Quality Engineer Blackbelt Certified, Materials/Physics/Chemistry

BRYAN C LAGOS

Parkland, FL ***** www.linkedin.com/in/bryanlagos 561-***-**** acs6qn@r.postjobfree.com

QUALITY ENGINEER

Quality Engineer with Materials Engineering and Physics background and Six Sigma Black Belt Credentials with expertise in Research, Development, Manufacturing, and Process environments, including the semiconductor equipment, sensor, RFID, magnetic materials, battery, and materials development industries. Outstanding collaboration/development successes and technical accomplishments in the areas of validation, product improvement and cost reduction. Participated in multi-million dollar improvement initiatives that led to significant reductions in manufacturing and design costs while increasing product output and minimizing product launch time to market.

DFSS Black Belt Certified

DMAIC Green Belt Certified

Materials and Mechanical Testing

Product Development

Manufacturing Support

Outsourcing to China/India/Mexico

SEM, FTIR, DSC, VSM

Minitab, JMP, Statistical Analysis

Quality Assurance, QFD

Process Engineering

Supervisor responsibilities

Materials Development

HALT, ESD, Environmental Testing

FMEA, DOE, Gauge R&R, 8D

PPAP, SPC, Root Cause Analysis

Particle reduction, ISO 9001

Battery, Vacuum technology

Thin Film Deposition

Microsoft Office

Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Hands-on, Analytical equipment

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Cost reduced and improved quality of existing products which allowed company to maintain market share and remain competitive in the face of increased competition (one change alone saved $2.3M).

Led new product development team that designed and developed the product which launched a new profitable and successful business model that shifted the direction of the company (shipping 750 million units annually).

Created new technologies which were critical to the success of launching new $1M Ion Implanter.

Utilized data to support company lP positions and prevented infringement (put a competitor out of business).

Synthesized the first High Temperature Superconducting filaments reported in literature.

Developed a new technology that shares a patent with a Nobel Prize winning chemist.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Quality/Regulatory Engineer 2/2010 to 11/2015

TYCO SAFETY PRODUCTS/SENSORMATIC Boca Raton, FL

Led efforts to improve products by aligning the product design and manufacturing processes to customer expectations and needs.

Introduced early intervention testing against marketing/customer requirements which decreased time to market and aligned product design to customer demands. Also introduce corrective action process.

Led effort to improve RFID Tag encoding manufacturing calibration system, reducing false rejects and improving yields (80% to 99% improvement).

Characterized, optimized and implemented product designs and manufacturing processes leading to the introduction of successful new products.

Created, reviewed and improved test methods to maximize the relationship between testing and customer expectations, leading to improved customer satisfaction. Specified new equipment when necessary.

Performed and documented tests on competitive products to measure performance resulting in improved marketing strategies and successful patent litigations.

Provided appropriate documentation of the results and conclusions of tests, including management of testing, reviewing of test results and analyzing test data by using appropriate statistical methods.

Reduced engineering costs by training technicians in the areas of test methods and use of equipment.

Served on EHS team and implemented process for laboratory safety inspections, improving overall safety/reducing accidents by 10%.

Championed product improvements and enhancements, resulting in higher customer acceptance levels.

Created Product Assurance Work Instruction database and wrote most of the procedures, ensuring Quality system robustness in preparation of ISO 9000 certification.

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Lead/Development Engineer 01/2005 to 02/2010

Led efforts to Design and Develop new retail security sensor products including Recirculatable VST Tag, which sold 1M units in first week generating $6M in annual revenue.

Reduced production costs by Outsourcing and supporting designs through production in China, India, Ireland, Puerto Rico and Mexico.

Improved Quality/Cost ratios by creating mathematical models to determine effect of cost-cutting design/specification changes on product quality.

Prevented price increases by analyzing incoming materials for conformance to specifications and writing Engineering Deviations to allow for utilization of non-conforming material.

Applied Design for Six-Sigma statistical techniques to cost reduction of EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) Label designs resulting in a predicted annual savings of $2.3M.

Designed experiments on EAS Labels to measure manufacturability of product and improve yield.

Improved Customer Satisfaction by analyzing customer complaints concerning products and determining root causes of failure and implementing corrective actions. Put mechanisms in place to prevent reoccurrences.

