MICHAEL SKLYAR

**** ******* ***** *** ****, CALIFORNIA 95130

PHONE 408-***-**** E-MAIL aczgz3@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To find a challenging position as a Senior Mechanical Engineer.

SUMMARY OF SKILLSETS

More than 20 years of comprehensive experience in industrial production design, precision devices, automation, robotics, automatic feeding machines for robotics, innovative disk drive products, packaging, vacuum chamber and mechanism design

Excellent inventive and innovative skills; able to analyze/solve problems with creative approach; invent original engineering solutions to problems, resolve mechanical issues or troubleshooting; geometric tolerance/analysis

Comprehensive knowledge of mechanical engineering principles, concepts, practices and theories

Project-handling experience

AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, Pro/ENGINEER, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, Inventor, Unigraphics systems with 3D modeling, PDMWorks, Teamcenter, FEA-Cosmos

Application usage: Windows, Novamanager; Microsoft Office; Lotus Notes; Microsoft Outlook

Experience working closely with teams of engineers, designers, and technicians to obtain optimum design

Extensive experience in all phases of mechanical drafting (ANSI Y14.5)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Mechanical Engineer (Contractor)

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA March, 2015 October, 2016

Provided development, design, modification and engineering analysis of complex special mechanical assemblies for DSM system, chamber assembly and machine parts.

Acted as a technical resource offering expertise to improve performance, resolve technical problems, and perform troubleshooting. Held design reviews, and reviewed progress results for product improvements.

Design work; maintained documentation throughout all phases of research, creation, development and manufacture.

Reviewed and coordinated in fabrication activities to ensure products and systems conform to specification.

Senior Mechanical Engineer (Contractor)

Nano Etch Systems, Inc., Milpitas, CA December, 2014 January, 2015

Provided development, design, engineering analysis and special mechanical assemblies for the Etch Process Chamber with the shield adjusted Power Etch Source and angular adjusted Wafer Handler with the advanced Motion Control.

Acted as a technical resource offering expertise to improve performance, resolve technical problems.

Senior Mechanical Engineer (Contractor)

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA April, 2011 June, 2014

Provided development, design, modification and engineering analysis of complex special mechanical assemblies for CMP system, rinse station and machine parts.

Acted as a technical resource offering expertise to improve performance, resolve technical problems, and perform troubleshooting. Held design reviews, and reviewed progress results for product improvements.

Design work; maintained documentation throughout all phases of research, creation, development and manufacture.

Reviewed and coordinated in fabrication activities to ensure products and systems conform to specification.

Mechanical Engineer (Consultant, Independent Contractor) June, 2008 June, 2009

ThinSilicon, Co., Mountain View, CA; DayStar Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA

Developed and designed CAD layouts of assemblies for the system, sub-system, and mechanical components level for semiconductor solar industry vacuum deposition applications and semiconductor technology (static and dynamic shuttle frames for robotic load and carrier transportation).

Provided selection of design direction and modification of system components to achieve the lowest costs for the highest solar cell performance.

Documented design work, maintained detailed documentation throughout all phases of research, creation, development and manufacture.

Reviewed and coordinated in fabrication activities to ensure products and systems conform to specification.

Worked closely with other members of the team to perform detailed investigations and root cause analysis of problems that may arise in the development and manufacture of the products, as well as a resolution of these issues.

Senior Lead Mechanical Design Engineer

Integrated Materials, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA May, 2005 June, 2008

Provided leadership and work with engineers and designers to developed, designed, modified, performed engineering analysis, and brought to the market a technically innovative line of all-silicon consumable replacement components (towers, trays, injectors, liners and rings) for use by IC manufacturers in deposition and diffusion.

Researched, developed, designed, and evaluated materials, mechanical components, assemblies, processes and/or equipment. Conducted feasibility studies in FEA-Cosmos to verify reliability and functionality.

Developed new concepts from initial design to market release. Directed support personnel, coordinated project activities.

One patent and two claims for patents in Mechanical Engineering.

Reviewed and approved design ensuring all assemblies, details and specs are correct.

Worked with customers to resolve design issues. Designed and customized products to satisfy customer requirements.

Documented design work, maintained detailed documentation throughout all phases of research and development.

Reviewed and coordinated vendor activities to support development.

Mechanical Engineer (Independent Contractor)

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA June, 2003 November, 2004

Provided development, design, modification and engineering analysis of complex special mechanical assemblies for PVD process chamber, power drive lift, different versions of fixtures and machine parts.

