Matthew Gold

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

As an exceptional Equipment Engineer with in-depth experience in electro-mechanical, robotics, optics and lasers alignment/process procedures as pertaining to steppers/scanners in the semiconductor industry. Demonstrate mechanical and electrical skills in troubleshooting and root-cause analysis with additional skills as a machinist to design/create custom tooling and parts to support long-term solutions.

As an assertive leader: utilized management skills to train engineers, process/equipment technicians and management during technical task force teams using Ishikawa, 8D approaches where knowledgeable assessment were required to deliver a concrete solution for internal processes or customer support.

Scanner\Stepper Expert

Exceptional Budgetary Skills

Analytical Troubleshooting

Managerial Skills

Effective Leadership

System Optimization

Lean Manufacturing

Team Training

Team Player

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Equipment Engineer / Process Engineer– Photo Lithography 2013-present

Infineon Technologies Americas, Temecula, CA

Reduced ASML service contract and parts cost by $375K annually.

Increase ASML throughput by 125% by optimizing PID settings (i.e. exposures/handling).

Modified chemical storage and use for a Polyimide process reducing chemical cost by $114k/annually

As 3rd line production/equipment support worked flex-shifts and provided 24/7 coverage, as needed to achieve production goals.

Program wafer flows on TEL Mark7/8 Coat/Develop track processes to optimize production flows.

Troubleshoot production and engineering lot hold issues for DOE’s, Pilot, and metrology measurements

Coded ASML stepper jobs and TEL track jobs to support production and experiments.

Lead ASML team, direct daily activities for engineering activities, PM’s and maintenance technician corrective actions.

Manage projects to improve throughput, stability, uptime, and progress report to executive management

Specified proper maintenance procedures and frequency to keep production equipment operational, performing upgrades to increase productivity and reliability

Senior Equipment Engineer – Photo Lithography/ Metrology 2011-2013

Atmel Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO

Eliminated contract on Excimer lasers reducing parts and contract cost by a total of $1M in one year.

Reduced ASML service contract and parts cost by $1.2M equal to 33% of original cost

Trained maintenance technicians and engineers on Cymer lasers and ASML steppers.

As 3rd line support for production/equipment support worked all hours 24/7 as needed to maintain production goals.

Research and introduce system upgrades to improve equipment productivity and reliability

Performed in-house parts repairs to reduce equipment repair cost and reducing facilities helium usage

Directed daily activity of ASML Service Engineers and Atmel Technicians on all shifts

Senior Equipment Engineer – Photo Lithography/ Metrology 2010-2011

Anadigics, Warren, NJ

Designed system upgrades to improve system performance and reliability.

Reduced equipment maintenance contract cost by $1M.

Led Kaizen teams to improve equipment interface and performance

Implemented Lean manufacturing practices and Six sigma improvements to production equipment and production areas

Designed and implemented system upgrades for CVD equipment

Senior Equipment Engineer – Photo Lithography/ Metrology 2004-2009

Linear Technology, Camas, WA

Optimized ASML, SVGL, and UltraTech Stepper Equipment maintenance, repairs, and parts availability, improving tool uptime from 81% to 96%

Designed tool modifications for SVGL 8800 coat tracks reducing contamination by 40% and improving downstream tool performance and uptime

Researched parts suppliers reducing parts cost by up to 60%

Designed tool modifications to allow Olympus autoloaders to be mounted to Nikon, Cannon, and Nanospec microscopes. Installed 50 autoloaders and microscopes

Repaired Yield Engineering Systems production ovens

Owner/ Field Service Engineer 2003-2010

IDS, LLC Battle Ground, WA

Successful home-based business installing, and repairing ASML Steppers. Annual revenue +$80K

Prospected for clientele utilizing past relationships within the industry.

Travel to remote customer locations to install and maintain production equipment

Provide repair services for production equipment parts

Train customer engineers and technicians to maintain and repair ASML steppers

Senior Equipment Engineer 2001-2003

Maxim Integrated Products, Beaverton, OR

Supervised five technicians in preventative maintenance and repair of equipment.

Decreased production times by 20% by improving equipment performance.

Worked with Process Engineering to redesign processes improving equipment uptime and lifetime.

Trained maintenance technicians and production specialists to maintain and repair production equipment.

Install ASML 2500 and 5500 steppers to increase fab capacity

Field Service Engineer 1996-2001

ASML, Tempe, AZ

Supervised and schedule day-to-day operations of five customer support engineers.

Became the only field service engineer to receive a mid-year promotion.

Trained customers and internal engineers to perform preventative maintenance and repair of ASML steppers.

Created training material for ASML Customer Support Engineers

Traveled to remote customer sites as Field Service and Technical support

Trained in the Cymer factory to become ASML/Cymer Technical Support. Traveled to train ASML Customer Support Engineers to maintain and repair Cymer excimer lasers

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science - Electronics Engineering Technology, DeVry Institute of Technology, Phoenix, Arizona

Certificate of Completion - Root Cause Analysis, Clark Community College, Vancouver, WA

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

All Levels of ASML 2500, 5500 service and repair

Cymer 5000 level 1 and level2, +4 months in Cymer factory for Customer inside program.

24 hr Hazmat training

SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Suite

Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, 5-Why, Fishbone

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