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Harsha Kannan

Hillsboro,OR

Summary

Resilient and results-driven semiconductor equipment engineer with 7+ years of experience in equipment installation, qualification, and optimization across front-end manufacturing environments. Proven expertise in vacuum systems, metallization, lithography, wet processing, metrology, and clean-room infrastructure. Skilled in AutoCAD design reviews, ISO 9001 compliance, vendor management, and First of a Kind (FOK) tool installations. Adept at bridging process and equipment engineering to deliver high-yield, high-reliability production capability on aggressive timelines.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Staff Engineer, Technology Development

Intel Corporation
12.2018 - Current
  • Delivered mission-critical Aluminum deposition capability, achieving 3x faster tool readiness (8 months vs. standard 24 months) through accelerated MTS definition, rapid tool selection, and creative repurposing of existing hardware.
  • Led multi-site, multi-vendor collaboration with AMAT Singapore BU and META Center NY for seamless process development.
  • Achieved Tier-1 Foundry benchmark yields at world-class speed for new process technology ramp.
  • Spearheaded ISO 9001 compliance for the Metals area — a first for Technology Development — ensuring full conformance and audit readiness.
  • Reduced wafer scrap by identifying, categorizing, and ranking scrap events; implemented corrective and preventive actions with module owners.
  • Guided CSB metric compliance as Lead Engineer.
  • Directed First of a Kind and critical tool installations from specification to qualification, including cut sheet review, facility coordination, and integration with existing fab infrastructure.
  • Led cross-functional teams and vendors to execute installation with zero schedule slippage.
  • Owner, Fa24 Intel 16 technology transfer.
  • Auditor, Fab24 P1222 process/equipment and Seed Host.
  • Developed and delivered technical training modules covering CSB evolution, Intel IQ, E-Test, vibration wafer analysis, CAD for equipment/process design, and audit execution.
  • Served as TD mentor and revived CSB MA and IQ activities.
  • Actively involved in technical hiring for the Metals area.
  • Project: Mykonos (Intel 16-E, IDM 2.0 Foundry Transition)
  • Project: Metals Quality Champion
  • Tool Installation & Qualification Leadership
  • Special Contributions

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Delaware
07.2011 - 06.2018
  • Installed and troubleshot in-house PVD system and electric/magnetic transport measurement setup.
  • Measuring Pure Spin Seebeck Effect in Ferromagnetic Metals.
  • Magnetic Tunnel Junction Based Sensors for Bio-Detection Applications.
  • Quantifying angular dependence of spin-orbit torques in Ta/CoFeB/MgO trilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.
  • Time-resolved study of magnetization switching in samples with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA).

Education

PhD - Physics

University of Delaware
Newark

MSc - Physics

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

BSc (Honors) - Physics

University of Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Skills

  • Semiconductor Process & Equipment Engineering
  • Tool Installation, Qualification & Optimization (FOK)
  • Vacuum, PVD, Lithography, Metrology Systems
  • AutoCAD Design Reviews & Cut Sheet Interpretation
  • ISO 9001 Compliance & Process Control
  • Vendor & Cross-Functional Team Management
  • Data Analysis & Yield Improvement Strategies
  • Project Planning, Management & Technical Communication
  • Performance optimization techniques
  • Root Cause Analysis & Strong problem-solving skills
  • Hardware troubleshooting
  • Quality control
  • Engineering documentation & Technical reporting
  • Schematic reading
  • Process improvement
  • Control systems
  • Technical documentation
  • Material selection
  • Environmental compliance

Languages

English
Full Professional
Tamil
Native or Bilingual
Sinhala
Native or Bilingual

Interests

Cricket, Pilates, Indoor Cycling, Body Combat, Cooking

Awards

2H’23 TD Excellence Award (2023-12), Logic Technology Development Thin Films-CMP Recognition Award (2024-01), 1H’24 Foundry TD Excellence Award (2024-07)

Publications

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4J00wyQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Timeline

Sr. Staff Engineer, Technology Development

Intel Corporation
12.2018 - Current

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Delaware
07.2011 - 06.2018

PhD - Physics

University of Delaware

MSc - Physics

Central Michigan University

BSc (Honors) - Physics

University of Colombo

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