Engineer Quality Assurance
Resume:
Bruce A. Dodd ****
N. Tapestry Way
Boise, ID *3713
Experience: Lake Fork Studios Boise, ID
Owner / Publisher
( Published four city magazines and multiple custom publishing
jobs
( Ran a $1.5 million per year business. Grew the business
from $450,000 per year
( Managed eight full time and 55 part time employees
( Developed overall business strategy, marketing plans,
budgets, staffing requirements
( Performed outside sales, cold calls, business meetings and
presentations
( Responsible for all bookkeeping activities, AP, AR
( Responsible for all human resource activities, including
hiring
( Responsible for business finance, contracts, loans, legal
( Managed third party resources
Micron Technology, Inc. Boise, ID
12/00 - 03/03
R&D Product Engineer
( The Product Engineer for Magnetic Random Access Memory
project
( Designed overall test system, interface and software for
characterization of MRAM test chip
( Performed electrical test, debug and characterization of
MRAM test chip
( Specified and directed creation of wafer probe program on
ATE
( Created assembly and packaging specifications for MRAM
product
( Developed magnetic shielding specification for MRAM packaged
part
( Created final product design specifications
Zilog, Inc. Nampa,
ID 1/95-12/00
Sr. Product Engineer
( Lead interface for worldwide manufacturing operations
( Managed international subcontractors for assembly and test
( Managed semiconductor wafer yields, reliability and test
( Authored program modifications for cost improvements
( Directed multi-site international technical projects
( Achieved product cost improvement goals
( Managed internal and external silicon foundry projects
( Developed financial model for cost/capital avoidance
( Performed financial analysis and benchmarking
( Directed market research project
( Managed 1/3 of product line representing 60% of the
production volume
Process Engineer
( Managed ion implantation and furnace oxidation equipment and
processes for manufacturing of integrated circuits
( Oversaw additional related manufacturing and test equipment
( Employed statistical design of experiments for process
improvement
( Managed successful installation of leading edge equipment
( Employed statistical quality control of processes
( Authored operational and maintenance specifications
( Directed equipment maintenance functions
( Certified production technicians
Reliability/Quality Assurance Engineer
( Analyzed wafer level problems for yield and quality
improvement of manufacturing processes
( Performed failure analysis of customer returns and quality
failures
( Performed circuit design modifications using a Focused Ion
Beam
Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, NM 6/90-
1/95
Microelectronics Failure Analysis Engineer
( Held a Top Security Clearance "Level Q"
( Performed failure analysis of integrated circuits, primarily
high reliability IC's and radiation hardened memories
( Researched and designed new failure analysis techniques
( Co-developed Magnetic Force Microscopy / Current Contract
Imaging (MFM/CCI)
( Co-developed Low Electron Beam Energy CIVA Analysis of
Passivated IC's
( Experienced with multitude of tools and techniques
( Developed specialized equipment
Material Engineer
( Characterized the electrical, optical and electro-optical
properties of ceramics, primarily thin film ferroelectrics
( Designed and developed custom, automated data acquisition
system
( Developed multi-layer ferroelecric thin films using Sol-Gel
processing
( Developed optically transparent, electrical contacts using RF
sputtering
Education: Boise State University
Boise, ID 2000
Masters in Business Administration
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 1990
Bachelor of Science - Dual Major
Electrical Engineering Technology / Computer Science
Honors, etc:
Guest Lecturer - Boise State University
College of Idaho
Albertsons College
2003 Maggie Awards- Western Publications Association
Most Improved Publication Sun Valley Art
Most Improved Publication Boise Journal
General Excellence in Semi-Annual/3-Time Consumer
Publications
2003 Idaho Press Club Excellence Awards
Magazine Photography 2nd Place
Magazine Photography 3rd Place
2003 Rockie Awards
Silver Award for Consumer Magazine Advertising- Fractional
Page
Silver Award for Consumer Magazine Self-Promotion
Citation of Excellence for Consumer Magazine Advertising-
Fractional Page
Citation of Excellence for Consumer Magazine Advertising-
Full Page
2004 Idaho Press Club Excellence Awards
Magazine Photography 2nd Place
Magazine Cover 3rd Place
2005 Rockie Awards
Silver Award for Single Consumer Magazine Self-Promotion
Silver Award for Trade & Consumer Magazine Self-Promotion
Research & Development 100 Award
R& D 100 Award for Significant Technology - 1995
Best Paper Award
International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis -
1994
Outstanding Paper Award
International Reliability Physics Symposium- 1993
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