• Used Adobe FrameMaker to make changes and update Product Specification documents

San Jose, California, Us

• Used Cadence Orcad to create and edit schematics, place and route components on a four-layer board and perform design rules check• Soldered surface mount components on PCBs for prototyping• Rigorously tested prototypes to determine any flaws in structure, use and capabilities• Designed and tested different methods for the magnetic closing and opening of pockets

Master Of Science (Ms), Engineering Management

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Computer Engineering