Engineer Controls

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Portland, OR *****

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Dean La Voie

OBJECTIVE: Instrumentation and Controls Engineering position

SUMMARY:Extensive experience in a manufacturing environment as a

Controls Engineer. Eighteen years in a silicon production plant. BSEE,

specializing in automation and motion control systems. Design engineer

for production equipment design, modification, installation and

startup. PLC programming, Instrumentation and controls design,

manufacturing, automation, AutoCAD documentation, CAD, HMI programming,

specification of equipment, and maintenance. Most recent work has

involved strict documentation control such as are used at Intel, HP and

Altman-Browning for design, R&D, prototyping and production of Medical

and Bioscience equipment, including FDA 501k certification and FDA

60601 Medical Testing and Safety certification.

. BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University

. Multiple contracts as I&C Engineer at Intel Ronler Acres.

. Project Manager and electrical/electronic/controls Design on many

projects, many self-initiated

. Long history of purchase and control and verification of parts

standards, including parts inspection

. Schematic design using CAD

. Technical writing of machine manuals and repair/calibration techniques

and theory of operation

. Familiar with schematics, P&ID diagrams, flow charts, plots, BOMs

. Ability to effectively communicate, both in writing and orally, at all

levels of the organization

. Experience with ISO 9000 as applied to manufacturing

. Full working knowledge of PC use, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and

Autocad

. Hands-on engineering - able to pitch in for trouble shooting and

startup

. Ability to work alone and in groups easily

. I have done electrical design, prototyping, assembly, testing,

procurement, documentation, version control, and personally got the

Type II medical equipment through 60601 certification.

2012 September to Present, Jacobs Engineering, at Intel Ronler Acres,

Hillsboro and Controls Engineering at Lake Oswego Office.

Staff Controls Engineering. Work includes P&ID modification. Instrument

specification. Instrument data sheets. Instrument index. Instrument

installation detail sheet design. Also continuation of work at Ronler Acres

as low voltage lead for demo of Fab20 and seismic enabling of Fab20.

2012 March to 2012 September, Statco, contracted with Jacobs Engineering,

at Intel Ronler Acres, Hillsboro

I&C Engineer (Low Voltage Lead)

This was a demo project of some of the facilities that support process

equipment and my part involved instrumentation for the most part. This was

in FAB20, in preparation for the proposed re-fitting of FAB20 as an

expansion of D1C. I did typical I&C work using P&IDs and Point Management

Database and field walkdowns to specify what equipment was to be

demolished. This took a lot of interaction between disciplines and was a

fast-paced project that went very smoothly. This involved a lot of Excel

work. I traced a few DH+ connections to field-verify old DH+ diagrams. Most

of the work was with VOC, EXH, Waste and Parts Clean systems.

I then worked in the Jacobs Lake Oswego office doing various

instrumentation projects with the I&C Group. This included modifying the

design of AutoCAD documents and selecting instrumentation for various

projects and developing the instrument lists.

I then went back to Intel Ronler Acres to be the demo SDC lead for Low

Voltage, which is my current position. I'm now answering questions about

and facilitating the in-progress demo packages, some of which I helped

develop earlier.

2011 August to 2011 October, Artech, contracted to Hewlett Packard,

Corvallis

Controls Engineer

This was work on R&D for a new line of a different type of print head. The

work involved debugging RS Logix 5000 ladder logic for the various stations

on the line and also Epson 4-axis assembly robots. The goal was to fix

known errors in the line to get it ready for duplicating the line in the

Far East.

2010 December to 2011 June, Evergreen Engineering, Hillsboro, OR, at Intel,

Ronler Acres, Hillsboro

Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

This was similar to previous work at Intel, but more detailed. Modified

P&ID diagrams, selected instruments, worked with Point Management Database,

kept instrument list up to date, cross-checked others' work, modified

Sequences of Operation, wrote Operational Acceptance Tests and Functional

Acceptance Tests. This work involved more AutoCAD work, more Excel, more

Word skills than previous I&C work.

2010 September to December, Norwest Engineering, Portland, OR

Electrical Design Engineer

This was a consulting engineering position serving the transportation fuel

industry, such as bio-diesel, ethanol and the usual unleaded and crude oil,

etc.

