Project Manager Mechanical Engineer

Chris Pratt Santa Rosa, Ca

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Professional Profile

Mechanical Engineer with nearly twelve years of experience developing complex industrial inspection equipment. Designing electro-mechanical, opto-mechanical, spectroscopy, wafer processing and consumer products (individual components, assemblies & sheet metal). Conceptual development, design, fabrication and testing of prototype and industrial photo microscopy and spectroscopy semiconductor equipment as well as custom optics. Proficient in alloys and fluoropolymers. Technical Project Manager having sourced multiple pieces of custom Capital Equipment for semiconductor manufacturer. Management of contractors, such as Associate Test Engineers and Technical Writers. Hands-on assembly expert. Excellent communication skills. Self-motivated learner. B.S. Mechanical Engineering. EIT/FE Certified, # 97505. Skills Summary

High precision mechanical

design

theoretical evaluation

design validation

Solidworks (6500hrs), Pro-E

(3500 hrs), CREO (1000 hrs),

Autodesk (500 hrs), AutoCAD

(750 hrs), Siemens NX (100 hrs)

Metrology

Spectroscopy

Finite Element Analysis (stress

& vibration)

Geometric Dimensioning &

Tolerancing

Reliability Testing

Electro-mechanical optical system

alignment & calibration

Ultra High Vacuum Design

Tolerance stack analysis

Excellent fabrication/assembly

skills

CNC & manual mill and lathe

(1000 hrs)

3D Printing

custom optics mfg.

Trouble-shooting electro

mechanical systems

Introductory Project

Management coursework

ECO process

Enovia, RTC/Jazz

Intralink / EPDM / Vault

Plumbing and Instrumentation

Diagrams

Trained and Directed Mfg. Ramp

Coordinator / NPI Contractor

Trained and Directed Technical

Writers

Vendor Management

Excel/Office/Visio/PowerPoint

C++

Microsoft Project

GALIL motion controllers

Professional Experience

12/2022 – 12/23: Senior Mechanical, Opto-mechanical Design Engineer for Magic Leap, KLA-Tencor, Contractor

/ Actualize-It Group; full-time remote position

● Developed and designed upgrade to optics module in reticle inspection capital equipment for KLA-Tencor. This involved tolerance and concept analysis to determine the best design.

● Designed transmission inspection station for mass production of optical arrays for next gen. Magic Leap Augmented Reality glasses. Included precision Z-stage to lift optics. Capable of sub 25 sec. inspections for automated assembly line. Managed draftsmen to create assembly instructions.

● Designed profile inspection station utilizing autocollimator for Magic Leap. Included 3 stages for XYZ control.

● Designed air-gap inspection station utilizing interferometer. Included 3 stages for XYZ control. 07/2021 – 12/2022: Technical Project Manager for Entegris, Contractor / Oxford Global Resources; full-time Remote position

● Developed fully-automated membrane testing machine based on manual R&D lab test. Included logging of results on on-premises server and meeting fire safety requirements.

● Led Engineering and Production teams to develop and document equipment requirements for quoting process as well as Factory Acceptance Testing and Site Acceptance Testing documents. I performed multiple FATs as well.

● Worked with Sales, Mechanical & Electrical engineering, NPI, project managers, Logistics and Finance teams (both USA and Taiwan) overseeing the purchase, building, testing, shipping and import of 17 Tools for a new production facility underway in Taiwan. This involved working with personnel from Taiwan to Sweden.

11/2019 – 6/2021: Mechanical Design Engineer, Nova Measuring Instruments

• Developed 2nd gen. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer into world’s 1st in-line production inspection tool. Also debuted as world’s 1st multi-element inspection tool. This system utilized an RF Plasma and required designing for an Ultra High Vacuum scanning environment.

• Analyzed 400 lb. lid/optics assembly of X-Ray spectroscopy inspection Tool for operator access utilizing FEA and Free Body Diagrams to validate safety for certification.

• Managed Top-Level assembly of both SIMS tool and X-Ray spectrometry tool in SolidWorks. SIMS tool was largest file that Solidworks Distributer had ever seen. Over saw SW update including Vault. 9/2018 – 6/2019: Senior Optomechanical Design Engineer, Coherent

• Designed fixturing to manufacture precision optics and kinematic tooling for interferometric inspections of large optics for satellites.

• Designed tooling to handle large optic substrates (1.5 meter OD, 450 lb.) for the Thirty Meter Telescope project currently under way in Hawaii. This required FEA analysis to guarantee substrate and personal safety.

• Performed coating stress analysis of optics utilizing FEA. 4/2017 – 9/2018: Optomechanical Design Engineer, KLA-Tencor, Contractor / Blue Ridge Systems, Inc.

● Used G D & T to design passive alignment tooling to specification for brightfield objective lens array. Included FEA stress analysis on flexures. The tooling helped System Engineers to seamlessly integrate Next Generation Objective Lens ahead of schedule.

● Used understanding of manufacturing processes and GD & T to improve design of prototype optical alignment tooling.

● Managed Collection Optics System Solid model assembly. 6/2013 – 3/2017: New Product Integration Engineer for KLA-Tencor, Contractor / Blue Ridge Systems, Inc.

● Used G D & T to design precision fixtures to hold next generation cylindrical lens’ and UV filters for transmission inspection and profiling by Optical Engineering.

● Worked with System Engineer to design light source polarization inspection equipment for low powered UV light. Including cost, scheduling, concept & detailed design, detailed drawings.

● Training and Management of Technical Writers responsible for creation of Operation Method Sheets, Schematics and Procedures.

● Tracked thousands of prototype parts from local and international vendors, working directly with vendors to ensure product quality and timely delivery of parts. 1/2014 – 1/2018: Mechanical Design Engineer, Blue Ridge Systems, Inc.

● Designed test equipment for back-end inspection of PCB assemblies for private customer.

● Designed guitar effects pedal for Apollo by working directly with customer/owner of Apollo. Design to maximize features and ergonomics while keeping manufacturing costs low. 5/2012 – 5/2013: Manufacturing Ramp Coordinator for KLA-Tencor, Contractor / Valley Engineering Group, Inc.

● Built, wired and maintained Reliability Study for accelerated testing. Including 24 various motors with encoders and 34 pneumatic actuators controlled via 6 motion controllers. A pneumatic control system

(facilities conn.), and a modified pneumatic control system ran by a single PC. This required programming knowledge.

● Built, aligned and calibrated Industry leading electro-mechanical UV Collection optics system; including 34 pneumatic actuators controlling 51 Optical Density filters, 3 linear motors and one brushless rotary stepper motor. All motors controlled with micron level of control.

● Wrote OMS and trained over-seas personnel responsible for building and testing latest generation mechanically actuated UV optics Collection system. 2/2011 - 4/2012: Mechanical Design Engineer / Amerimade Technology, Inc.

● Used G D & T to design pneumatic actuated wafer processing station that can process four 200 mm wafers at a time, complete with custom plating cathode, nearly entirely in fluoropolymers for Thru Silicon Via (TSV) copper plating system.

● Designed automatic wafer etching system that utilized a two-axis robot to move a wafer carrier (boat). Including Plumbing and Instrumentation diagrams to build and service the system. Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, San Francisco State University References available upon request

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