GONZALO AMADOR, P.E.

www.linkedin.com/in/GonzaloAmador

acywuz@r.postjobfree.com Dallas, TX 75229 214-***-****

SENIOR MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER / PROJECT MANAGER

SUMMARY: An experienced senior mechanical design engineer and project manager with a history of successfully designing and taking to production precision instruments and automated, semiconductor assembly equipment. An individual exhibiting strong skills in innovative design, problem solving, project planning, SolidWorks & ProE solid modeling, people management and customer interface. Able to act individually or lead multi-disciplined engineering teams to achieve project goals in the face of technical, budgetary and scheduling challenges. Inventor on 28 issued US patents.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GL Automation, Inc., Dallas, Texas July 2015 – Present

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

GL Automation was established in 1989 with a mission to provide innovative, high-quality and cost effective wafer handling and automation solutions to the worldwide semiconductor and solar industries.

Lead mechanical design engineer for custom automation projects including FSI workcell robot lift system, TI chiller lift system, TI FOUP recovery system…

Omniprobe, Inc., Dallas, Texas 2005–2015

Omniprobe specializes in the design and manufacture of analytical tools and nano-technological accessories for FIB and SEM charged particle beam microscopes, with primary applications in the semiconductor industry and materials research.

Engineering Manager & Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (2011–May 2015)

Lead R&D functions and manage cross functional teams of engineers, technologists & scientists in the development of Omniprobe’s manipulators, gas injectors and nano accessories. Oversee the management of assembly drawings, bills of materials, drawing release process and ECN system. Perform employee job assessment, reviews and personal development plans.

Project manager and mechanical design engineer for the OP400 nanomanipulator system

+ Improved axis resolution 10x, increased vibration isolation, improved linear motion

+ Smaller footprint, greater user friendliness with custom cassette & in-situ tip change

Managed the team who designed the next generation gas injector system

Lead improvements in the existing line of manipulators and accessories

Interact with customers, both individual and key accounts

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer & Manufacturing Manager (2005-2011)

Mechanical engineer and project manager for various nanotechnology products and processes

Designed production FIB load lock for oxygen free transfer of sensitive samples (patented)

Designed & brought to production a precision, tabletop, ex-situ, TEM pneumatic press

Designed a rotation axis for the existing, OP200 production nanomanipulator

Designed custom solutions including cryo probe, low noise electrical testing & force sensing

Designed nanotech accessories & processes for managing TEM grids (patented)

Mentored thirteen mechanical engineering COOPs from local universities

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Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, Texas 1987 – 2005

DBUMP Process/Equipment Engineer/Senior Member Technical Staff (2002–2005)

Identify principle defects through the analysis of in-process metrology tests & final automated visual inspection defect data. Expose yield loss excursions, research root cause of principle and excursion defects and work with the DBUMP engineering team to reduce and eliminate associated defect losses.

Built fab from ground up, specifying tool set, installing tools, training operators, writing production and maintenance specifications, writing production recipes, yield and defect analysis and process improvement for solder flux/reflow/clean and all fab metrology steps

Designed novel fixtures to allow mounting 200 & 300mm wafers on two metrology tools

Developed a solder bump model to calculate the electro-plated mushroom geometry and verify that the mushroom geometry does not violate DBUMP design rules

Designed & patented wafer separator to protect bumped wafers in shipping, TI PIA

WWGP/ DSPS Packaging Dev (1993-2001)

Senior Member, Technical Staff – Packaging/Process/Design Engineer

Design and build prototype and production automation equipment for proprietary, state of the art, flip chip and back-end semiconductor device assembly processes. Support key wireless customer accounts. Patents & PIA awarded.

Process Automation Center / ABACUS Bond Group (1987 – 1992)

Mechanical Design Engineer

Provide engineering support for the TI worldwide fleet of ABACUS wire bonders, become expert in the engineering, theory and process of wire bonding and design upgrades for the bonder to guarantee its competitiveness. Responsibilities included design and analysis of looping algorithms, high resolution, high speed, multiple axis positioning systems, material handling, electro-mechanisms (wire clamps) and upgrade kit project management. Patents & PIA awarded.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering (Automatic Controls)

University of California, Berkeley, California

Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Rice University, Houston, Texas

AWARDS

US Patents - Author or coauthor of 28 US Patents

1998 SHPE “Hispanic in Technology,” Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Outstanding Paper Award – 48th Electronic Components and Technology Conference

Technical Publications - Author or coauthor of eight technical publications

Texas Instruments Patent Incentive Awards in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002 & 2014

AFFILIATIONS

Texas Professional Engineer #74901

ASME Member

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