Senior Applications Scientist
- Customer: o Taiwan, Japan, and China (Oct 2016 – Now)o Japan and Singapore (Oct 2015 – Jun 2016)o Taiwan (Oct 2013 – Oct 2015)o Korea (Nov 2010 – Oct 2013)- Provided optical metrology modelling solutions to semiconductor fab customers to meet their wafer fabrication process control requirements.- Supported major wafer fab customers in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and China for cutting edge technology nodes from 16nm to 5nm.- Traveled to the respective account’s country every one or two months, each trip is at least two weeks.- Drove and led product demos, product evaluations, and head-to-head competitions to defend and expand Nanometrics’s business. - Worked closely with software, engineering, marketing, and sales department to align the company’s technological advancement to its long term business goals.- Delivered timely and quality solutions to the customers for their state-of-the-art devices and processes (such as FinFET, HKMG, VNAND, multiple patterning lithography, etc) and received excellent customer feedbacks every year for the quality of work and customer service.- Acted on behalf of the Singapore Apps Manager when he is travelling or being temporarily relocated.- Maintained and nurtured the team's work environment that inspired and motivated scientists to excel.- Worked closely with marketing, sales and other departments to meet the company’s business targets.- Facilitated travels to support customers in Asia.- Managed projects and allocated computing resources to team members (four major accounts).- Organized hiring processes (over 100 interviews).- Conducted internal (over 700 hours) and customer trainings (over 180 hours).