David P. Wanamaker

**** ******* ****** *** **** California 95130

H: 408-***-**** M: 408-***-**** aczhhq@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

High-energy, goal-oriented professional in Mechanical Engineering. Includes the engineering of laser scan design equipment, optics path design, pneumatic design, wafer stage manipulators, camera and microscope alignment, light tight design, sheet metal enclosures, factory interface, DFM, DFA, ECO and NCR management, vacuum chambers, process kits, and gas delivery systems. Lead Mechanical Design Engineer and or Manufacturing Engineer on all customer specific tools and diagnostic systems.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

Procedure development

Project Management

Quality Control

Project Manufacturing Engineering

Sheet metal/machined parts design

Supplier Quality/Inspection

System Acceptance testing

Gas delivery system design

Root cause analysis

Control build verification

ENGINEERING TOOLS:

NX (Unigraphics)

Solid Works

Pro-E

Inventor

MS Office Suite, Project

FEA/ANSYS

NAV

AutoCad

Adobe Photoshop

Oracle

Agile

ENGINEERING STANDARDS:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME Y 14.5-1994)

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, (GD&T)

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

CAREER HISTORY:

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (2016-Present)

Systems Engineer III ALD TaN

DEA for the ALD TaN gas delivery systems. Responsibilities include working with DE group in India and NPME group in Austin to deliver gas panels per customer order requests from the BU.

Component selection based upon BU and customer input

Create schematics based on customer process with safety and BU approval.

Coordinate project timeline with India and Austin Engineers.

Present project reviews using power point presentations

Present input for product improvement projects (Hot can designs)

Work with all BU departments to provide custom made gas delivery tools

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (2013-2016)

Senior Mechanical Engineer IV

Responsibility for the Design Engineering function as it relates to performing product design release, part procurement, cost reduction, BOM generation, and reliability.

Directed control builds of product modules. Documented and resolved design issues that resulted in significant cost and build time savings.

Developed supplier repeatability process procedures to ensure that the supplier eliminated mistakes.

Coordinated the successful and timely transition of new products from design to lean volume manufacturing.

Managed and coordinated outsource activities related to the product line.

Provided design information to drafting for component documentation.

Executed, along with manufacturing engineering, the release of project components and kits; performed and documented engineering tests.

Coordinated the procurement and assembly/test of mechanical components and equipment.

Worked with suppliers to generate low cost pricing of mechanical assemblies for production release.

Developed install procedures for field service engineers and customers.

Acted as project manager on TAHOE 400mm tools to ready them for semiconductor consortium install.

LAM Research, Fremont Ca. (2012-2013)

Senior Mechanical Engineer IV

Responsible for new product development, project scheduling, and document release for the 450mm manual wafer handler project in the Bevel Etch group.

Responsible for the development of the 450mm manual wafer loader project.

Designed the chamber, VAT valve, and wafer loader interfaces using UG.

Designed the vacuum exhaust system and vacuum line arrangement for the wafer handler and chamber in UG.

Presented designs and schedules to upper management at review meetings.

Met with outsource suppliers to ensure on-time delivery.

Credence Corporation/DCG Systems Inc, Fremont Ca. (2005-2012)

Senior Manufacturing Engineer IV

Responsible for new product development, production scheduling, and release in a teamwork oriented environment.

Developed and maintained production schedules and supervised production floor to meet on-time goals and customer delivery dates.

Developed control build procedures for all product lines to ensure continuous cycle time improvement and product improvement.

Created power point presentations of system issues that included problem statement, cause and effect, and resolution to eliminate the issue from future builds.

Interfaced with internal & external customers regarding manufacturing issues.

Generated detailed drawings, 3D models and specifications of critical mainframe components when necessary to correct design errors, reduce cost, and reduce design engineering workload using Pro E and Solid Works.

Responsible for BOM structure, document corrections, and ECO release of new product systems to meet Alpha release to customers.

Worked closely with Purchasing to clear system order shortages and resolve supplier issues to ensure on-time system delivery to customers.

Directed outsource developments and build of common sub-assemblies across all product lines that enabled a 27% production build time savings.

Inspected first article parts from suppliers before admission into stock to improve stock room inventory quality.

Developed a procedure to scrap or rework down rev stock room parts to save money and eliminate lost build hours.

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (2000-2005)

Senior Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineer III

Chemical Vapor Deposition Division

Responsibility for the manufacturing engineering function as it relates to performing product design release, cost reduction, and reliability.

Directed control builds of product modules. Documented and resolved design issues that resulted in significant cost and build time savings.

Developed supplier repeatability process procedures to ensure that the supplier eliminated mistakes.

Coordinated the successful and timely transition of new products from design to lean volume manufacturing.

Managed and coordinated outsource activities related to the product line.

Provided design information to drafting for packaging documentation.

Executed manufacturing engineering projects; performed and documented engineering tests.

Coordinated the procurement and assembly/test of mechanical components and equipment.

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (1995-2000)

Senior Mechanical Engineer III

Sub Atmospheric Chemical Vapor Deposition Division

Provided mechanical engineering design and technical leadership in the development, testing and documentation within the SACVD engineering R & D group.

Project team lead responsible for design and development of process chambers, gas panels, process kits, and mainframes associated to the product line.

Oversaw part design, part procurement, fabrication, assembly, and testing of the process chambers and mainframes.

Designed, developed, and tested process kits, gas boxes, and process chambers.

Oversaw supplier outsource activities and developed supplier process controls.

Designed the first low-K process chamber for customer use, (patent 6176195B1).

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (1992-1995)

Mechanical Design Engineer Manager

Chemical Vapor Deposition Division

Developed and supervised design team for process chamber and gas panel delivery systems.

Responsible for the design and delivery of the gas panel module for the new product line of plasma gas process systems.

Supervised and directed gas panel and chamber projects to meet project timelines.

Managed eight direct reports by developing their project timelines and work load to meet corporate goals.

Maintained project time lines and cost reduction plans by creating a work process that reduced project cycle time by 23% and save the project ~ 165K.

Designed and developed a cost reduction gas panel/liquid delivery system that saved the division $1.3M over the course of one year.

Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California (1985-1992)

Senior Mechanical design Engineer II

Physical Vapor Deposition Division

Provided mechanical engineering design and technical leadership in the development

of customer specific gas panels.

Lead designer of gas panel modules, chambers, and mainframes related to the PVD product lines to meet customer specifications and corporate goals.

Designed a process chamber safety clamp, (patent 6012600), that eliminated the possibility of a chamber mishap.

Worked with assembly techs to verify gas panel single line and multi line drop designs.

ECO released designs for production.

Developed a lessons learned manual for future projects to eliminate past failures and errors from repeating.

EDUCATION:

University of Phoenix, San Jose Campus, M.B.A.

San Jose State University, B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering

Alfred State College, B.S. Mechanical Engineering

PATENTS:

Safety pressure responsive clamp: Patent No. 6012600.

Apparatus and method for low K dielectric deposition: Patent 6176195B1.

Torroidal plasma source: Patent 6418874.

Torroidal plasma source: Patent 6712020B2.

AWARDS:

Presidents award for excellence 1997 New college grad mentoring 2001

Ultima chamber shipment award 2000 Outstanding project performance award 2002

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