Senior Process Engineer 07/1995 to 01/2005

AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES/EATON SEMICONDUCTOR Beverly, MA

Led technical aspects of ceramic electrostatic clamp development and out-sourcing programs – integrating mechanical, electrical, and software engineering work.

Devised and conducted experiments to determine performance in vacuum environment.

Specified and Procured MEMS based technology for novel contact cooling electrostatic clamp.

Reduced particle contamination by 90% by supervising continuous improvement program across all product lines.

Transferred technology from R&D to production for medium current and backside gas cooling implanter.

Saved $20k annually by providing engineering support to improve manufacturing for Electrostatic Clamps.

Selected materials for, designed, and constructed Prototype glass panel Electrostatic Clamps for the in-vacuum manipulation and cooling of flat panel displays during ion implantation.

Conducted engineering tests to evaluate materials for their application in semiconductor equipment.

Prior Experience:

Scientist DURACELL WORLDWIDE TECHNOLOGY CENTER Needham, MA

Developed sputter deposited thin-film electrodes for batteries

Researched thin film transparent vapor barrier materials and increased barrier properties by a factor of 1000.

Research Assistant R.P.I. MATERIALS RESEARCH CENTER Troy, NY

Engineered process for TiN coatings on Carbon Fiber Tows using an experimental Cylindrical Hollow Cathode Magnetron for potential use in Aerospace applications.

Designed, built and maintained ultra-hi vacuum equipment.

Staff Scientist EIC LABORATORIES Norwood, MA

Designed, Fabricated and Tested Prototype Lithium Ion based Electrochromic Thin Films, Polymers and Windows.

Developed and processed High-Pulsed-Current Capacity Cu/Ag wire for Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) applications that had Superior Tensile properties compared to commercial high current wire.

EDUCATION AND SKILLS

M.S. Materials Engineering Electronic Materials and B.S. in Physics (Chemistry Minor)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Black Belt related skills: 8D, FMEA, SPC, Gauge R&R, MSA, DoE, QFD, and Statistical Modeling. Testing Equipment (Particle Counting equipment and SP1, PMS Airbourn, Surface Profilometry machines) and Scanning Electron microscope (SEM); Cleanroom and Machine Shop experience; Thin Film deposition techniques (Evaporation, Electron Beam, RF and DC Sputtering, Reactive Sputtering) Surface and Chemical analytical techniques, including Velocity Sensitive Magnetometry (VSM), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), Scanning Electron Spectroscopy, FTIR, Atomic Absorption, UV Spectrophotometry, Diode Array Spectrophotometry, and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Instron, Hardness Testers.

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PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS

Publications

Particle/contamination Reduction:

Backside Particles on Ion Implaters: Abatement and Cleaning." In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Ion Implantation Technology; IIT 2004, Taipei, Taiwan, 24-29 October, 2004.

Synthesis of High Temperature Superconductors (Funded by the DOE):

"Synthesis of YBa2Cu3O7-X from a Soluble Y-Ba-Cu Precursor." In Applied Physics Letters, 4 December 1989.

"Fabrication of YBa2Cu3O7-X Filaments by Extrusion of a Cu3Ba2Y (meOEt) 7 Precursor." In The Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Series, 1989 Conference, Vol. 169.

Graduate Thesis (Funded by the DOD):

“Studies in Reactive Sputter Deposition onto Carbon Fiber Tows using a Cylindrical Hallow Cathode Magnetron.” This work was performed for DARPA as part of the HiTASC program.

Patents

Semiconductor Wafer Handling:

Method and Apparatus for the Grounding of Process Wafers by the use of Conductive Regions Created by Ion Implantation into the Surface of an Electrostatic Clamp.

Apparatus for the Backside Gas Cooling of a Wafer in a Batch Ion Implantation System.

Method for molding a polymer surface that reduces particle generation and surface adhesion forces while maintaining a high heat transfer coefficient.

Thin Film:

A moisture barrier composite film of Silicon Nitride and Fluorocarbon Polymer and its use with an on-cell tester for an electrochemical cell.

Light transparent multilayer moisture barrier for electrochemical cell tester and cell.

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