Shahin Zangooie
Glendale,AZ
Summary
Technically minded and analytical professional with extensive experience in R&D and manufacturing support and team leadership related to materials characterization, process quality control, and metrology. Proficient in evaluating and analyzing validation data and system evaluation and selection. Efficient in communicating and negotiating terms with suppliers and contractors.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
MQR Technical Manager
TSMC
Phoenix, AZ
01.2023 - Current
- Manufacturing and Metrology Quality and Reliability technical manager involved in a wide range of activities such as internal and external audits, manufacturing process capability and quality control, and semiconductor process and metrology qualifications involving high volume manufacturing metrology systems such as OCD, Film, CDSEM, OVL and inspection.
- Led cross-functional teams to implement process improvements, enhancing operational efficiency and product quality.
- Developed and executed comprehensive training programs for technical staff, fostering skill enhancement and knowledge transfer.
Technologist
WESTERN DIGITAL/HGST-A Western Digital Brand
San Jose, CA
01.2008 - 01.2023
- Acknowledged as a pivotal technical leader in several metrology fields related to hard disk drive and solid state manufacturing including OCD, defect inspection, interferometry, overlay, and optical thin film thickness.
- Ensured the adequate management of system improvements, tool evaluation, JDP, price and warranty negotiations, which led to multimillion-dollar purchases and upgrades of the metrology systems.
- Cultivated and maintained robust working relations with mask design group and vendors to devise and design the right metrology infrastructure.
- Tackled and overcame challenges during measuring target design, system hardware and software evaluation, characterization and development as well as system diagnostics and matching.
- Ensured the management of additive stack optical constants analysis through the utilization of spectroscopic ellipsometry; handled reference metrology using, for example, CD-SEM and CD-AFM.
- Enhance staff skill and capabilities level by coordinating and supporting the implementation of training and development session in accordance with company set standards.
- Played an integral role in leading the assessment and purchase of state-of-the-art overlay, OCD, interferometry, film thickness and electromagnetic metrology systems.
- Developed and implemented innovative data management solutions to enhance operational efficiency.
- Led cross-functional teams in executing process improvements resulting in reduced cycle times.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - Applied Physics
Linköping University
Linköping, SwedenSkills
- Metrology
- Process Quality Control
- Statistics & SPC
- Project Management
- Cost & Cycle Time Reduction
- Design of Experiment
- Employee Development
- Team Collaboration
Timeline
MQR Technical Manager
TSMC
01.2023 - Current
Technologist
WESTERN DIGITAL/HGST-A Western Digital Brand
01.2008 - 01.2023
Doctor of Philosophy - Applied Physics
Linköping University
PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS & PRESENTATIONS
- 11 patents in the semiconductor manufacturing and process quality control areas.
- Published 40 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
- Delivered successful presentations at more than 10 international conferences.
Career Note
- Senior Member of Technical Staff, Applied Materials (2016-2017)
- Senior Metrology Development Engineer, IBM (2005-2008)
- Research Scientist, THERMA-WAVE (2000-2005)
- Research Scholar, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA (1999-2000)
SOFTWARE
Most Windows software, JMP/SQL, Excel macro (Visual Basic)
AWARDS & HONORS
- Western Digital We Deliver Excellence, Take a Bow, Six Sigma Cheers and Tiger Team Awards (2021-2022)
- Western Digital Team Award for Sigma Improvement (2018)
- Western Digital High 5 Excellence Award (2018)
- HGST Award for Development of Advanced Technology & Excellent Teamwork (2015)
- IBM innovation achievement awards (2008)
- SPIE best paper award (2008)
- Awarded $40K-post-doctoral scholarship from The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (1999)
- Materials Research Society Symposium best poster award (1999)