Daniel R. Taylor

Accomplished process engineer with expertise in new product development and manufacturing across diverse industries, including semiconductor wafer fabrication, ceramic packaging/circuits, flex circuits, thin/thick film patterned optics, medical devices, medical systems, assembly, and management. Demonstrated success at the mid-level in full operations management and effectively engaging with internal and external customers.

Special Awards:

New England Research Center

General Managers Award. “For his capable effort and dedication in the establishment of a producible, reliable, high-yield photovoltaic process".

Suffolk University

Migliorini Memorial Award. "Honesty and Diligence".

Education:

Suffolk University; BS, Chemistry-Business with ACS Certification; Boston, MA

Extensive Continuing Education:

Lowell University- Electrical Engineering Principals; Wentworth Institute of Technology – AutoCAD; Fred Pryor-Management Problems of The Technical Person in a Leadership Role; Massachusetts Fire Fighting Academy-Self Contained Breathing Apparatus, CPR; American Vacuum Society-Plasma Etch Technology, Ion Implantation and Rapid Thermal Processing, Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Contacts, Environmental Resource Center-SARA Title III and OSHA Right to Know, Dunn and Bradstreet-How to be a Successful Supervisor; Travelers Insurance Company-Practical Industrial Hygiene Engineering, Honeywell - Basic Fundamentals and Operations of Infrared Detectors; New Horizons Computer Training Center-Excel, Access, Word, Power Point, Competent in Microsoft Office. Electrical Engineering, I, Metro North Tech Vocational School-Adult Education.

• Lowell University- Electrical Engineering Principals
• Wentworth Institute of Technology – AutoCAD
• Fred Pryor-Management Problems of The Technical Person in a Leadership Role
• Massachusetts Fire Fighting Academy-Self Contained Breathing Apparatus, CPR
• American Vacuum Society-Plasma Etch Technology, Ion Implantation and Rapid Thermal Processing, Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Contacts
• Environmental Resource Center-SARA Title III and OSHA Right to Know
• Dunn and Bradstreet-How to be a Successful Supervisor
• Travelers Insurance Company-Practical Industrial Hygiene Engineering
• Honeywell - Basic Fundamentals and Operations of Infrared Detectors
• New Horizons Computer Training Center-Excel, Access, Word, Power Point, Competent in Microsoft Office
• Electrical Engineering, I, Metro North Tech Vocational School-Adult Education

• General Managers Award, New England Research Center, For his capable effort and dedication in the establishment of a producible, reliable, high-yield photovoltaic process.
• Migliorini Memorial Award, Suffolk University, Honesty and Diligence.

