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Kim Fisher

Summary

Experienced in cleanroom wafer fabrication and assembly, documentation planning, problem-solving and team motivation. Valuable asset to any organization with expertise in working with materials such as silicon, MOSFET, glass, and GaAs in the processing industry.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Packing, Shipping, and Receiving Assembler

Contract Agency's
Concord, California
08.2024 - 12.2025
  • Sealed, packed, labeled and affixed postage on packages to prepare materials for shipping, utilizing postage meters, and sealing tools.
  • Expedited order processing time through effective organization and prioritization of tasks.
  • Reduced shipping errors by meticulously verifying package contents and ensuring accurate labeling.
  • Ensured safe working conditions by adhering to company policies and promptly addressing potential hazards.

Sr. Engineering R&D Assembly Support

Apton Biosystems, Inc.
Pleasanton, CA
05.2022 - 08.2023
  • Engineering/Science clean room assembly of flowcell, biochips to 100% quality for instruments qualification. Flowcells is Apton's proprietary DNA nanotechnology, silicon-based microfluidic device.
  • QC quality inspection, PSA inspections, and processes of new component devices.
  • Mechanical assembly, manual flowcell device alignment with UV glue bonding specifications.
  • Experience in consumables manufacturing of silicon and packaging processes of finished products, in an R&D lab environment, assist buffer preparation, accurate accurate weighing, pipetting, centrifugation, dilution, extraction, drying and characterization.
  • Kept the R&D Production line fully supplied for instrument testing usage.
  • Rewrote ISO audit standards and updated Standard operating procedures (SOPs) in building repetitive theory production processes.
  • Created 100% production build flow-cell process. Maintaining records of builds online.
  • Regulated lab environment such as GLP, GMP, and with EPA/FDA GLP or GMP method validation and product characterization, soldering skills.
  • Inspected incoming silicon dice/scribe device and incoming carriers.
  • Tracked online experimental inventory with Bio/Engineering members. Tested new vendor material to release, small components, hand tools, blue prints, die attach, wire bonding.
  • Maintained records of assembly equipment preventive maintenance on assembly fixtures, cGMP, and upkeep of needed supplies for assembly clean room area, Microsoft platforms.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.

Production Manager

Nautilus Biotechnology Inc.
05.2021 - 05.2022
  • Oversee the processing of chips and flow cells used in the Nautilus Assay assembly.
  • Developed production schedules to meet the experimental needs of the Assay team; ensure on-time delivery to the Assay team schedule.
  • Perform/oversee operations for the processing of chips including:
  • Incoming materials inspection (wafers and chips and glass).
  • Stripping and cleaning 25x25 chips.
  • Reagents, Pipettes processing.
  • CVD deposition of the active layer on chip surfaces. Executed Batch Record review and resolution of any issues.
  • Assembly of chips into flow cells.
  • Monitored and managed inventory to ensure adequate supplies of materials to support chips, glass backers flow cell production.
  • Tracked quality metrics; created regular weekly metrics reports; identified and implemented corrective actions; provided feedback to external suppliers.
  • Worked with R&D chip development team to troubleshoot chip processing defects.
  • Wrote SOPs and updated processes used to successfully produce chip/flow cell assemblies based on collaboration with R&D; trained external manufacturers as required.
  • Managed the PM maintenance of the equipment used in the clean room.
  • Managed a small team, managed their work schedules and oversaw their performance.
  • Silicon wafer purchases Supply Chain Management, Operations
  • Set weekly production chip movement matrix.
  • Set online chip inventory lab supplies on Sortly inventory software.
  • CGMP.
  • Resolved issues quickly to maintain productivity goals.
  • Managed multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely completion and meeting budget constraints.
  • Oversaw quality control efforts, maintaining strict adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements while achieving high levels of customer satisfaction.
  • Increased overall productivity by identifying bottlenecks in the production process and proposing effective solutions.

Sr. Group Lead (Contract)

Ametek/Zygo
11.2019 - 10.2020
  • Assisted Sr. Engineering with new tooling set-ups for Class 100 clean room, DOE of R&D C02/N2. Molecular cleaning process glass wafers/silicon wafers for Optic component Lens.

Sr. Process Specialist

Rigetti Quantum Computing
11.2017 - 01.2019
  • Manufacture superconducting quantum integrated circuits.
  • Responsible for incoming wafer inspection, Silicon wafer cleaning, building resist applications, MLA Step alignment, Karl Suss contact expose, Quantum wafer Device processing, Deposition of PECVD High Vacuum process equipment, and other vapor deposited layers, wet etch process.
  • Engineering process improvement, nano fabrication, semiconductor analytical tools, and methods.
  • MLA maskless exposure tool.
  • Train operators to fabrication processes.
  • Assist Engineering in the development to improve product yield.
  • Profilometry, green light, white light interferometry, microscope wafer CD's thickness readings, own Assist in wafer (DOE) Design of Experiments, and Document Change Order (DCO). Input SOPs, Process data collection.
  • Package material for shipping, Metrology equipment PM, calibration, and daily scrum meetings.
  • Scrap inventory.
  • Stocking cleanroom garments. Responsible for all wafer starts in the fab
  • Cross-training operators.

