Warren Hibbert
Albuquerque,NM
Summary
Process Engineer with over a decade of experience in plasma-enhanced CVD thin films for high-volume 300 mm wafer production. Improved product consistency and reduced costs through quality enhancements and effective failure response strategies. Skilled in lean manufacturing, equipment engineering, FMEA, and safety regulations. Delivered strategic decisions that enhance operational performance.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Module Engineer
Intel Corporation
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
01.2024 - Current
- Key contributor to startup and ramp of Foundry model at Intel's top tier Fab 11X.
- Developed a new low deposition rate oxide film condition, resolving integrated oxide-cap marginality and increasing yield by 9%.
- Increased within-wafer uniformity performance by 12% at wafer edge to meet customer requirement through thermal gas distribution.
- Enhanced the process and equipment of Lam Vector Express and Extreme platforms.
- Collaborated with external customers on quality audits and Foundry-related deliverables, ensuring compliance and excellence.
- Trained and fostered the development of new Thin Films team talent.
Statistics Engineer
Self Employed
Austin, Texas
02.2021 - 11.2023
- Entrepreneurial personal business initiative in statistics-based anti-tamper software (Java, Non-AI)
Senior Process Engineer
Samsung Semiconductor
Austin, Texas
01.2012 - 12.2020
- Executed process control and development of advanced semiconductor equipment in world-class 300mm LSI fabrication facility.
- Increased manufacturing capacity by 20% through reduction of processing pump-to-base and line charge delay time.
- Achieved $1M annual cost savings by safely replacing helium with nitrogen for thermal soak gas.
- Enhanced yield by 1.74% through elimination of hard-mask trench void defects via two-stage NH3 treatment.
- Boosted manufacturing capacity of silicon nitride film and oxide film by 16% and 20%, respectively, using heterogeneous platform process spread.
- Accelerated new product introduction setup by 30% through innovative procedures and partial system configuration elimination.
- Managed engineering team for New Product Introduction (NPI), implementing processes and quality controls for timely, cost-effective launches.
- Led manufacturing incident mitigation efforts, utilizing incident analysis techniques to minimize production disruptions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas At Austin
Austin, Texas, TX12-2011
Skills
- Statistical process control (SPC)
- Process failure mode effects analysis (PFMEA)
- Design of experiments (DOE)
- New product introduction (NPI)
- Six Sigma fundamentals and Kaizen
- Project management
- Lean manufacturing
- Engineering statistics
Accomplishments
MTC Productivity Award, Samsung Semiconductor, 11/2020, Manufacturing capacity increase: Lam Platform Silicon Oxynitride processing line charge delay and pump to base time reduction
Timeline
Senior Module Engineer
Intel Corporation
01.2024 - Current
Statistics Engineer
Self Employed
02.2021 - 11.2023
Senior Process Engineer
Samsung Semiconductor
01.2012 - 12.2020
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas At Austin