CONTACT INFORMATION:
View contact information...
Citizenship: Canadian
OBJECTIVE Engineering/Related position where I can use my versatile background in Engineering as well as in
Chemistry.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sr.Process Engineer/Yield Engineer (Technology Group), Rec Scancel, Narvik, Norway.
05/06-Present
* Working as Senior Process Engineer in manufacturing process of multi-crystalline solar cell technology.
* Providing analysis of equipment failure to determine cause and recommended corrective actions.
* Developing and sustaining Fabrication Processes for Texture of wafer to make the surface of wafer for maximum absorption of light, KOH treatment to remove the acid residue and porous layer, and HCl treatment for removing impurities.
* Developed and sustaining Phosphorous doping to form p-n junction and to control sheet resistance, Heat Treatment to dope the Phosphorous in silicon wafer, and HF treatment to remove Phosphorous Silica Glass.
* Participated in development and sustaining screen-printing of Al/Ag paste for backside contact print to make silicon
Al Alloy and Ag printing to get the current from cell area.
*Coordinated engineering activities with internal and external team members including engineers, technicians, contractors and vendors.
* Coordinated with Junior Engineers and Technical Staff to ensure project needs are met for cost, quality and in timely and effective manner.
* Implemented routine preventative maintenance program and assisted maintenance department on routine maintenance assignments and follow-ups required for daily operations.
* Participated in Implementation, evaluation, qualification and installation of equipments for fabrication processes that included Screen Printing, Phosphorous Doping, Phosphorous Diffusion, Texturing of wafer, SDE Etching, and PSG Etching.
* Supervised Engineering Technician's and Engineers for chemical analysis for different processes.
* Provided necessary documentation manuals, for different processes, each manual included maintenance, technical data, process flow diagram, duties of supervisor and operators, Bill of material and Process Chemistry.
Senior Process/Project Engineer, BP Solar, Fairfield, CA USA.
04/99-09/05
* Leaded/Planed projects to improve necessary changes in methods equipment used lay out process etc to simplify the manufacturing process to reduce costs and to ensure optimum production design.
* Provided necessary documentation manuals for different processes, each manual included maintenance requirement, technical data, process flow diagram, process chemistry, duties of supervisors and operators, Bill of Materials etc.
* Participated in evaluation and selection of vendors and equipment manufacturers.
* Worked closely with quality assurance, production & maintenance to identify & resolve problems when statistical process control limits are reached.
* Performed process design and evaluation of system unit and process study of new equipments and modification to existing one.
* Provided Technical Process Support including training, process trouble shooting, shut down and start up and equipment related problems.
* Implemented, evaluated, qualified and installed equipments for fabrication processes that included Photo Resist Coating, Carbon Coating, UV Cure, Heat Treatment, Developer solution, Cadmium Chloride doping, Copper Iodide doping and testing of panels.
* Supervised engineering technician for chemical analysis as required for different processes.*Promoted continuous process improvement by statistical Process Control.
* Interfaced with equipment engineering, QA and manufacturing for concurrent development. *Developed fabrication processes for Cadmium Chloride Doping, Copper Iodide doping, Heat Treatment, UV cure, Developer solution, Photo Resist coating, Carbon coating, and testing of panels.
Manufacturing Engineer, Headway Technology-Milpitas, CA. USA
02/97-04/1999
* Sustained and resolved problems in Etching/Striping/Plating area.
* Responsible for thin film deposition of Ni-Fe, HMM, Cu, and Au on DSMR and GMR wafers.
* Responsible for etching of Ni-Fe layer by Field etch, AP etch for Cu seed layer, and EDTA etch for Alumina by etchant preparation and by performing etch rate/etched surface monitor.
* Supervised engineering technician for chemical analysis as required for different processes.
* Responsible for final disposition of wafers by performing corrective action for defects such as resist residue, under etch/over etch, fencing, metal redep, fencing, rainbow, corrosion, oxidation,etc.
* Interfaced with equipment engineering and manufacturing for concurrent development.
* Coordinated product failure analysis (FA) by reviewing process capability measurements and Instrumentation.
* Promoted continuous process improvement by statistical Process Control.
Process Engineer, Akashic Memories Corporation - Milpitas CA. USA
06/95-02/97
* Sustained Electroless Nickel Plating lines for deposition of Nickel on Aluminum substrate used for subsequent deposition of magnetic media that is used in hard drives.
* Designed experiments for reducing defects like pits, bumps, edge pullback, nodules, flatness ID/OD, chemical stains, chemical etch to improve yields.
* Promoted continuous process improvement by Statistical Process control and by monitoring automation control such as replensihers, level controllers, laboratory instrumentation and other peripheral equipment.
* Interfaced with equipment engineering and manufacturing for maximizing productivity.
* Coordinated product failure analysis by reviewing process capability measurement instrumentation.
* Coordinated environmental issues that cause the defects in the final product.
* Supported chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of Nickel along with plating process.
* Monitored flow rate, pH & concentration of slurry for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process.
* Monitored flatness by using Minifiz, thickness by XRF, roughness (Ra) by zygo instrumentation after chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process.
* Worked closely with quality assurance, production & maintenance to identify & resolve problems when statistical process control limits are reached.
Process Engineer, Diagnostic Product Corporation - Los Angeles, CA, USA.
07/93-06/95
* Sustained manufacturing process of 57 Cobalt Vitamin B12 that is used as a tracer for monoclonal antibodies and antigens.
* Performed incubation of bacteria (Stryptomyces Gresius) under sterile conditions.
* Performed harvesting process followed by Centrifusion and Lypholization of crude broth to isolate water under freezing condition, by controlling cycle time, temperature and vacuum pressure to increase the shelf life of the product.
* Performed First and Second Purification of crude broth by Gel Chromatography by using sephadex gel, and fraction collector by controlling flow rate, pump speed and sephadex gel packaging in the column. *Performed batch mixing for different diluents, DSP2, BDS2, VBC2, and ISP2 by following GMP methods.
* Promoted continuous process improvement by controlling and monitoring automation controls such as lypholization, autoclave, centrifuge unit, fraction collectors, gamma ray counter, etc.
* Compounded Tracers & Antiserums by Gamma Ray Counter & Gravity Liquid chromatography. *Performed Iodination of Antigens by Radioactive materials such as 125 I & 57 CO.
* Produced & Processed Protein such as Casein, HSA/BSA. *Interpreted and deducted data to write reports.
* Supervised Technicians to prepare solutions and reagents for different products.
* Generated and documented necessary documentation for GMP.
QC Chemist, Novopharm Pharmaceutical Ltd., - Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 02/87-12/89
* Sampled and tested incoming raw material by wet chemistry by following FDA methods. *Prepared solutions and reagents and analyzed by HPLC and GC.
* Interpreted and deducted data to write reports.
* Generated and documented standard operating procedures (SOP s) for sampling of raw materials.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
01/90-09/92 Bachelor of Science, Chemistry Major
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
12/83-12/86 Chemical Engineering Technologist, Industrial Major
Centennial College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
View contact information... |