Sr. Process Technician

Brian J. Braga

Sr. Process Technician

*-*****@*******.***, 508-***-****

Summary:

Engineering support professional with thirteen years experience in production and R&D environment.

Responsibilities spanned operating/programming equipment, analyzing/reporting data, to drafting engineering markups. Eager to gain valuable knowledge and committed to quality service.

Skills and Accomplishments:

• Operated vacuum chambers for depositing thin film metals.

• Implemented RCA cleaning method that removes particles from textured glass and nanostructured substrates.

• Developed techniques for etching ZnO film using sputtered silver and wet etch methods.

• Designed a two part plug that became part of the manufacturing standard operation process.

• Implemented a sanding process that removes wrapped around finger on Si-wafers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Solasta Inc. – Newton, MA (9/09 – 2/10)

Sr. Process Technician

• Operated various vacuum chambers both manual and automated, including Chemical Vapor Deposition for Transparent Conductive Oxide, using DEZ Diethyl Zinc/ TMA Trimethyl Aluminum, and Plasma Vapor Deposition for (titanium, gold, silver, Al doped zinc oxide (AZO), and tin doped indium oxide (ITO).

• Performed photolithography process that included photo resist application, exposure, baking, developing, and etching.

• Operated and trained on lab-bench scale wet etching and cleaning processes using hazardous chemicals.

• Operated laboratory instruments to perform physical and electrical characterization of samples such as film thickness, transmittance, reflectance, SEM, and 4-point probe resistivity measurements to evaluate the results of the processes.

• Imported analytical/metrology data into Statistical Process Controls for process control.

Schott Solar – Billerica, MA (11/07-8/09)

Process Technician III

• Performed accelerated environmental reliability testing to examine the suitability and service life of solar panels after being subjected to the influence of temperature, humidity, and light.

• Created detailed reports with photos and graphs outlining the influence of accelerated environmental reliability testing over time.

• Designed sample holder for reliability testing.

• Analyzed new and existing materials.

• Analyzed transmittance of glass and ecapsulant, also reflectance of anti-reflecting coating.

• Performed viscosity measurements on busbar and finger paste using Brookfield viscometer.

• Characterized metallization on cell surface, busbars and fingers width and heights using KLA Tencor Profiler.

TYCO Electronics (Kelly Engineering Services) – Lowell, MA (6/07-11/07)

Process Technician III

• Programmed humidity and thermal cycle/shock chambers per MIL standards.

• Programmed and performed random, sine and shock vibration using UD and Ling systems.

• Performed constant acceleration, drop/mechanical shock, and wind/water testing.

Suntron Corp - Northeast Operations Lawrence, MA (2003-2006)

Engineering Change Order Coordinator/ Quote Specialist/ Drafter

Engineering Change Coordinator

• Coordinated engineering change orders with planners, program managers, and engineers.

• Maintained customer records to ensure they are readily retrievable in an organized environment that maintains the informational and physical integrity of the record.

Quote Specialist

• Generated and managed labor estimates using complex documents and detailed excel spreadsheets for the sales department and program management.

• Reviewed quote data and packages to determine if product is suitable for facility.

• Developed customers and corporate personal relationship in order to gather additional information for an accurate and timely quote package.

Drafter

• Created component drawings using MicroGrafx Designer.

• Implemented engineering change order on to visual aids, prior to next schedule build.

ACT Manufacturing, Marlboro, MA (1996-2002)

New Products Process Technician (2000-2002)

• Generated and uploaded programs using fujicam software used in the placement of surface mount components onto pcb’s.

• Assisted engineering with troubleshooting program problems.

• Maintained work in process and build schedules.

• Supervised employees in multiple departments when needed.

• Maintained product output for 2 surface mount lines.

• Assisted planners & program managers with production scheduling.

Systems: PC running Windows 9X, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional

Applications: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, MicroGrafx Designer, Pro-Engineering 3.0

Education and Certificates:

Hudson High School, Hudson, MA

• General Diploma Graduate 1996

• Awards: Scholastic, sports, extracurricular activities (football & wrestling)

New Horizons, Nashua, NH

• CompTia A+ Certification 2007

• CompTia Net+ Certification 2007

Visible Edge - PTC, Hudson, NH

• Intro to Pro-Engineering – Wildfire 3.0 Certificate 2007

• Creating Production Drawings Wildfire 3.0 Certificate 2007

• 3D Drawings with Wildfire 3.0 Certificate 2007

• Advanced Assembly Management Wildfire 2.0 Certificate 2007

Brookfield Engineering Labs, Middleboro, MA

• Viscosity Measurements – Certificate 2009

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