Administrative Assistant

Mellon Business Bank
02.2008 - 03.2017
Provide Administrative Assistant support to Regional Sr. Vice Presidents
  • 6 Vice Presidents Administrative support.
  • Heavy telephone support and call rolling, taking detailed messages.
  • Change confidential client information on the company computer software system.
  • Upkeep and breakdown of client filing strict confidential information, copy machines, faxes, assisting with spreadsheets, business letters, pulling requested information from files.
  • Run small Reports for Regional Sr. Vice President.
  • Customer service assistant for customers/clients.
  • Confidential mailing of large funds out to customers.
  • UPS campship/UPS Quantimview tracking.
  • Follow up campaign tracking for East and West Wing.
  • Messenger services.
  • Microsoft Outlook support.

Administrative timesheets, back up support for the West Wing of the Bank.

Sr. Process Engineer

DSM Solutions SNF Stanford Campus
01.2004 - 01.2007
  • Responsible for the following processes: Silicon Wafer CMOS processing process/Microfluidic pump & valves, Integrated Fluidic channels, wafer glass Process, (DOE), wafer cleans, wet etching, dry etching, oxide growth, poly depositions.
  • Worked with High Vacuum process equipment for film depositions, metal etch, product inspections, Nano metrics thin films reading, liquid silicon (PDMS) lab processes applications (microfluidic), yield enhancement processes, ISO compliance, Process online audits. Supply chain.
  • Mask inspections (QA/QC) on glass vendor quality, exposure equipment tools, quality incoming material inspections, Gryphon, Tylan furnaces, Hitachi S-800 SEM, 4160 SEM, Lam TCP 9400.
  • Researched offsite clean room/vendor process contact and locations.

Sr. R&D Technician

EG&G Amorphous Silicon
01.2001 - 01.2004
  • Reporting to Senior R&D VP.
  • Digital X-Ray Detectors 12x12 Flat Panel Glass Process.
  • Responsible for incoming glass qualify inspections, CVD, PECVD, Chemical Glass clean, vapor prime process, Pipette manual resist application, oven bake process. Reticle inspections.
  • Nikon Stepper expose alignment (R&D), pattern resist develops, metrology tools, hard bake process, glass wet etch, dry etch process, robotic semitool, resist pipette platform, robotic strip process.
  • Detailed R&D Lab books to build process, standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Worked with production line schedules to reconfigure tooling for R&D. MRP, ERT, cGMP.

Education

Bachelor - Business Management

Sawyer College
Santa Clara, CA

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Sawyer College
Santa Clara

Skills

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Software: MES/ERP/MRP, NetSuite, SAP
  • Processes: Silicon/Nanofabrication wafer processing applications, MEMs, nanofabrication, mechanical assembly, MRC deposition, MRS steppers Vapor Deposition certified (PECVD) Deposition of PECVD and other vapor deposited layers, Blazers PVD coatings process
  • Quality Inspections
  • Manufacturing Methodologies: Six Sigma Training (Green Belt), Yield enhancement, awards, Scrum Methodologies Design of Experiments (DOE), cGMP, GMP
  • Product assembly
  • Experience trainer wafer fabrication exposure metrology, and device inspections, thin film thickness
  • Workplace cleanliness
  • Expert/WIP tracking, SOP Development/Writing procedures, supply chain
  • Stock replenishment
  • Labeling accuracy
  • Shipping coordination

Timeline

Packing, Shipping, and Receiving Assembler

Contract Agency's
08.2024 - 12.2025

Sr. Engineering R&D Assembly Support

Apton Biosystems, Inc.
05.2022 - 08.2023

Production Manager

Nautilus Biotechnology Inc.
05.2021 - 05.2022

Sr. Group Lead (Contract)

Ametek/Zygo
11.2019 - 10.2020

Sr. Process Specialist

Rigetti Quantum Computing
11.2017 - 01.2019

Administrative Assistant

Mellon Business Bank
02.2008 - 03.2017

Sr. Process Engineer

DSM Solutions SNF Stanford Campus
01.2004 - 01.2007

Sr. R&D Technician

EG&G Amorphous Silicon
01.2001 - 01.2004

Bachelor - Business Management

Sawyer College

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Sawyer College
Kim Fisher