Overview
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Debebe Worku

Gresham,OR

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Test Associate Engineer

Western Digital Corp.
Fremont, CA
01.2003 - Current
  • Company Overview: MHO division, Fremont, CA
  • Work closely with the test development team to build HDD test equipment, Automation robot and create comprehensive test procedures.
  • Mechanical Assembly: Assembled the mechanical components of the robot.
  • Electronics Integration: Connect the robot's motors, drivers, and controllers.
  • Software Programming: Deployment the software needed for the robot to perform its intended tasks.
  • Factional Testing: Conduct thorough testing to ensure the robot functions as designed.
  • Safety Testing: Implement and test safety systems to ensure the robot operates safely.
  • Validation: Verify that the robot meets all defined requirements and performance criteria.
  • Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of the robot's design, assembly, testing, and validation.
  • Qualification record: Document the results of testing and validation in a qualification record.
  • Data Analysis: Analyze data collected during testing to identify areas for improvement.
  • Maintenance: Establish a maintenance program to ensure the robot continues to operate effectively.
  • Perform unit, integration, performance, and functional tests, generate reports.
  • Conduct root cause analysis, diagnose defects and provide detailed feedback to development team.
  • Support system design engineers and activities such as design, test, check-out, modification, fabrication and assembly of proto-type electro-mechanical systems, experimental design circuitry or specialized test equipment.
  • Conduct experiments and tests. Assists in determining methods or actions to remedy malfunctions.
  • Perform electronics calibration procedures, and load calibration data to EEPROMS.
  • MHO division, Fremont, CA

Test Engineer Technician

Read Rite Corp.
Milpitas, CA
01.1997 - 01.2003
  • Company Overview: Magnetic Head Division, Milpitas, CA
  • Setup Guzik Tester Head media testing and calibrate and maintain equipment.
  • Performs minor repairs on test equipment and other systems.
  • Maintain lab test equipment.
  • Configure and start tests.
  • Maintain test database.
  • Write bug reports for failed tests.
  • Testing Slider Head Gimble Assembly and Head Stack Assembly performance and report status to engineering team.
  • Support engineering activities such as design, test, check-out, modification, fabrication and assembly of proto-type electro-mechanical systems, experimental design circuitry or specialized test equipment.
  • Magnetic Head Division, Milpitas, CA

Test Engineer Technician

Komag Corp.
Milpitas, CA
01.1989 - 01.1997
  • Company Overview: Magnetic Media Test, Milpitas, CA
  • Performed complete PRML channel testing on Guzik WITE application.
  • Maintain, Set up, Calibration, Correlation, Standard and Control Chart for Guzik Testers.
  • Automatic Daily Test Data Collection for WITE.
  • Testing NLTS, MR Saturation, Track Profile, Error Rate, 747 curves in WITE and PTM.
  • Install, Setup and maintain All Mag-Test GUZIK and PPL Testers in Production Line.
  • Support Overseas Yield Control on mayor products.
  • Generate Standard and Control heads to maintain reliability of Guzik Tester.
  • Contribute Daily/Weekly Mag-Test and Fly height Yield Reports.
  • Magnetic Media Test, Milpitas, CA

Timeline

Senior Test Associate Engineer

Western Digital Corp.
01.2003 - Current

Test Engineer Technician

Read Rite Corp.
01.1997 - 01.2003

Test Engineer Technician

Komag Corp.
01.1989 - 01.1997
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