Swanand Vaidya
Saratoga,CA
Summary
Forward thinking leader with diversified global industry experience in the field of product development engineering, Product Reliability. Global experience includes working with strategic partners in Asia, US, Canada, and Taiwan. Over 17 years of leadership experience and progressively increasing responsibilities in consumer electronics, Automotive, lighting and LEDs, and OLEDs with a passion for implementing strategic and tactical value-based initiatives that achieve breakthrough performance in products. ASQ certified professional in Reliability, Quality, and operational excellence. Six Sigma GB. Managing teams and managers in different continents.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Head of HW Reliability
Google LLC
01.2015 - Current
- Currently managing 15+ NPI programs for Reliability engineering [System and Modules], managing global team of engineers [US, Canada Taiwan, China]
- Directed and maintained organizational and strategic alignment with Tech Engg, Operations, Product Management, Product Development, and throughout business units
- Managed multi-million dollar budgets for REL infrastructure in Asia (China-Vietnam and Thailand)
- Lead team of high performing engineers and scientists
- Grew team by hiring diverse and highly qualified individuals
- Strengthened team through mentoring and development of skills, tools and processes
- Created functional oversight and vision for NTI Rel and participated in development of overall NTI process vision
- Responsible for building lab infrastructure at various sites in Asia [VN, TH, CN]
- Collaborate with Data analytics team for sentiment analysis, customer returns, Field failure analysis and corrective actions
- Supported early Research & Technology initiatives to enable more rapid engagement with external partners to ensure Technology Readiness while scouting external industries for new technologies
- Coached and mentored staff for individual development and career growth within Google and Alphabet.
20% Google AI Cloud HW Project
GOOGLE
05.2023 - Current
- Confidential next gen AI HW project- Design for Serviceability efforts
- Maintainability, Availability and Serviceability on next Gen state of the art GPU HW architecture.
Technology Consultant-Stealth Crypto Mining HW
Consulting Engineering And Science
01.2021 - Current
- Set up End to End Quality and reliability strategy and plan.
- Successfully brought up Contract manufacturers for Q/R functions.
Staff Reliability Engineer
Amazon Inc
- Led Next Gen New Kindle Paperwhite and confidential Product from Module and System Reliability standpoint
- Work together with key partners to solve difficult technical problems using effective problem solving tools, finding flexible and innovative solutions.
Sr staff Engineer
Philips Lumileds
01.2011 - 01.2014
- Managed and served as technical lead of the product development of 2 different automotive high power LED products- for Mercedes-Benz, Audi (R8), Toyota, TESLA NISSAN Leaf
- Led multi-functional and multi-national [Singapore and Malaysia] teams on prototype making, design of experiments, new technology validation, characterization, reliability testing, failure analysis
- Implement quality systems to support development and manufacture of next generation products that utilize best practices
- Quality plan definition, alignment and execution for the manufacturer which includes PFMEA, control plan, CTQ processes, correlated inspection and tester correlation between incoming and outgoing quality, ongoing reliability testing and monitoring plan, quality reporting, traceability etc.
Product Engineering manager
The Dow Chemical Company- Nuvosun
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Led and managed new product development & execution for Solar Shingle products
- Managed and tracked program schedules, technical issues, risks and priorities
- Established quality monitoring mechanism giving meaningful metrics for outgoing quality throughout the supply-chain
- Manage and drive bottom line improvements in Quality performance in line with business objectives
- Cost of Poor Quality (% COGS), Warranty (ICQ and Standard Warranties for new completes and parts), Internal Failures (scrap, reworks), Supplier Failures.
Sr Device engineer
Solvay- Plextronics
01.2005 - 01.2008
- OLED Research Class 100 cleanroom experience-Process engineering and enhancement for Device performance improvement OLED lifetime and
- Manage and drive Product improvements in line with business objectives.
Education
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Michigan
05.2005
Skills
- Leadership and Teamwork
- Strong People Manager
- Product Development Reliability and Quality
- Domain Expertise: Product development, Reliability Statistics
- Root-cause failure analysis
- GRnR, MSA, Statistical data analysis, Six Sigma
- Certifications: ASQ-CQE (QUALITY ENGG) ASQ-CMQ/OE (MANAGER-QUALITY) ASQ-CRE (RELIABILITY ENGG) SIX SIGMA- GB- Philips
- Publications/talks: Adhesives, Renewable, OLEDs, Reliability, Sustainability
- Products managed: AR: Starline [Under Dev] Guideline [dev] and Many Ongoing confidential HW projects (head-wear, Eye wear categories) Nest/Home: Multiple gen Nest Displays, Pixel Tablet, Speakers, Stadia Gaming, Chromecasts, Thermostats etc
- Crypto Mining HW
- Advanced GPU/AI ML HW
- Thermal batteries
Certification
- ASQ CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer)
- ASQ CQE (Certified Quality Engineer)
- ASQ CMQ/OE (Certified Manager of Quality and Org Excellence)
- Six Sigma GB
Timeline
20% Google AI Cloud HW Project
GOOGLE
05.2023 - Current
Technology Consultant-Stealth Crypto Mining HW
Consulting Engineering And Science
01.2021 - Current
Head of HW Reliability
Google LLC
01.2015 - Current
Sr staff Engineer
Philips Lumileds
01.2011 - 01.2014
Product Engineering manager
The Dow Chemical Company- Nuvosun
01.2008 - 01.2011
Sr Device engineer
Solvay- Plextronics
01.2005 - 01.2008
Staff Reliability Engineer
Amazon Inc
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Michigan
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