Designed storage tank grounding grid systems. Designed tank mixer systems

and integrated them with the PLC and level sensor systems in Alberta and

Montana. Designed pump and instrumentation wiring for water/oil separation

system for a local fuel storage facility.

2008 July to 2008 October, Apex Systems, contracted to CH2MHill, at Intel,

Ronler Acres, Hillsboro, OR

Controls Engineer

Contract to CH2M I&C group to help upgrade a wafer fab for the next

generation of production. I did a combination of cross-checking of P&IDs

and basic planning, such as verifying PLC I/O points. Did error checking

and markups of P&IDs, verifying instrument data sheets, detail drawing

callouts, I/O point consistency with wire lists and actual "field walk-

down" of I/O points. This was fast-paced work to speed up the delivery of

two major packages and several minor packages.

2006 September to 2008 April, Altman-Browning Co., Portland OR

Controls Engineer

This was a full time exempt position with a local engineering, design and

small-scale manufacturing company. Altman-Browning met tight quality

standards for design evolution and documentation for manufacturability and

BOM control.

The largest project involved most of the electrical design and half of the

programming of a type II therapeutic medical device that was put into

clinical trials in nine locations. The device would exercise and provide

vibration sensation to the hand, wrist or ankle of a stroke victim while

providing visual feedback (touch screen and graphics) to the patient and

clinician of the progress. This would restore the patient's ability to walk

or control grasp, in many cases. The device has three servo axes and five

vibrators, whose actions are coordinated with the motion of the three

servos. Designed all of the motion control and B&R graphic screen feedback

for the tests and therapy. Did the majority of the AUTOCAD documentation

for this project. Also had the primary responsibility for the electrical

and software aspects of the 510k and 60601 medical certifications for this

device. The software was done in B&R Basic, which is actually a high-level

servo control language, similar to C++. I coordinated with testing labs and

got the equipment EMC certified and resolved any EMI concerns to obtain the

certification.

Other projects involved modifying and upgrading a bandage punch, designing

the electrical and heater controls on a 30 inch production press, modifying

the C++ software on a piece of production test equipment related to medical

applications to meet customer needs, designing and building test fixtures

for manufacturing needs, electrical construction and testing of products,

handling customer feedback-sometimes resulting in design changes or

software changes. There were several other small PLC programming projects..

2004 July to 2005 October, Spar-tek Industries, Portland OR

Controls Engineer and Field Service Engineer

Full time job for a forest products equipment manufacturer. I was hired to

save a project that was behind schedule. I modified existing PLC software

to a completely different PLC package (AB to Siemens) and then traveled to

Chile for three months to install and start up the dual plywood press line.

While in Chile directed the local electricians in wiring changes and

corrections to the system as it was being installed and started up the

entire system. Tested and tuned the controls and turned the system over to

production.

Programmed a variety of other brands of industrial controllers and touch

screens.

Used AutoCAD as a part of the day-to-day operations at Spar-Tek. Used the

usual Microsoft Office Applications and did much of my own documentation.

2003 Feb to May, Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA, R&D Lab

Electrical Engineer

Contract job as an Electrical Engineer doing instrumentation and controls

design, VFD (servo motor controllers) Siemens S7 programming, designing

cable and connectors on a "fast-track", "hands-on" basis and specifying

assembly methods on a set of prototype photo finishing machines. Included

NEC, 508 panel design and motion control. Also involved electronic and

layout CAD and BOM and parts logistics.

2001 - 2001 GE Automation Services (Intel Ronler Acres),

Hillsboro, OR

PLC Specialist

HPW Expansion Project: Developed Allen-Bradley and Cimplicity documentation

for High Purity Water System at Intel Ronler Acres. I was brought in to

organize and complete the documentation for this project.

2000 - 2001 P2RS Group (Tool Install Design, Intel Ronler Acres),

Hillsboro, OR

PLC Programmer, Electronic Controls and panel Design, Life Safety

Engineering

Exhaust Flow Monitoring Project: Totally redesigned exhaust flow monitoring

equipment for Implant, Implant Parts Clean, and Diffusion tools. Used

Siemens PLCs and interfaced to Life Safety System for tool shutdown.

