SOLOMON THANGARAJ

*** * *** ** #*, San Jose, California-95112.

Email: abglnp@r.postjobfree.com

Handphone: 408-***-****.

OBJECTIVE:

-Seeking a challenging career for applying the knowledge and skills ascertained for a rewarding and

fulfilling career in the semiconductor industry.

SUMMARY:

-FEOL Process Control & Yield Improvement for 50,34 & 25 nm SLC & MLC NAND Flash Fabrication.

-Process and Equipment qualification, validation and preventive maintenance management.

-Led cross functional engineering teams for sustaining high volume manufacturing.

-Multitask: Sustain production, coordinate with process integration team for R&D lots.

-Successfully implemented & coordinated continuous improvements projects across shift teams.

-Mentor and train interns, manufacturing technicians for equipment & process operations.

ACADEMICS:

-M.S (Biomedical Engineering) San Jose State University, California, USA 2013-2015

-M.S (EEE-Microelectronics) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2006-2008

-B.E (Electronics & Instrumentation) Anna University, India. 2001-2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

PROCESS ENGINEER, Intel Micron Flash Singapore LLC. 2007- 2008

PROCESS:(50nm,34 nm & 25 nm NAND Flash):

-Analyze SPC data - Identify root cause analysis for failure, disposition of non conformance resolve(WIP).

-Process Engineering Change Notifications (ECN)/(ECO).

-Process Recipe Management & sustain shift operations-dynamic scheduling.

-Apply Total Quality Management (TQM) & Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

-Assisted NPI, Product Transfer (Copy- Exact / Smart) & Production Ramp up.

-Draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)-Trained & Mentored junior team members.

EQUIPMENT: VARIAN 810, 3000 & AMAT QUANTUM X Ion Implanters-Install & Qualify New Tools,

-Preventive Maintenance, Continuous Improvement projects-Vendor Liaison for Equipment Parts issues-

-Lock Out/ Tag Out -Equipment Signoff-MSDS, HAZWOPER and active ERT member.

METROLOGY TOOLS : SEM,TEM,SIMS Test,KLA TENCOR SP1,SP2, THERMAWAVE, RS WAFER MAP,KLARITY.

-MES, Statistical Process Control (SPC), TOOLVIEW, KLARITY, GERM & MATREQ.

Reason for Leaving: Layoff due to economic downturn.

ANALYST,QT&T Consulting, Singapore. 2009-2011

-Data extrapolation, interpretation, analysis, report-professional level graphs and charts

-Documentation support for government and non-governmental accreditation.

-Identify areas for data quality improvement and resolve data quality problems

through error detection and correction, process control and improvement techniques.

-DFSS,/DMAIC, QC Tools,FMEA, SPC, 8D, Minitab 14, Microsoft Excel.

Reason for Leaving: Work Visa restrictions of Singapore.

SENIOR LECTURER,KGISL Institute of Technology, India. 2011-2013

-Tutored 90 + freshman year undergraduate class in Electric Circuits and Electron Devices.

-Formulate Lesson Plan, Assignment and Test Plans.

-Educational Software LMS-eCampus,Moodle,Camtasia.

Reason for Leaving: Higher education at San Jose State University.

SKILLS:

-C Programming, Microsoft Office, Linux, Windows OS - SAP- Siemens Step 7 PLC, Labview -8, Simulink

-MATLAB and AUTOCAD,Tarsus Work Bench,T-CAD,DFSS, DMAIC, 7 QC Tools-FMEA, SPC, 8D- Minitab,

Microsoft Excel.

INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT & TRAINING:

2003-PLC Programming (STEP 7- Siemens & Allen Bradley RSLogix)

2004-Industrial training - Development of Instrument clusters -automobiles- (SMT)assembly.

2005-Virtual Instrumentation LabVIEW 7.

2006-Instrumentation Engineer-Bill of Materials(BOM)- P&ID-Instrument selection- Installation,

commissioning - calibration of Pressure & Temperature Transmitters- Flowmeters - Field Instrument-

Implemented TQM -5S techniques - ISO internal auditing & documentation.

2009-Six Sigma Green Belt (GSSB) Certification.

ACADEMIC & INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS:

-“Reduction in Downtime for (Cryo-regen) in High Energy Ion Implanters”- saved 2 productive hrs.

-“Implementation of 5S “-Data Tags for tracking maintenance record of Instruments.

-“Installation & Commissioning of 300 TPD Pulp mill”-Field Instruments and FAT Testing.

-”Optimization of short channel effects due to device scaling using halo implant”

-“Fabrication of PDMS substrate for Lab on Chip - DNA detection”.

PART TIME WORK:

Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), Field Instrument calibration for Glaxo Smith & TAC- Singapore,

Grader at KUMON Educational services Singapore.

COURSEWORK:

-Materials Engineering- Sensors & Transducers-Analytical & Bio-Medical Instrumentation, Digital Logic

Design and Process Control- Advance Wafer Processing- Quality & Reliability- MEMS -Sensors and

Networks, Sub Micron Process Simulation-CMOS fabrication technologies.

PERSONAL STRENGTHS:

- Excellent skills in communication and coordination

- Optimistic approach - Dynamic team player- Sincere- creative -resourceful.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

- Ranked among top 10 of the graduating class-Scholarship from BSNL for merit and consistent scores

(>75%)- Organized National level Technical symposiums,workshops and Industrial visits to Indian Space

Research Organization ISRO, Bharath Electronics Ltd (BEL).- Air Force Wing of National Cadet Corps (NCC)

and Junior Scout in School-Active Choral member in Trinity Cathedral San Jose & St. Andrew's Cathedral,

Singapore.

LANGUAGES:

- English, French(R/W), Tamil (India).

REFERENCES:

-Dr.Melody Esfandiari

Lecturer, Dept of Chemistry,

San Jose State University,

San Jose,CA-95112.

Email:abglnp@r.postjobfree.com

Phone:408-***-****

-Dr. Folarin Erogbogbo

Professor,Dept of Biomedical Engineering,

San Jose State University,

San Jose,CA-95112.

Email:abglnp@r.postjobfree.com

Phone:408-***-****

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