Engineer Manager

William J. DeWilkins

**** *********** ***** ******, ** 94568

925-***-**** ********@*********.***

Director of Test Engineering

Seeking a position where I can drive results and achieve departmental goals

with passion and ownership. Looking to utilize my 20+ years of Global Test

management, Customer Test Applications, hands-on Test engineering

development and business acumen experience to add value and increase

profitability.

UNIQUE SKILLS

. ATE experience includes Commercial ATE (Teradyne, LTX, Verigy,

Credence ) & Rack-and-Stack (including designing ATE)

. Test Platform specification/Evaluation & Design for new testing

requirements (Tester on a tester), DFT, Test Time optimization, Real

Time SPC, Production Test optimization, Multi-site testing, &

massively parallel test

. Release to Production, Transfer and Set-up of production test to

outsource partners and 3rd party test houses

. Device Characterization, Wafer Probe, Laser Trim, Final Test, QA &

Burn-in Test development Expert

. Production Test Monitoring, continuous improvement, ATE decommission,

Test Cell creation & Optimization

. Manufacturing throughput & Yield enhancement programs that resulted in

100% yielding wafers, 100% multi-site efficiency, and self test time

optimizing programs (Real Time SPC).

. Effective Negotiator with Suppliers, Vendors, and Partners for

Pricing, Terms & Conditions, Business Objectives and Mediating

Relationship issues for mutual benefits for 3 different Organizations

. Comfortable Leading and Managing Global Direct Reports up to 50

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Open-Silicon - Milpitas, CA - 2008 to 2009 (Pre-IPO Fabless Semiconductor

Design Company)

Director of Test Engineering - Director of Customer Facing ATE engineering

team for Analog, Mixed signal, SERDES, & SOC Fabless customers. I defined

and implemented support for 44 active customer development projects, using

internal engineers and external subcontractors deployed worldwide.

Exceeded MBO targets every quarter.

. Created and implemented business aggregation model that reduced

engineering project costs by 20% for internally developed projects

. Developed and negotiated new outsource costing model that reduced

outsourced project costs by 10%

. Created and documented Test engineering department processes and

procedures for ISO 9001 Certification\

. Instituted & drove ATE supplier technology Road map & continuous

improvement programs

Manage My Test Consulting - Dublin, CA - 2006 to 2008 (Principle of my own

consulting company)

Management Consultant specializing in the semiconductor Test industry.

. Created complete marketing campaign for software product (SaaS)

including competitive analysis, market snapshot and several

positioning plans.

1. Researched and created software benchmarking plan of record that

exceeded "Best in Class"

2. Developed and implemented licensing plan for software product

Agilent Technologies/Verigy - Santa Clara, CA - 2003 to 2006 (Automatic

Test Equipment Division)

Worldwide Applications Manager Fabless Customers (Customer Applications &

Test Development Engineering) - Director of WW Fabless customer test

engineering support team for Analog, mixed-signal, RF, SERDES, and SOC

technologies. I defined and implemented support for the global sales

regions. I Managed group of 65 engineers and managers, that consistently

exceeded group level goals.

3. Transformed department from a cost center to a P&L using a value based

selling and marketing plan.

4. Increased group productivity by 10% through the use of a multi-tiered

portfolio resource management system.

5. Created a flexible workforce that eliminated the need for workforce

reductions due to the business cycles.

6. Created a capital asset funding model that generated $1,000,000 per

quarter.

7. Revitalized & refocused Customer education as a driver of incremental

product & service revenue

National Semiconductor - Santa Clara, CA. - 2001 to 2003 (Analog & Mixed-

Signal Semiconductor company)

Senior Manager-Strategic Test Engineering Development responsible for

identifying and analyzing future problems, defining corporate and group

level strategies to solve those problems, close technology gaps and reduce

costs.

8. Created Test engineer curricula at a local university saving

$1,200,000 in training costs of new hires.

9. Created and implemented a companywide strategic test technology and

DFT roadmap

10. Drove ATE supplier technology road map & continuous improvement

programs

Amkor Test Services/Integra Technologies - Wichita, KS. - 1998 to 2000

(Semiconductor Test Foundry)

Mixed Signal Test Engineering Manager responsible for design and

development of all new and existing test packages for Linear, Mixed-

Signal, Power Management, & RF Devices.

. Training and mentoring of employees in latest analog & Mixed-Signal

test methods and techniques.

. New test platform specification, justification, and introduction into

production.

Teradyne, Inc. - Richardson, TX. - 1990 to 1998 (Automatic Test Equipment

Vendor)

Regional Test Engineering Applications Manager responsible for customer

application support for mixed signal, RF, Smart Power and standard linear

testers for $150M Sales region supporting 225+ test and product engineers.

. Hiring, mentoring, and training of 35 applications engineers for

customer support in 16 month period

. Coordinating strategies and communications of global account teams

. Managing Customer education site that trained > 250 students per year

Level 4 Test Applications Engineer responsible for design and development

of major projects and programs. These projects included probe and final

test solutions for mixed signal, RF, Smart Power and standard linear

products.

. Projects included Mechanical design for handler, & prober

integrations, Tester on a tester designs, production test

optimizations, Real Time SPC programs, massively parallel test,

Utilization & uptime improvements.

. Customer training course development and instruction as well as the

mentorship of junior engineers.

. Networking and computer system administration,

Harris Semiconductor- Melbourne, FL. - 1983 to 1990 (Analog & Mixed-Signal

Semiconductor Company)

Staff Test Engineer responsible for LTX, Teradyne, and Hewlett-Packard test

systems used for linear, Audio, Telecom, & Smart Power devices

. Development of new test technologies and methods in support of new

product introductions

. Existing product and production support for wafer probe, Laser trim,

Final test

. Analyzing test alternatives and methods, new equipment justifications,

and integration into production test

Zenith Microcircuits - Chicago, IL. - 1981 to 1983 (Captive Semiconductor

Foundry)

SR. Test Engineer responsible for Teradyne ATE used for testing power

driver & Telecom Hybrid modules

Rockwell International - Chicago, IL. - 1979 to 1981 (Telecom Equipment

Manufacturer)

Test Engineer responsible for PC-based ATE systems used for incoming

inspection of power modules and Telecom Hybrid modules

EDUCATION

Florida Institute of Technology - Melbourne, FL - MBA with specialization

in Information Processing

DeVry Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL - Bachelor Degree in

Electronics Engineering Technology

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