Saeed
H. Siddiqui
Nashua Road
Groton, MA *1450
978-***-**** (Home)
978-***-**** (Cell)
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Summary
Senior Electronics Engineer with over 25 years' hands-on experience in
various areas of Electronics Industry - including Supplier Quality
Engineering, Component Engineering, Applications Engineering, Product
Engineering, Quality and Reliability Engineering dealing with state-of-the-
art Microprocessors, Memory Components, Memory Modules, Linear, Logic and
ASIC Components as well as Discrete and Passive Components.
Very strong background in Electronics, Semiconductor Device Physics,
Quality Assurance and Reliability Engineering disciplines - including
Semiconductor Device Design, Process Development, Package Assembly, Test,
Quality, Reliability Engineering and Failure Analysis of Semiconductor ICs.
Thorough knowledge of various Mil Standards, ISO 9000 Procedures, SPC, Six
Sigma, EU RoHS and China RoHS Standards and their applications in the
Electronics Industry.
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Very fluent in using various databases and spreadsheet programs such as
Agile, Oracle, SAP, Lotus Notes, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
SelectED Accomplishment
. Worked as technical liaison between design engineering, manufacturing and
OEMs and Contract Manufacturers to solve complex technical problems
related to any component issues during the design, development and
manufacturing of Computer Servers and Workstations as well as Network
Security, Communication and Voice Over IP (VOIP) Products.
. Supported 3Com and Compaq /Digital Worldwide Manufacturing operations as
well as their Contract Manufacturers. Recommended process improvements
to achieve higher manufacturing yields.
. Audited Fabrication and Manufacturing plants for qualifying the products
of major Semiconductor Vendors in the Far East, Europe and the US for
usage in Digital Equipment Corp/Compaq's High Performance Servers.
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Professional Experience
Zoll Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA
Principal Component Engineer
Jan, '08 to Oct, '09
. Responsible for providing component engineering support to the R&D and
Product Development groups for the new Designs and Redesign of the
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Devices. Also, responsible for
the conversion of the existing products to 100% RoHS Compliant
products.
3Com Corporation, Marlboro, MA
Principal Component Engineer
Oct, '04 to Nov, '07
. Responsible for providing component engineering support to 3Com's
Communication, Voice Over IP (VOIP) and Network Security product
groups. Work involved dealing with components that spanned the whole
spectrum of electronic components from state-of-the-art
Microprocessors to Discretes and Passives.
. Responsible for the successful conversion of all of 3Com's products
to Lead-free, RoHS Compliant products.
. Preformed Critical Component Analyses on new designs to identify and
qualify alternate sources of critical components very early during
the development of new products.
. Covered the component issues from the product development to
contract manufacturing to the end-of-life of products.
. Supported Worldwide Acquisition and the Materials Groups within the
Supply Chain Organization with any and all component issues.
. Managed Component AVL and Worked with Suppliers on the PCNs and End-
of-Life issues to ensure continual supply of the affected components
for the life of our products.
PremaTech Inc., Worcester, MA July, 2002 -
July, 2004
Sale/ Marketing Development Manager
. Responsible for sales and applications of technical ceramic devices in
the Electronics, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Military, Aerospace,
Energy Conversion and Bio-Medical Industries
. Managing the existing customer base and developing new accounts for
the applications of precision machined ceramic components and
precision ceramic machining services.
. Developing new customers in the Electronics, Semiconductor
Manufacturing, Military, Aerospace, Energy Conversion and Bio-Medical
Industries - As a result, sales have increased by over 20% and the
Customer base has increased by 25%.
. Developed the training program and managed the ISO 9001-2000
Certification efforts. As a result, the company is now ISO 9001-2000
Registered.
Compaq / Digital Equipment Corp., Marlboro, MA
Jan, '79- Jul, '01
Principal Component Engineer - Corporate Component Engineering Group
. Consulted with Design Engineers on first-device selection and made
recommendations alternate parts. Responsible for the qualification of
high performance memories at the component and module levels for high
performance Computer Servers, Workstations and Network Products.
. Worked as technical liaison between design engineering / manufacturing
and OEM vendors to resolve any component or Memory Module related
problem encountered by Compaq /Digital Worldwide Manufacturing.
. Supported Purchasing and Product Manager on alternative sourcing -
due to quality - availability - End-Of-Life (EOL) and "component
substitution" issues
. Worked closely with Suppliers/ Distributors on second source, device
samples, Supplier Roadmap, PCNs, Device Qualification, Specification,
Quality and Reliability issues.
. Coordinated Device Re-Qualification process.
. Interfaced with Supplier Local Representative to drive Component
Failure Analysis and Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs).
. Coordinated ISO-9000 procedure for Component Engineering activities
Texas Instruments, Houston, TX Feb,
'77 to Jan, '79
Member of Technical Staff, MOS Engineering Group.
. Responsible for the development of DRAMs memory.
. Evaluated competitors' designs and fabrication processes for
Microprocessors and ASICs.
. Performed Failure Analysis & Reliability tests.
Galileo Electro-Optics Corp, Sturbridge, MA
Mar, '73 to Feb, '77
Senior Process Engineer
. Responsible for the development of micro-channel electron multiplier
arrays for the US Army's Night Vision program.
Academics
. BS Physics and MS Electronics at the University of Rajasthan, India
and Graduate Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
. Post-MS Training for One Year in Physics and Electronics at the Bhabha
Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Bombay, India.
. Author of over a dozen Technical Articles.
Honors and Recognition
. Commendations by the US Army Night Vision Lab for outstanding
technical contributions to the development of US Army's Night Vision
Program.
. Included in the Marquis Who's Who in the Frontiers of Science and
Technology, 1986.
. Technical Reviewer of a Chapter in the Electronic Materials Handbook,
Vol. I, Published by the American Society of Metals, ASM, Metals Park,
Ohio.
Representation at Industry Associations
. Represented Digital/Compaq at the JEDEC JC-14 Semiconductor Quality
and Reliability Standards Committee and the JEDEC JC-42 Memory
Technology Committee.
. Member of IEEE since 1980.
Misc. Info:
. US Citizen.
. Have worked on Department of Defense projects requiring Secret
Security Clearance.