Maintenance Technician

Craig Quarles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FUJIFILMS DIMATIX, SANTA CLARA, CA MAY 2010 - OCT 2010

Equipment Maintenance Technician

. Performed maintenance functions, PMs, Target replacements, chamber

cleans, equipment qualification after maintenance, and problem trouble

shooting on sputtering systems, dry etch systems, and vapor deposition

systems.

. Assisted engineering in maintenance and familiarity of equipment

functions. Supported Photo and Wet process equipment maintenance.

Alta Microtec Inc., San Jose, CA Nov 2002 - Dec 2008

Senior Engineering Technician

. Performed maintenance / modification / installation of equipment for

processing needs.

. Modified walls for clean room construction, installed equipment for

application of carbon nanotubes, ICP for dry etching, wet benches,

bake ovens, microscopes, process gas lines, DI /Cooling water lines,

process vacuum, N2 and CDA.

. Worked on facilities vacuum pumps, CDA compressors, chillers, DI and

PCW systems. Worked with vendors to maintain reliability, uptime and

reduced operating cost.

. Assist Engineering in development, manufacturing and processing of

customer products.

Foundry at 530 Race Street, San Jose, CA Aug 1989 - Nov 2002

Equipment/Facilities Technician

. Employed with Censtor Corp., Read Rite Corp., Xerox Corp., Optreon,

and Nova Crystals Corp. Equipment/ facilities maintenance support,

engineering product development support and foundry customer support.

. Equipment install, maintain, and removal of sputtering systems, wafer

coaters/developers, steppers, contact aligners, RIE,ICP Etchers, Veeco

Micro Etchers, Comptech 2440s,2450s, PE 4400, MRC 643, cryo pump

maintenance and repair, various wet process benches, dektak

profilometers, CVC cluster tool, CVC 2800, CVC 601, Paratec conformal

coater and Plasma Therm (Unaxis) CVD deposition/ICP system.

. Supported Fab. Facilities, process vacuum pumps, chillers, AWN, CDA

compressors, DI and PCW, air handlers and toxic gas cabinets.

. Performed process gas cylinder replacement, and RF power supply

repair, proficient in vacuum system problem solving, use of partial

pressure gauges, mass spectrometers, and He leak detectors.

. Processed customer parts in a development effort using thin film

processes and testing.

. Supported customers with equipment maintenance.

IBM Alamaden Research Center, San Jose, CA Jun 1987 - Apr 1989

Senior Laboratory Specialist

. Laboratory technician for advanced magnetic heads and magnetic films,

thin film deposition, dry etch, wet etch, and photolithography

processes.

. Performed in process analytical test consisting of SEM micrograph

dimension measurements, EDX film inspection, inline microscope

inspection, profilometer, laser thickness measurements, and BH Loop

magnetic measurements to maintain in process control.

. Maintained vacuum equipment, charts, and logs for processes and

equipment conditions.

IBM E. Fishkill NY/San Jose, CA Jul 1974 - Jun 1987

Electro-Mechanical Technician

. Trouble-shooting for electrical, electronic, high vacuum, photo, and

wet process equipment problems. Installed and maintain fully automated

I.C. manufacturing and development equipment sector.

. Maintenance of thin film head manufacturing equipment and development

laboratory support for lapping and slicing process development.

Education:

PENN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

AAS

Pittsburgh, PA.USA

Major: Electronic Technology

IBM Training:

Josephson device physics, Fundamentals of magnetic materials, Electron beam

technology, Vacuum technology, Pneumatics/Fluidics fundamentals, Laser and

chemical safety, and Contamination control.

Vendor Training:

VEECO NEXUS MAINTENANCE, CVC CLUSTER TOOL OPERATION, UTS 1500/ 1700

MAINTENANCE, QUINTEL AND CARL SUSS ALIGNER MAINTENANCE, PARATEC COATER

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, PERKIN - ELMER ALIGNER MAINTENANCE.

Work Experience:

PHOTO LITHOGRAPHY TOOL DEVELOPMENT, VACUUM TECHNOLOGY ON R.I.E, PLASMA

ETCHERS ICP, I.B.E, CVD, PECVD AND SPUTTERING SYSTEMS RF/DC MAG. -ON LINE

MAINTENANCE IN MANUFACTURING AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS, VACUUM,

PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY, AND WET PROCESS - BUILD AND DEBUG AUTOMATED WAFER

PROCESSING SYSTEMS - MAINTAIN MASK FABRICATION EQUIPMENT - EXPERIENCE IN

PLUMBING, ELECTRIC WIRING, AND WORKING FROM PRINTS, SCHEMATICS, AND

COMPONENT LEVEL TROUBLE SHOOTING.

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