Designed, programmed and installed the equipment in D1C Implant. Designed

to UL508 and NEC/NFPA 79 standards using AutoCAD. My design is now used in

several Intel Plants worldwide. I used Siemens touch screens on this

project. This monitoring equipment is still in operation after 12 years.

Diffusion Expansion Project: Specified the systems to go into future

Diffusion equipment. Created electrical schematics and created and

modified AutoCAD drawings and arranged to have the panel shop build the

panels after I built and tested the prototype.

Moved all typical detail drawings (AutoCAD) for Tool Install into PDF form

for easy distribution of standard drawings on a single CD.

1980 - 1998 Wacker Siltronic Corp. Portland, OR (18 years)

Controls Engineer (PLC, electronic design, software, computer)

. Participated in the startup of 27 CZ crystal growing machines. Was

working in the crystal growing area before the first crystal was grown.

. Engineering and Maintenance support exclusively to the CZ growing section

for 8 years

Partipated in CZ growing controls and maintenance updates and

modifications. Supported software changes to heating profiles, dopant

profiles, diameter control and the entire growth process.

. 8" Silicon Crystal Growing Machine Installation Project: Documented the

controls on Leibold crystal growers. Oversaw the installation of eight 8"

crystal-growing machines. Supervised and participated in the testing and

startup of these machines.

. Clean Blend Project: Software project leader. Redesigned entire software

and some parts of instrumentation and controls of high purity chemical

mixing and delivery system.

Re-wrote the entire blending system software and added an additional

industrial controller (PLC) and developed the communication between

the systems. Two GE FANUC PLCs, five backplanes, Genius link, 20

graphical "live" schematic screens, 140 alarms, 64 digital inputs, 284

digital outputs, 20 analog inputs, 5 analog outputs, four 800 gallon

blending tanks, one auxiliary holding tank, two premix tanks, two

dosing columns, six recirculation pumps, four delivery pumps, 300

pages of ladder logic software in nine autonomous subroutines.

Integrated the control interface (a Uticor graphics touch screen HMI)

to display detailed graphical status of all parts.

Doubled the capacity of the system and added redundancy. Won an award

for changing one of the least reliable systems to the most reliable

system in the plant.

. Polishing Machine Upgrade Project: Project engineer. Added GE FANUC PLCs

to 12 Polishing machines to accommodate upgrades in progress. Designed the

PLC cabinets and programmed the PLC. Drafted in AutoCAD.

. 6" and 8" loader Redesign Projects: Project leader. Programmed in

Mitsubishi PLC ladder logic. Mechanical redesign to fit stepper motors

and electronic design to add stepper motor drivers and PLC. Drafted the

schematic and physical layout diagrams in AutoCAD. Trained the technicians

and supervised the construction and maintenance of 15 loaders.

. GFA Project: Interfaced hardware and software to a laboratory

instrument, using a PC programmed in C, to capture readings and to test

and format the data and generate database files and to present the test

results. This was the first time this process had been automated. This

method of measuring oxygen in silicon became an industry standard,

approved by Intel.

. E&H Gage Redesign Project: Project leader. Redesigned Eichorn & Hausman

28 point thickness probe for measuring the flatness of wafers by adding

EPROM and CMOS battery backed-up RAM. Specified new routines for point

thickness measurement and coordinated with measurement engineer to specify

bow and warp measurement routines. Added a communications interface to

other equipment.

. 4-Point Resistivity Measurement Tool Design: Project leader. Designed a

new tool from the ground up to do 4-point probe measurements on slugs and

ingots. This machine is still in use today. Designed the electronics,

interfaced with PC and stepper motor, used Keithly instruments, pneumatics

and HP plotter. Wrote the software. Transformed the least-reliable

bottleneck step of operation to one of the highest reliability stages.

EDUCATION

Recent classes in database design, SQL, C++, Visual Basic, VFD motor

drives, NEC code

Oregon State University Corvallis, OR

B.S., Electrical And Computer Engineering (BSEE / BSCE combined degree)

Portland Community College

Portland, OR

Associates Degree in Optical Technology

INTERESTS

President of Portland PC Users Group for the last five years. Have written

a monthly column on emerging computer or electronic trends in the group

newsletter for the last nine years. Skilled with typical computer setup and

repair. Skilled photographer. Skilled with typical Photoshop image

manipulation and typical website management.

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