Solid experience with 15 years of semiconductor technology development and supplier manufacturing on mixed signal communication and power analog products. Extensive skills in supplier quality matrix, IQC/OQC and Foundry/OSAT quality management.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Leader SQE (contractor)
Cisco Inc.
02.2024 - 12.2024
To handle ASIC network accelerator NPI reject and RMA and customer’s test log review, fault isolation, test plan, test correlation and degradation analysis, 2.5D package die reliability analysis and FA/8D.
Achievement: 7~5nm ASIC/HBM network co-packaged InFO interconnect, data link analysis, FA/8D.
Sr. Staff Foundry Engineer
Renesas Electronics
02.2022 - 06.2023
RF FEM, FinFET timing clock tape out and process development in foundries, wafer process flow SPC, WAT, WS/FT analysis and to drive BKM improvement on product reliability weakness, customer needs.
Automotive HWs reject RMA failure analysis, RCCA and to drive supplier improvement & generate 8D.
Achievement: Beamforming, mmWave, LNA, Switch, PMIC fab process optimization, golden route.
Staff Supplier Quality Engineer
Renesas Electronics/Dialog Semi
01.2021 - 01.2022
VRs, PMIC product rejects and RMA test log diagnosis, wafer, packaged die degradation analysis; ppm failure tracking, die history tracking, WAT & CP/FT analysis, SOA and process improvement for yield.
Automotive chips reject fault isolation, FA, RCCA and 8D in foundry/OSAT and host CCB, MRB.
Achievement: 0.13/0.18um PMIC product process optimization for SOA, IO/ESD and yield ramp up.
Sr. Staff Product Engineer/Team Leader
Samsung Semiconductor
10.2017 - 10.2020
Lead taskforce to bring up GPU, ASIC NPI, design mask OPC, reliability test and create process flow.
Liaison across process integration and fab process teams to achieve devices target and reliability; to implement test and burn in plan, set up GDPW SBL/SYL, wafer DVS test and yield improvement.
Present weekly status and product test yield/DD roadmap to executives, managers and customers.
Timely monitor fab inline data, CP/FT data analysis correlation bin report and generate CIP to customers.
Achievement: 14nm GPU failure pathfinding in Gate, S/D, CO, Mx loop; achieve yield and reliability.
Technology Access Engineer Lead/Foundry Manager
Intel Inc.
04.2013 - 08.2017
Wireless & network connectivity, photonic IC wafer enabled manufacturing, wafer sort yield analysis, and design process technology co-optimization; DVT, PVT silicon debug and process failure path finding.
Wafer and packaged die reliability qualification plan, quality matrix and qualification problem solving.
Achievement: 28nm HPL, 16nm HPC+ FinFETs SRAM, IP process technology & design co-optimization; finding for improving reliability weakness and low yield; to achieve device performance and fab KPI.
Sr. Staff Technology Development Engineer
Cypress Semiconductor
12.2010 - 04.2013
Processor, CIS, SRAM, memory controller wafer fabrication development, device process skew DOE and Si debug, wafer assembly manufacturing yield analysis and drive CMs for yield ppm improvement.
Product characterization DVT, PVT, wafer & IC reliability test plan and implement solution on process.
Achievement: 28nm HPM mixed signal logic, SRAM and NVM IP development in tsmc and UMC.
Manufacturing Engineer
NVIDIA Inc.
12.2009 - 12.2010
Tegra Processor and GPU final test and system level test manufacturing, HW/SW bring up and yield improvement; improve test efficiency, waste reduction, HW production operation flow set up.
Process Integration Engineer/Foundry Interface
Texas Instruments
09.2007 - 12.2009
BCD HV process technology integration and transfer to fab partner and enable production ramp up.
Mixed signal baseband and wireless communication ICs tape out DRC clearance on violation, device model and insufficient silicon improvement, wafer process skew design and reliability robustness BKM.
Achievement: 65nm cellular baseband modem, WiLink production ramp up and met business goal.
0.35um BCD process technology transfer and generate backend bump to improve characteristics.
Education
Master of Sc - Electrical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Bachelor of Sc - Materials Science Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Skills
Extensive use of MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Smart Sheet, PLM, JIRA, Confluence
Software Engineer Leader at Cisco System India Pvt. Ltd and Cisco Systems Poland Sp. z o.oSoftware Engineer Leader at Cisco System India Pvt. Ltd and Cisco Systems Poland Sp. z o.o