CURTIS WESTBROOK
Bryan,Texas
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineer - Contractor
Curtis Westbrook
01.2011 - 01.2023
- Providing engineer support on Novellus PECVD systems, C1-C3, in all areas of Equipment Engineer, Process Engineer, Project Management and Site Management.
- Design, Installations and Process Qualifications of PECVD Liquid Delivery system at North America customer site.
- International site start-up in all areas of engineering.
- Technical Support on systems in the areas of equipment hardware and process issues.
- Supported International Fab ramps startup, provided leadership, management, technical support and process support in all areas of 300mm start-ups.
- Communication on a weekly basis with customer on process timeline, and LAM management.
- Ramp specialist for International customer on 5 product groups.
- Managing engineers, system startup timeline, writing product installation manual w/lesson learn, and working with engineering on product quantity issues.
Senior Field Engineer
Novellus Systems, Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2009
- Providing technical leadership on 45nm-Low-K 300mm Chemical Vapor Deposition evaluation systems in North America locations on all areas of hardware/software setups and process qualifications.
- Working with CVD business units to resolve critical issues quickly, updating technical documentation and recommending system enhancements to ensure successful evaluation.
- Independently working without direct supervision and communicating with all levels of management in providing evaluation timelines, status reports and problem resolution.
Process Engineer
Novellus Systems, Inc.
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Providing process support on 150-300mm Chemical Vapor Deposition systems to North America customers.
- Resolving issues and customer concerns by developing actions plans, DOE, and SVT.
- Working with sales team in preparing presentations.
- Implementing new processes to meet customer's current and future technology requirements.
- Analyzing system process performance charts to ensure system is meeting sales specifications.
Site Supervisor
Texas Instruments
Dallas, TX
01.1999 - 01.2002
- Directing a new team of 10 engineers during fab conversion from 150mm to 200mm.
- Communicated with customers and engineers by planning and monitoring deployment strategy to ensure successful on-time installation of 20x systems into an established production environment.
- Scheduled and monitored all aspects of 200mm project and delivered status reports to customer upper management.
- System installation and process qualification completed on-time.
- Trained, mentored, and developed a high-performance, customer-driven team.
- Transfer to Texas Instruments 300mm (DM6) to provide team leadership, installation scheduling, problem resolutions and manufacturing experience during new 300mm startups.
North America/International Technical Support
Novellus Systems, Inc.
01.1997 - 01.1999
- Strategic, technical support and leadership to North America - International customers to local field engineers to ensure on-time successful installation, diagnostic of complex hardware and process issues-concerns on current 150-200mm and 300mm Chemical Vapor Depositions (CVD) systems.
- Collaborated with customer and factory engineering to develop processes and technical documentation to improve production.
- Analyzed system performance data (MTTR, MTBF, MWBF, MWBI) for optimization of cost of ownership.
Field Service Engineer
Novellus Systems, Inc.
01.1993 - 01.1997
- Remote field service engineering support to North America - International customers in the areas of system installations, upgrades, repairs, troubleshooting hardware/processes, system operation, and maintenance (PM schedules and procedures) on Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD, CVDW) systems.
- Monthly meeting with Product engineering on Customer Improvement Program (CIP) programs on product quantity, customer future process nodes, and help reduce product MTBF.
- Weekly meetings with customer's equipment/process engineers.
- Trained customer's staff in all areas of CVD system.
Manufacturing Engineer
Novellus Systems, Inc.
San Jose, CA
01.1992 - 01.1993
- Providing engineering support in all areas of the manufacturing processes to meet customer demand for Novellus Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD, CVDW).
- Communicating with manufacturing managers, directors, Quantity Dept, and marketing on a weekly timeframe reporting on quantity issue to ensure CVD products meet and exceed customer requirement, on-time delivery.
- Providing factory support in the area of technical support to North America field offices, troubleshooting CVD issue in the areas of Robotics, Vacuum, RF and Temperature Issues/Concerns.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Technology Electronics
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX12.1991
Timeline
Engineer - Contractor
Curtis Westbrook
01.2011 - 01.2023
Senior Field Engineer
Novellus Systems, Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2009
Process Engineer
Novellus Systems, Inc.
01.2004 - 01.2005
Site Supervisor
Texas Instruments
01.1999 - 01.2002
North America/International Technical Support
Novellus Systems, Inc.
01.1997 - 01.1999
Field Service Engineer
Novellus Systems, Inc.
01.1993 - 01.1997
Manufacturing Engineer
Novellus Systems, Inc.
01.1992 - 01.1993
Bachelor of Science - Engineering Technology Electronics
Texas A&M University