Documented design work, held design reviews, and reviewed progress results for new products and product improvements.

Senior Mechanical Engineer (Contractor)

Mattson Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA January, 2003 May, 2003

Provided development, modification, kinematics, geometric tolerance and FEA-Cosmos analysis of complex special process equipment for the wafer manufacturing, mechanical assemblies and machine parts.

Acted as a technical resource offering expertise to improve performance, resolve technical problems, held design reviews and reviewed progress results with senior management.

Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer

PECO Controls Corporation, Fremont, CA November, 2001 August, 2002

Was responsible for development, design, modification, testing and engineering analysis of custom designed conveyer systems for the ScanTrac system to provide the inspection through economical digital x-ray technology.

Clarified design requirements, provided design improvements of existing designs based on field and reliability data.

Acted as a technical resource to improve performance, resolve technical problems, and perform troubleshooting.

Documented design work, held design reviews and reviewed progress results with Director of Engineering.

Principal Mechanical Engineer

PRI Automation, Mountain View, CA June, 1999 – September, 2001

Was responsible for development, design, modification, test and engineering analysis of vacuum systems, vacuum robotics, mainframes and machine parts. Designed new concepts of the front end and the edge gripper pre-aligner.

Clarified design requirements, provided design improvements of existing designs based on field and reliability data.

Acted as a technical resource to improve performance, resolve technical problems, and perform troubleshooting.

Documented design work, held design reviews and review progress results with senior management; wrote assembly and alignment procedures, ECN and ECO for the new products and product improvements using PDM data management system.

Senior Mechanical Engineer (Contractor)

Tru-Si Technologies, Sunnyvale, CA April, 1999 – June, 1999

Provided development, design, modification, test and engineering analysis of complex special equipment for wafer thinning process in atmospheric downstream plasma (ADP) etching, mechanical assemblies, fixtures and machine parts.

Clarified design requirements, wrote module specifications, provided design improvements for existing designs (designed fixture for spinning the wafer, amending wafer holder with modified Bernully lifting force with the drive for spinning the wafer, and designing test fixtures for wafer holders).

Documented design work, held design reviews and reviewed progress results with senior management, provided assembly, alignment and retrofit procedures.

Mechanical Engineer IV

Applied Materials, Applied Komatsu Technology (subsidiary of Applied Materials, Inc.), Santa Clara, CA 1993 – Dec. 1998

Designed and developed complex mechanical assemblies and machine parts.

Provided design improvements to existing designs (packaging of power distribution and gas panel components, printed circuits board, PVD process chamber, fixtures, and other machine parts).

Provided development, modification, kinematics and geometric tolerance analysis of complex special process equipment for manufacturing flat-panel displays, mechanical assemblies, mainframes and machine parts.

Clarified design requirements, provided design improvements to existing designs (CVD process chambers, load locks, heat chambers, packaging of power distribution, elevators, hoists, fixtures, pick and place mechanisms and other machine parts) based on field and reliability data.

Acted as a technical resource to improve performance, resolve technical problems, and perform troubleshooting.

Documented design work, held design reviews and review progress results with senior management; wrote assembly, alignment and retrofit procedures, ECN and ECO for the new products and product improvements.

Mechanical Engineer

Seagull Precision Inc., Morgan Hill, CA 1991 – 1993

Designed, developed and tested automatic and precision devices: texturizer, clamp family, effectors, head loads, head air-bearing, linear and rotary actuators for innovative disk drive products using CAD systems.

Documented design work, held design reviews and reviewed progress results for new products and product improvements.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT WAS IN AUTOMATICS, PRECISE MECHANICS, AND DEFENSE INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA

As Senior Mechanical Engineer in St. Petersburg, Russia

Developed, designed and tested robotics equipment, feeding machines for an automatic/robotic loader.

Developed, designed and tested precise devices and automatic machines used for linear measuring, and devices for measuring tolerance form profile orientation; process technology design of major equipment parts.

Designed and tested electro-mechanical gauges, gyroscopic apparatus and guidance systems used in medium range missiles and fighter planes.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

St. Petersburg University for Precise Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg, Russia

B.S. & M.S. degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering

De Anza College

Pro/ENGINEER

Hawk Ridge Systems

SolidWorks, Advanced Course

GEI Technology

FEA-Cosmos, Advanced Course; Floworks-Cosmos Course

PATENTS

Four patents disclosures in Mechanical Engineering.

Two claims for patents disclosures in Mechanical Engineering.

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