Pavel Krocak

Telephone: 210-***-****

e-mail: acutcb@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Senior Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer, MSEE, Lean Six Sigma, IPC-A-610, Semiconductor Yield Enhancement Engineer / Process Engineer / Equipment Engineer

1.Senior Supplier Quality Engineer with experience in initiating, planning, implementing, and control of the supplier quality (CM) assurance measures along the complete process chain for electronic manufacturing and semiconductor and passive electronic components used in the utility and automotive industries.

VDA 6.3 Lead Auditor, Green Belt

2.Previous expertise includes defect detection strategies and root analysis of yield issues in semiconductor processing. Developing, optimizing, and integrating diverse semiconductor processes.

3.International Patent Holder and published industry expert.

Expatriate work experience: 6 months in Japan, 16Meg DRAM 8-inch production mini-line start-up.

Other than English, fluent in Czech languages, working knowledge of Japanese and Russian.

Specialties

VDA 6.3 Supplier Audits, Lead auditor

IPC-A-610 CIS Specialist, Association Connecting Electronics Industries

Quality-Supplier Quality Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Quality-Supplier Quality Electronic Components, IC, Passive Electronic Components

Quality Utility Industry Electronics

Quality Automotive Industry Electronics

Quality Supplier Management

Quality System Principles

Quality Management, Control

Project Management

Risk Management

ISO 9000, TS-16949, ISO 14001, PPAP, PFMEA

Statistical Process Control, SPC

Root Cause Analysis

CAPA

SCAR

Software

Minitab

Spotfire

DataPOWER

UNIX

SQL

SAS

EXPERIENCE

SR Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer, QA

Landis+Gyr

April 2014 – Present (2 years)

1. Develop, apply, revise, and maintain quality standards for materials, electronic production processes, and final products at L+G and Contract Manufacturers (CM).

2. Develop and apply statistical techniques in quality and reliability control.

3. Responsible for New Product Introduction (NPI) quality and fulfillment of PPAP requirements.

4. Lead auditor VDA 6.3. Perform supplier audits (CM). Evaluate vendor quality capabilities and performance.

5. Manage returned products (RMA) and recommend corrective actions.

Supplier Quality Management Electronics, VDA 6.3 Auditor

Continental Automotive Systems

April 2011 – April 2014 (3 years)

1. Functional responsibility for the defined parts, services, commodities, and suppliers

2. Plan, initiate, implement, and control the appropriate supplier quality assurance measures along the complete process chain in the make market phase for all supplied goods and services in the area of responsibility, and continuously observe the quality performance of the supplier.

3. Experience in Supplier Management and Supplier Development. Ability to resolve chronic concerns with problematic suppliers

4. Excellent communication skills (presentation skills, oral, and written communications)

5. High flexibility

Lean Six Sigma Process Engineer / Yield Enhancement Engineer

Texas Instruments

2003 – February 2009 (6 years)

180nm technology, consumer products

130nm technology, automotive products

Embedded SRAM and Flash

Test Engineer

Texas Instruments

1998 – 2003 (5 years)

Converted and generated various tester platform device test programs. Converted test programs from Teradyne, V-Series, HSM test platforms to the company developed lower cost tester platform.

Lean Six Sigma Process Engineer/Equipment Engineer

Texas Instruments

1987 – 1998 (11 years)

Evaluated and fanned-out advanced process and equipment control systems: In-Situ Particle Monitoring systems, RF Sensor systems, and Mass-Spectrometry systems to TI factories.

Evaluated and fanned-out the film thickness metrology systems and Scanning Electron Microscope systems for the 0.35um node technology to TI FABs.

Texas Instruments in Japan:

16Meg DRAM, 8 inch production prototype line start up.

EDUCATION

Southern Methodist University, MSEE (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering)

1995 – 1998

University of West Bohemia, BSEE (Electrical Engineering)

1975 – 1980

Languages

Other than English: Fluent - Czech, Slovak. Working knowledge: Japanese, Russian

Interests

Playing saxophone and guitar, kayaking

Additional Honors & Awards

Patent Awarded: Enhanced Yield Inter-metal Channels Formed from Hydrogen Silsesquioxane-Based Flowable Oxides and Conformal PETEOS for Submicron ULSI Circuits. Mary M. Marsden, Pavel Krocak, Earl V. Atnip. Patent # TI-23304 P, Europe: US/31.05.96/USP 18737

Publications

Real Time In-Situ Residual Gas Monitoring during Ion Implantation in High Volume Semiconductor Manufacturing. T. P. Schneider, P. Krocak, B. Van Eck. Future FAB International, Vol. 4 (1), pp. 237–239 (1998).

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