Project Manager Engineer

Vernon M. Toussaint

**** ********* ** # *** • Charlotte, NC 28262 • 978-***-**** • ***********@*****.***

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

• M.Sc. in Information Systems & B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with 16+ years’

professional experience.

• Depth of experience in component level and wafer level processing material

technologies for micro optics, optoelectronics and electronics.

• Strong and extensive background in IC products electrical testing, analysis,

product management and yield improvement.

• Proven ability to successfully and profitably transition prototype products to high

volume manufacturing.

• Experience providing real-time engineering support in a manufacturing

environment.

• Effective in cross-functional team environments leading both small and large

groups.

• Strong work ethic and personal initiative.

• Multiple recent incentive awards for dedication and project execution

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Application Programming: C/C++, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, BASIC, UML, Pascal.

• Applications: dPower, JMP, MES, Agile, Toad, MS Office, MS Project, Visual

Studio.

• Concepts: Design of Experiments, SPC (Six Sigma, Cpk), Project Management.

• Certification: Applied Material’s Copy Exact certification for Nov 2012 & Mar

2013.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sept 2012 Senior Product Engineer

- current Digital Optics, - Charlotte, NC

• Managed new product introduction and cross-product issues throughout the

product life cycle.

• Partnered with Test, Development and Process Engineers during start-up and

production release to drive debug activities and reliability qualification.

• Created and maintained documents for product realization, including process

workflows, manufacturing instruction documents, wafer maps, and customer

requirements documents. Performed administrative duties in MES to maintain and

troubleshoot process flows.

• Created, conducted, & analyzed Design of Experiments (DOE) for development

and production activities.

• Provided product-level support to resolve customer issues.

• Actively contribute to engineering efficiency improvements throughout the

organization in areas such as quality systems, training, safety.

Jan 2007 Staff Product Engineer

- Sep 2012 Intersil Corporation, – Richardson, TX

• Project manager providing leadership and management of multiple IC

development projects throughout the life cycle: from design through post production

support.

• Supported cost reduction, yield improvement and customer return activities.

• Derived production test limits using statistical methods and ensuring that products

comply with data sheet electrical and reliability specifications.

• Performed product characterization using tester, bench and thermo stream as well

as reviewing results with core development team.

• Cross-functionally teamed with Designers, Engineering and Manufacturing teams

to achieve critical project milestones, customer samples and timely product release.

• Generated and presented project schedules, development costs and Finished Goods

costs as part of Business Plan review.

• Ordered masks and wafers from external foundries and planning assembly builds

of packaged parts for product qualification and production release.

• Responsibility for pre-silicon planning for customer samples delivery and to

achieve manufacturing readiness.

• Developed, organized and presented program metrics to management during

Quarterly Reviews.

• Conducted project post mortems with management to identify continuous

improvement opportunities by examining successful and unsuccessful project

elements.

• Facilitated recurring team meetings with emphasis on tracking and closing open

actions to achieve project milestones.

Nov 2001 Chute Yield Enhancement Engineer

- Jan 2007 Analog Devices, Inc., – Wilmington, MA

• Drove trim/probe and final test yield enhancement and cost reduction activities of

integrated amplifier products.

• Worked as a member of New Product Release Team to ensure the successful test

development, characterization and release to production of high speed amplifiers.

• Developed plans for process change and led engineering evaluation studies for

fabrication transfer of Bipolar and HVBP processes from Sunnyvale to Wilmington

within the aggressive 6 months schedule.

• Formulated concise trim/probe and final test yield analysis for 4” to 6” wafer

fabrication transfer and polyimide fabrication process change.

• Chaired ADWIL Trim Material Review Board, updated/distributed meeting

minutes and, along with other members, decided disposition of discrepant material.

• Active participant in recruiting new college graduates from my alma mater, UCF,

to the company.

• Mentored new engineers and supervised interns.

Jun 1997 Manufacturing Product Engineer

- Nov 2001 Analog Devices, Inc., – Wilmington, MA

• Worked closely with local and off-shore new product teams to support silicon

debug, product characterization, product validation and manufacturing release of

integrated amplifier product.

• Implemented targeted product engineering projects for improving final test yield.

• Developed yield evaluation plans to compare automatic test equipment results to

bench test performance.

• Optimized final test flows for increased quality and cost improvement;

• Worked closely with external and internal test sites to ensure smooth high volume

production.

• Supervised interns and technician.

EDUCATION

Sept 2003 M.Sc. Information Systems GPA: 3.6/4.

- May 2006 Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Jun 1995 B.Sc. Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.2/4.

- May 1997 University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Aug 1989 A.Sc Quality Control and Reliability Control GPA: 4.0/4.

- Aug. 1991 Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL

AFFILIATIONS

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

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