DINH Q PHAM
Milpitas, CA *****
408-***-**** (mobile); 408-***-**** (home)
*******@*****.***, *********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior ELECTRO/MECHANICAL DESIGNER with extensive experience in a variety of engineering environments of Semiconductor capital equipments. Skilled in all phases of product conceptual design layout, implementation, and documentation for production. Strong problem solving skills and collaborate well with cross-functional team members to achieve goals. TECHNICAL SKILLS/ KNOWLEDGE
Pro-Engineer Wirefire 2/3/4/5 (Creo), Pro-piping training in 2008,Pro-diagram, cables, and harnesses training in 3/1998. Pro-e Team center and Team center 8 (Seimens).
NX8.5 modeling and drawing class in 5/2013. NX work experience 9/2013- 6/2014
Solidworks 2014 - 2022.
Experienced in Solidworks PDM/ Intralink /PLM Winchill / PLM SAP.
Experienced in iron casting, plastic molding of mass flow sensor (CMFC).
Experienced in optical lens housing design and assembly fixture for Flat panel inspection equipment.
Experienced in ultra high vacuum seal design, vacuum chamber, IC temperature test bonnet, 600 pin FPGA test fixture design on non-contact probe inspection SEM tool.
Experienced in flexible piping design for fluid delivery system on Linear wafer Cleaner.
Knowledge in chemical fluid delivery system and chemical enclosure on Linear wafer Cleaner.
Knowledge of material application of plastics (PEEK, TORLON, POLYCARBONATE, PVC, PVCC, CPVC, PET,PTFE, PFA,PVDF), Aluminum, Brass, Ceramic, Copper, Invar,Graphite, Steel and Stainless Steel, Cogetherm-M (Mica).
Knowledge of ANSI/ISO threaded piping system
Experienced in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point), Adobe Acrobat writer.
ASME Y14.5 GD&T.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Maxeon Technologies (formerly SunPower Corp.) San Jose, CA Sr. Mechanical designer 8/2017 – 4/2024
Employed as contractor to conceptually support high temperature wire bonding tool development for solar cells under guidance of staff design engineer. Develop, organize and maintain CAD files of prototype tools in R&D environment. Design main framing with linear stage for wire bonding tool, wafer loading station with high temperature vacuum pads, high temperature vacuum chuck and fixtures design for other tools in engineering lab. Design mechanical parts for AOI (Aligned optical inspection) and wires cloaking tool. Use 3D printer to support tools design as needed. Interface vendors for prototype parts purchases. Global Equipment Services, Inc., San Jose, CA Sr. Mechanical designer 5/2017- 7/2017
Work as short term contractor to prepare documentation cleanup of robotic automated inspection equipment. Also to support documentation cleanup of other products. Malema Sensor Corp., San Jose, CA Sr. Mechanical designer 6/2014 – 4/2017
Support engineering product development and customer product configuration request of Coriolis Mass Flow Controllers (CMFC).
Support transitional work flow from engineering to manufacturing.
Assist manufacturing engineer in generating assembly procedure.
ECO releases BOMs and product documents as build. Lam Research / Novellus Corp., San Jose, CA Sr. Mechanical designer 7/2012 – 6/2014 Employed as contractor to support engineering activities of CVD Tungsten metal group.
Design shipping crate of reclaim kit, first in-fab tool kit, shipping support frame. Redesign gas injector nozzle for flow improvement. Analyze and resolve dimensional tolerance stack up of centering chamber ring and centering fixture for process head alignment. AC/DC power supply enclosure design layout. Update engineering drawings, BOMs, procedures for other group through ECR processes.
Lam Research Corp., Fremont, CA Sr. Mechanical designer 11/1995 – 4/2012 Supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry.
Supported prototype engineering activities of fluid chemical handling system, sprayed head deliveries, and chemical containment chamber of 300mm wafer chemical cleaner equipment.
Designed DI water over flown protection pumping system, leveling fixture design for Spindle Drive assembly, Layout and package electrical/pneumatic/fluid controlling modules for CMP
(Chemical Mechanical Planarization) and Linear wafer Cleaner.
Modified and improved several wafer designs to focus on cost reduction and enhance the field services ability.
Interfaced and assisted assembly personnel in CMP pilot production. Involved in engineering design and support of 200/300mm CMP and Linear wafer Cleaner.
Verified compliance of outsourced design documentation releases. Design and release upgraded retrofit kits for field installations.
Maintained and updated P&ID, floor facility template cutout and facility hookup for tool in wafer fab area.
Photon Dynamics, Inc., Milpitas, CA Mechanical designer 3/1994 - 11/1995 Supplier of integrated yield-management solutions for the flat-panel display market.
Actively involved in converting manual chuck to automatic chuck for production.
Designed housings for optical elements and molded covers of illuminating systems.
Supported prototype building/documenting of new Video Image Optics System (VIOS)
Designed tooling fixtures to bond optical elements and resulted 400% production capacity.
Designed pneumatic components layout for new Flat panel testing station.
Assisted and verified design works performed by outside contractors. Schlumberger Technologies, San Jose, CA Mechanical designer 7/1993 - 3/1994 Supplier of non-contact IC probing ATE (Automated Test Equipment).
Employed as a contractor for FIB (Focus Ion Beam) product. Designed, fabricated sheet metal enclosure panels for Laser power supply for FIB (Focused Ion Beam). Supported in designing Laser based SEM testing station for customer. Park Scientific Instruments, Sunnyvale, CA Mechanical designer 9/1992 - 7/1993 Supplier of AFM solutions nanoscale measurement in metrology tool.
Redesigned existing enclosure panels and frames for cost reduction and serviceability. Assisted project engineer on developing cantilever tip scanner for AFM (Atomic Force Microscope ) and STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope).
Supported noise/structure vibration dampening enclosure development for AFM/STM tools. Schlumbeger Technologies, San Jose, CA Mechanical designer 5/1989 - 9/1992 Supplier of non-contact IC probing ATE (Automated Test Equipment).
Designed, built, tested, and released universal temperature control bonnet, magnetic shields for ion/turbo pump, high pin count PGA package part load module, and other load modules such as DIP, SOJ, LCC, PLCC, QFP to be used on electron beam microscope (SEM)
Developed Dual Part Lid and Motorized Wafer Stage integrated with vacuum chamber, vibration isolation sub frame, kinematics mounts, gearbox, and battery compartment.
Designed components for next generation of E-beam column.
Assisted manufacturing personnel on new released products. Ultratech Stepper, Santa Clara CA Mechanical designer 8/1987 - 5/1989 Supplier of photolithography and laser processing equipment.
Developed detailed drawing of main structural casting, machining, and various small parts from rough layout.
Re-designed, detailed, ordered, and built pneumatic control panel for prototype advanced optical stepper.
Monitored ongoing projects in drafting area. Used AutoCAD to generate casting/machining drawings that are released to the production.
EDUCATION:
Associate of Science, CAD 5/1985 Mission College, Santa Clara, CA REFERENCES: Available upon request.