Engineer Maintenance

Brett R. McManus

San Jose, California

408-***-**** (mobile)

*********@*********.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/brettmcmanus

SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ENGINEER

EXPERIENCE

Soraa Inc., Fremont, CA. 1/11-current

Semiconductor Equipment Engineer Led/Laser/Lamps Fab

• Soraa is a startup Fab were I was employee #25 currently 175+ where my responsibilities were boundless

• Maintained All equipment in Fab (Lithography/ Thin films/ Etch/ Diffusion /Wet benches /Back end /Metrology /Exchange of toxic and nontoxic gases bottles & stock

• Development of a Preventive Maintenance (PM) & Standard operating procedures (SOP) through written procedures & documents

• Managed Vendors in Facilities & Installation & startup of incoming equipment

• Maintained Facilities (Di water systems /House cooling water /AWN /Vacuum /CDA /toxic gases & cabinets and their monitoring systems /none toxic gases /Hazardous waste solvents & acid /Air handlers to Fab /General Building maintenance

• Initialization of parts department and ordering of necessary spare parts

Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, CA. 7/10-12/10

Equipment Engineer Consultant Fuel Cell Manufacture

• Hired for my skill set in Robotics and PLC logic repair practices

• Development of a Preventive Maintenance (PM) program through procedures & documents

• Installation and startup of new equipment

• Modifications in older tools to new PLC logic controls (Rewiring/installation of PLC controllers/Pneumatics/control panels/readouts)

• Maintained of all types of proto type robotic equipment in Facilities

GE Nova Infrastructure, Fremont, CA. 6/09- 1/10

Semiconductor Equipment Engineer Consultant at a MEMS Fab

• Brought in to improve maintenance practices of existing maintenance personnel

• Improvement of a Preventive Maintenance (PM) program through procedures & documents

• Implemented the start up of spare parts sourcing, inventory lists & stock room organization

• Slashed maintenance costs by second sourcing and buying directly from manufacture

• Documented procedures on field service calls which cut back on future routine (FS) visits

Silicon Microstructures, Milpitas, CA. 5/01- 2/09

Semiconductor Assistant Manager / Equipment Engineer at a MEMS Fab

Rose from Level One Tech to Sr. Equipment Engineer / Assistant Manager in 4.5 years (faster than the industry average) through dedication and determination and the love of what I do. Worked in a class 100/1000 Fab with direct contact with production requirements and engineering issues to meet customer satisfaction of 100% on time delivery and zero product defects.

• Implemented Preventive Maintenance (PM) System. Boosted up time from 79% to 96%

• Drove continuous improvement. Changed vacuum settings and timing and handler modifications of 9 different tools including photolithography, dry etch and sputter equipment. Raised product yield from 75% to 92%

• Second-sourced parts and reverse-engineered quartzware, chucks and handlers. Cut out the middleman vendors including reduction of service visits. Slashed maintenance costs nearly $350,000

• Logged nearly 500 tools, meters and power supplies in Excel. Calibrated all components to TS-16949 standards (Transportation & Safety). Opened new markets (airline and autos)

• Amidst 3 company buyouts and takeovers, led efforts to convert MEMs FAB from 3” to 4”inch and five years later to 6”. Removed legacy tools. Installed new equipment. Set up new facility infrastructure including power, vacuum and Clean Dry Air (CDA). Kept vendor facility service costs to the bare minimum

• Documented routine and preventative maintenance procedures. Cut ramp up time to near zero by Mentoring new technicians on maintenance & troubleshooting skills

• Was a Volunteer for the ERT; (Emergency & Response Team

Ventex Corporation, San Jose, CA. 4/96 - 5/01

Field Service Representative Photolithography Engineer

Ventex provides full service photolithography maintenance training and parts for Canon photolithography tools. Managed account relationships foreign and domestic with Xerox, International Rectifier, GE Capital and Siliconix. Developed extraordinary troubleshooting skills with robotics and mechanical and electromechanical systems, and provided training skills for in-house teams to do the same.