• KMC/Elbit Medical Systems of America, Merrimack, NH, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, 03/01/24, 01/31/25, Abbott Alinity m-Series Systems (Mainly) & Werfen Aptiva Autoimmune Diagnostics Systems, Sole Manufacturing Engineer on floor with technician team delivering 5-10 systems per month, ~ $2.5-5.0 million/month., Leadership, Technical Support, Mentoring, Training, Onsite customer facing daily., ISO 13485 Environment, Good Documentation Practices (GDP), Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Lean Six Sigma Processing Environment., Work Instruction origination (WI), Work Instruction Verifications, Process Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (PFMEA) updates and origination., Engineering Change Orders (ECO) and Non-Conforming Material Reports (NCMR) origination and dispositioning., Non-conforming Material Reports (NCMR) rapid engineering response including action authority rework instruction creation (RWK), return to vendor (RTV), Use As Is (UAI), SCRAP (SCR), Accept Non-discrepant (AND), & Hold., Spare parts and disposables definition and WI to package and ship., Daily software applications used: Team Center (PLM), Factory Logix Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Microsoft Office and Outlook, Teams, Lotus Notes, Solid Works Viewer, Tableau, & Excel.
• MACOM Technology Solutions, Inc., Lowell, MA, Manufacturing Engineer, Senior – Post Fab, 07/01/23, 11/01/23, Advanced Dicing Technology (ADT saws – dual spindle), recipe origination, work instructions, trouble shooting, saw sustainment, programing, Admin level, leader., DISCO saws 3220, 3224, 321. Operation and recipe origination., Standard and step dicing, pizza masks., LSD-155 Loomis scribe and break., Quality, Six Sigma environment., SAP purchasing of spare parts and tooling, Eyelit Routing, and recipe origination repair. Agile Manufacturing (Mfg.) Document updating.
• Remtec Inc. Ceramic Packaging Solutions, Norwood, MA, Senior Process Engineering Manager/Process Development Engineer, 02/01/21, 02/28/23, Engineering Manager of Mechanical Engineers & Technicians engaged in manufacturing of custom and semi-custom ceramic packaging solutions for Power Electronics, Optoelectronics, and RF/MW applications in commercial, industrial, & military markets., Executed as an Individual Contributor also.
• OmniGuide Surgical, Lexington, MA, Manufacturing Engineer (Medical Devices), 01/01/19, 02/28/21, Develop, implement, monitor, verification & validation procedures, sustain process and equipment through transfer to manufacturing operations. Report writing., Built vendor relationships for all lab chemicals, evaporation materials, and operating supplies.
• Ametek Aerospace and Defense, Wilmington, MA, Process Engineer, 08/01/18, 09/30/18, Daily monitoring and troubleshooting assembly operations, Fluid, Pressure, Temperature.
• Albertsons, MA, RI, ME, Field Engineer, 02/01/18, 04/30/18, Large scale hardware and software migration project, hands-on, across 3 states.
• API Technologies Corporation, Hudson, NH, Process Engineer, 11/01/17, 02/28/18, RF assembly processing and for BAE as a Microwave customer while with Spire Corporation primarily into process documentation and hands-on work., Executed hands-on/off on multi-chip custom to pilot production Millimeter/Rf Microwave, PCBs, Microelectronic back-end packaging Assemblies. Aerospace & Defense, Military, and Medical.
• TeraDiode, Inc., Wilmington, MA, Metrology Process Engineer, 02/01/17, 10/31/17, Developed next generation high powered GaAs diode laser packaging, heat dissipating., Assembled Laser Diodes in ceramic packages, evaporated vacuum films, ball bonding, grinding, lapping, polishing, substrate / wafer dicing, facilities, and equipment sustainment.
• SIEMENS Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., Norwood, MA, Process Engineer (Healtheneer), 02/01/16, 07/31/16, Applied semiconductor and hybrid circuit technology to the R&D of a higher yield and higher throughput medical chip, a 'Blood Gas Sensor'; FDA, 13485 Environment, 21 CFR Part 820.
• Metrigraphics, LLC., Lowell, MA, Process Engineering Manager/Senior Process Engineer, 03/01/15, 01/31/16, Promoted from 'Senior Level Process Engineer' to 'Engineering Manager' after only 2 months based on merit. Flex Circuits, Silicon, & Ceramic based Custom Circuits., Engineered first time builds & repeats, executed full fabrication spectrum hands-on., Senior Process Engineer - Cleanroom Manufacturing (Hands-on), Fabricated Microelectrode Arrays (MEAs), Microfluidics, Managed the customer., Involved a full complement Bio-medical device processing techniques compatible with human tissue., Increased yield from 40-50% to 96-98%.
• NEUTRONIX-QUINTEL, INC., Milford, MA, Advanced Products Support Process Engineer, 11/01/13, 12/31/14, Performed as First East Coast field service process engineer., Installed and repaired High End Robotic-Fully automatic to Manual Mask aligner line., Programed/trained wafer handling robots with modified 'C' programing language package developed internally.
• Materion-Barr Precision Optics & Thin Films, Tyngsboro, MA, Senior New Product Development Design Process Engineer/Troubleshooting Process Engineer, 11/01/10, 08/31/13, Troubleshot delinquent fabrication jobs through engineering review, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA)., Implemented process improvements, developed new processes, resolved barriers and delivered late orders., Earned Six Sigma White Belt and moved Class 100 cleanroom from one town to another, planned and moved in < 1 week.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA, Process Engineer-Research Associate, Recognized through experience offering value added solutions to device fabrication issues., Fabricated Department of Defense (DoD), 'Transparent Evanescent Amplified Silicon Delay Waveguide'., Secret Clearance.
• Radiation Monitoring Devices, Watertown, MA, Staff Scientist/Process Engineering, Recruited to create and implement semiconductor device fabrication processes, did so successfully., Advised top management in build-out of existing structure adding two new laboratories for crystal growth Thallium Bromide (ThBr)., Recommended specific capitalization, and layout of two crystal growth labs (cz) for exotic X-ray detection material, Thallium Bromide (ThBr)., Introduced fabrication processes, succeeding at surface studies and robust conductor patterning approach.
• Spire Corporation, Hudson, NH, mc-Silicon Solar Cell Line Process Manager, Spear-headed new initiative of high-volume manufacturing (HVM) of multicrystalline solar cells internationally (Spain, Germany)., Signed off on multi-million dollars’ worth of capital equipment post (SATs) and (FATs)., Managed a group of ~ 30 multi-national contractors in Spain, building a Class 10,000 Cleanroom.
• Optical Filter Corporation, Natick, MA, Photolithography & Electroplating Engineer / Clean Room Manager, Hands-on / management position., Patterning Optical coating on filters and lenses; convex, concave, a-spherical., Niche innovative position., Secret Clearance.
• New England Research Center (Magnavox), Sudbury, MA, Process Development Engineer, Mercury Cadmium Telluride - Hands-on. Wafer fabrication and Post Fab., Aerospace & Defense, IR Imaging., Secret Clearance.
• Honeywell Electro-Optics Division, Lexington, MA, Research and Development Fabrication Process Engineer, Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT) Wafer fabrication and Post Fab.
• Honeywell Electro-Optics Division, Lexington, MA, Research and Development Technician, Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT) Wafer fabrication and Post Fab 100% Hands-on.