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Maria Gonzalez

Chandler,AZ

Summary

Proven professional with exceptional record of achievement in enhancing operations with innovative and strategic approaches. Working quickly and accurately to perform diverse production functions and achieve targets. Dependable and industrious with superior work ethic and dedication to quality.

Experienced Processing Supervisor with background in managing high-performing teams and streamlining operational processes. Strengths include exceptional leadership skills, problem-solving abilities, and focus on efficiency. Previous roles have resulted in improved productivity, cost reduction, and enhanced process flow.

Dynamic Processing Executive experienced in supporting workflow and production sequencing to improve output and meet production deadlines. Incorporated workplace process safety and environmental protection to support improvement initiatives. Efficiency-driven, highly accurate and well-organized with solid relationship-building acumen.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

Processing Supervisor

Laser Components
Tempe, AZ
06.2020 - Current
  • Managing team scheduling
  • Production planning for processing and assembly
  • Ensuring department cross training
  • Meeting on time deliveries for internal/external customers
  • Adhering to Company practices
  • Manage waste and scrap
  • Updating department work procedures
  • Maintaining 5S
  • Ensuring Safety PPE
  • Development of PBSE deposition layers (Wet)
  • Photo lithography
  • Karl Suss contact aligner
  • Metal deposition coating (Ebeam)
  • Dicing of Quarts, silicon and gas wafers using disco saw (DAD321)
  • Wet etch and damage removal wet etch
  • Use of Metrology tools for thickness readings
  • Testing of final diode product resistance and signal
  • Assembly of pyrogenic and In GaAs avalanche photodiodes
  • Wire bonding (TPT)
  • Assist in R&D projects with engineering
  • Ensuring team cross training on all jobs

Process Technician

Solar Junction/Array Photonics
Tempe, AZ
04.2018 - 05.2020
  • Photo lithography
  • Karl Suss contact aligner
  • Metal deposition coating
  • Anti-reflective coating
  • Dicing of wafers using disco saw and laser dicer
  • Bonding of detector wafers
  • Bonding of sub mounts (reflow)
  • Plasma clean
  • Wet etch and damage removal wet etch
  • Dry etch process
  • Microscope inspection
  • Wire bond (K&S bonder)
  • Record Documentation in WTS
  • Passivation PECVD (plasma-enhanced chemical vaper deposition(oxide/nitride) of thin film coating
  • Monthly calibrations and weekly calibrations of fab tooling
  • Continuous R&D studies with Engineering and Management
  • • Experience with Photolithograpy. SVG spin, Suss aligners and Ultratech steppers and inspection.• Experience working with vacuum evaporators .• Experience working on Wet and Plasma etch.• Equipment and process troubleshooting.• Experience with Metal and ARC lift off.• Experience working with metrology Dektak and Ellipsometer.• Execute engineering requests by following special instruction.• Run process and equipment qualifications• Train and certify operators on multiple

Lead Operator

Laser Components D.G
Tempe, AZ
08.2015 - 04.2018
  • Office management assistant
  • QC inspection of incoming and outgoing product
  • Testing of final diode product resistance and signal
  • Wafer coating using evaporator
  • Wafer photo lithe of active and electrode areas using mask aligner
  • Assembly of photodiodes and IR transmitters in a clean room environment, Use of microscope for inspection and placement of parts
  • Chemical process using various chemicals resulting in an active finish area
  • DAD wafer saw for dicing
  • Daily mixing if solutions for chemical processing
  • Use of calipers, drop, gauges, micrometers, digital millimeter

Aerotek
Chandler, AZ
04.2015 - 08.2015
  • Assembly of header components
  • Responsible for insulator install using potting mix
  • Lapping headers and insulators using lapping machine
  • Measuring height using drop gauges, calipers, micrometers
  • Polishing of parts using lathe
  • IR testing of assemblies

Lead Technician

GTAT
Mesa, AZ
01.2014 - 10.2014
  • Acted as Team lead for the polishing area
  • Responsible for polishing product using the lap master polisher
  • Inspected incoming and final products
  • Measured product using micrometers and calipers, drop gauges, data entry of product
  • Led the team to reach and achieve daily goals for the area
  • Worked with engineering to improve the process flow
  • Quality assurance for the growth area
  • Calipers and lasers for baseline measurements
  • Install technician installing furnaces and setting up equipment for a major project

Lead Operator

L3 Warrior Systems
Tempe, AZ
02.1992 - 12.2013
  • Conducted initial test of bare tubes, soldering and testing in high pressure chambers for reliability
  • Performed IR Testing
  • Inspected Micro Channel Plates using high power microscope, Nichrome coating and aluminum oxide coating of Micro Channel Plates
  • Inserted Micro Channel Plates building a tube for night vision goggles
  • Performed potting of power supplies, testing and inspection
  • Documented and charted records Ensuring Quality tracking system tracking is accurate

Education

High School -

South Mountain High School
Phoenix, AZ

Skills

  • Cost Reduction
  • Meeting facilitation
  • Workload prioritization
  • Technical knowledge
  • Production Scheduling
  • Process Management
  • Waste elimination
  • Health and safety compliance
  • Standard Operating Procedures
  • Six Sigma Methodologies
  • Waste Reduction
  • Process Documentation
  • Process Mapping
  • Shift Scheduling

References

Available upon request

Timeline

Processing Supervisor

Laser Components
06.2020 - Current

Process Technician

Solar Junction/Array Photonics
04.2018 - 05.2020

Lead Operator

Laser Components D.G
08.2015 - 04.2018

Aerotek
04.2015 - 08.2015

Lead Technician

GTAT
01.2014 - 10.2014

Lead Operator

L3 Warrior Systems
02.1992 - 12.2013

High School -

South Mountain High School
Maria Gonzalez