Quality Management

PRITHVI RAJ

email: ********@******.*** phone: 720-***-****

Objective: Actively seeking a role in a semiconductor manufacturing environment to match my

career background

A broad-based Product Engineering & management experience in the semiconductor industry. Product

support & experience include CMOS technologies to 25nm & lower. More recently, supported major

customers in the role of a CQE to launch NPI & meet Quality goals for DiskDrive & Wireless product

applications.

Most recently employed with Micron Technology in the role of a TCM(Technical Customer Manager). Have

established contacts across cross-functional teams within the USA & Japan offices for team-work. Have

taken classes to train & enhance on-line communication & presentation skills across inter-departmental

teams; developing familiarity with customer demands, expectations & terminology in the Enterprise-SSD

Business. Highly motivated and committed to offer my industry experience in the Semiconductor industry.

SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY: MFG. OPERATIONS & ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Product Engineering Customer Quality Supplier Quality Project Management

Summary: 15+ years of management experience in product engineering with project management skills, technical

interface across functional teams (process eng., pkg assembly, test eng., design development, QA&R). Experience with

New Product Introduction (NPI) & sustain volume production through EOL. Identify and drive cost-saving measures

without compromising on Quality. Customer interface to address & resolve manufacturing & quality issues. Good

presentation and communication skills.

Widely traveled; willing to relocate anywhere in the USA or overseas.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project management (yield & cost saving measures) Customer interface & Quality controls

Document Control support Mfg. flow: enhance & streamline objectives

ISO 9001:2000 certification compliance Strategic planning

Manufacturing & margin optimization projects Supplier interface & Quality audits

A Team player to coordinate & implement set objectives

Semiconductor Operations experience:

Experience with start-ups and major corporations (diverse & challenging environments)

Product engineering (optimize yields, cost saving projects & productivity)

New products introduction & volume ramp support (interface with design & marketing teams)

Turn-key manufacturing (drive aggressive cycle time & vendor management)

Quality & Reliability engineering (identify & monitor critical SPC parameters and controls)

Team-leader for product engineering & customer quality support (hands-on manager)

Resolve root-cause of customer field failures; help identify corrective actions where applicable in mfg. line including design,

silicon process, pkg/assembly, ATE-test & QA&R

Highly motivated and self-driven to accomplish set objectives

Other Hi-lites:

Familiar with CMOS silicon process & technology (mass production in 40 nm & intro to 28 nm)

Microsoft Excel/Word/Power-point capability

Interface with design team(s) to ensure data-sheet margin specification compliance in mass production

Won recognition awards for successful cost-saving projects, team-work & management skills

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Related Professional Experience

Customer Quality Engineering (CQE): Marvell Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA 2008 - 2012

Product portfolio in support of disk-drive & cellular wireless product applications

• shared ownership of tier-1 & tier-2 customer support within the Corporate Operations team

• manage a team of 4 CQE engineers (domestic & overseas) customer support in a certified ISO9001 environment

• key objectives to meet Quality indices / sustain QBR scores for continued business wins

• 8D-report closure, implement root-cause corrective actions from FA & RMA returns

• FA cycle-time & DPPM compliance to meet set targets

• NPI schedule & updates, manage conference calls across cross-functional teams

• team-player in a major cost-saving project

Product Engineering & QA/R: Lexar Media, Inc., Fremont, CA (a spin-off from Cirrus Logic, Inc.)

2003 - 2007

Consumer product experience (USB-drives) using NAND-flash memory

• led the Product engineering team & Manufacturing process

• interface with contract manufacturers to ensure production & delivery schedules

• vendor management to ensure process controls, mfg. quality (fab, assembly, ATE test, audits, FA analysis,

QMS & PCN change notifications, reliability monitors)

Mfg. Operations: Velio & Catamaran Communications, Fremont, CA (acquired by Infineon Technologies, Inc.)

1999 -2003 Product portfolio in support of hi-speed internet & communications via optical fiber network

• a start-up environment; expressly hired to manage & supervise manufacturing operations, reporting directly to

the CEO & COO to stay tuned to the Corporate goals

• products included 5Gbps & 3.125Gbps SerDes for Gigabit Ethernet & fiber channel applications

• explore test strategy for 0.13um & 0.15µm CMOS SerDes products

• challenging tasks in meeting schedules for 2 new design tape-outs and 1 metal change silicon

• high pin-count BGA packages; supported transition to 90nm technology

• manage fiscal Mfg. operating budgets in the range of $4M. Identify resources and materials to stay within

budget forecast; hired critical resources to meet commitments

• develop realistic product yield estimates for sales & profit margin projections

• influence strategic planning with design & apps teams to meet qrtly delivery schedules

• meet goals for a 15% reduction in mfg. cycle-times (design launch through silicon out)

• team-work to contain introduction of 4 new products to <6 design tape-outs; successfully ramped 2 products

(hi-bandwidth optical network mixed-signal in leading-edge 0.13µm)

• facilitate information flow from foundry services in supporting design team’s access to process technology,

design rule libraries & technology reliability data

Additional experience:

Product Engineering: Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont, CA (headquarters moved to Austin, TX)1988 - 1999

Product portfolio in support of computer disk-drive & mass-storage applications

• among the first 160 employees; the company grew to over 4000+ employees at its peak

• challenging growth from a senior product engineer to eventually take charge as Director for key accounts

(Western Digital, Seagate, Conner Peripherals, Maxtor, Fujitsu.)

• recipient of special awards for successful execution of major cost-savings projects and Quality control

management, leading to a $2.5M in cost savings for the fiscal year

Education:

Executive MBA program, Stanford University, CA

Masters’ degree in EE, Polytechnic Institute of NY, New York

Masters’ degree in Solid State Electronics, Vikram University, Ujjain, India

On-line class on six-sigma best practices for quality management & statistical methods

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