• Traveled worldwide delivering on-demand and contracted services. Repaired and maintained Canon G & I Line Steppers worth over $10,000,000. Got tools back online timely and effectively. Converted customer from on-demand calls to contracted services 45% of the time

• Second-sourced and reverse-engineered chucks, mirrors, lenses, valves and PC boards Kept Canon Proximity Aligner 501 (PLA-501) & Canon Mirror Projection Aligners 500/600 aligners worth $600,000 online. Got inventory control up and running. Converted on-demand calls to contracted services 55% of the time

• Overhauled Canon photolithography tools such as PLA-501-F/FA & MPA 500/600 worth $65,000 to $600,000. De-soldered control panels, fabricated cable harnesses and rebuilt mechanical assemblies. Provided customer acceptance before tool shipment. Sold at average markups of 67%

SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT SKILL SET

• Specialized in Canon I-line, Mark 5 and Ultratech 2244i,1500, 1000, GCA steppers, Canon MPA 600/500 series, & PLA 600/500 series, Quintel 7000 & 2001, EV Group 620, OAI, Karl Suss,

• Genmark & Brooks, automation robots

• SVG 8800 Coater / IDI pumps & SVG Developer, Quaid, MTI, Flexi Fab

• EV Group, 810 & 520, & Karl Suss, fusion, anodic & plasma bonders

• Tegal plasma etchers 701, 901, 903, 965, Branson IPC, Gasonics, Plasma Therms CVD PECVD

• Alcatel & STS DRIE, & STS VPX

• Amerimade, Plastic Craft, & Modutek wet benches; Processes include hot pots, ECE, chemical, Aqua Regina

• MRC 903 & 943, Temescal Evaporator and sputters systems, Varian 3190 & 3290, Denton sputter and Facet coaters, Novellus Concept 1, Dry Tech Quad, CVC, TEM, all with Cryogenics, turbo’s, mechanical pumping systems

• Diffusion, MRL, Bruce, RCH furnaces

• Tencor Surf Scan, Elipsometer, Nanoline, Alpha Step, Joel SEM, with diffusion pumps, WACO, Nikon CD, CV plotters, Microscopes

SPECIALTY TOOLS

• Laser Infrometers, LVDT measurement, He leak detectors, O-Scopes; volt, temperature, flow & AMP meters, RF meters & dummy loads; G/H/I intensity meter & laser power meters, anti static meters, Resistivity meters, anemometers, boroscopes, calipers, and many other specialty hand tools

• CMMS (computer maintenance management system), Express Maintenance, Keep Track, gas monitoring & life support systems,

• PLC (programmable logic control) through I/O boards or Computer Managed PLC, binary and basic logic, flow charts, block diagrams; electrical, vacuum & pneumatic schematics

• MS; Word; EXCEL; Outlook; & Access

OTHER EXPOSED SKILL SETS

Airline Industry

• Lead Supervisor responsible for logistical planning and fueling calculations for commercial aircraft with 10 direct reports. at San Jose Mineta Airport

• Repair and replacement of control cabling, fabrication of the landing gear & hydraulic lines and the cockpit electrical harness at Palo Alto municipal

Commercial Offset Printing

• Operation and maintenance of offset printing machines examples, Ryobe, AB Dick, and Heidelberg presses. Ranging from single head offset press to six headed color press

United States Navy / NASNI San Diego, CA

Petty Officer Second Class (E5)

• Supervised six mechanics and two Test Cells for T-58 Turbo Shaft Engines

• Performed 600 hours of inspections on the T-58 fleet, including tuning / troubleshooting of engines and pre- and post-testing

• Graduated top 5% of AD Class A-1 Fundamentals and top 2% of T-58 Rebuild / Internal Components Course. Received Good Conduct Award and honorable discharge in May 1982

EDUCATION:

San Diego City College / De Anza College

• Math & Sciences =>Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Matrix Math, Physics Chemistry

Palo Alto Adult Education

• Aircraft Airframe & Power-plant Maintenance License (FAA commercial license)

United States Navy

• Aviation Fundamentals Machinist Mate training, Turbo Shaft Engine Rebuild School; Rescue / Fire Fighting Training, Petty Officer Training, Management training

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