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Execute and refine equipment remanufacturing processes. Develop new products. Provide customer support and equipment service.

Managed Engineering projects including design/development of, new products, upgrade kits, and test fixtures, as well as a small staff, while performing cross-functionally with the Manufacturing Dept. to set up a new manufacturing floor.Directed engineering functions which included integration and documentation of mechanical, electrical, software, and.

see RAM Technology description

• Test Engineer/Trainer (9/2000 – 6/2002)
• Novellus “Concept One” Technical Training Instructor.
• Taught technical training classes to 100’s of engineers, operators, and technicians on the topics of operation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair.
• Revised, and updated the training materials in order to make them more effective.
• Instructed personnel of various backgrounds and nationalities.
• Novellus “Concept One” PECVD System Specialist.

• Field Service Engineer, on site at Intel, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico
• Performed installation, preventive maintenance, and trouble-shooting of plasma etchers (this equipment involved sub-systems similar to the Novellus equipment above).
• Developed and implemented several maintenance procedures which increased Field Engineer efficiency.
• Led a team in monitoring durability issues with turbo-molecular pump systems, and assisted the supplier in resolving these issues.
• Performed onsite training of co-workers and Intel technicians.

• Field Service Engineer
• Responsible for installation, maintenance, repair, and customer satisfaction with Bio-Rad’s, pattern recognition, optical microscope metrology systems at IBM, Intel, Signetics (Philips), and Motorola fabs.