Client: Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA

• Drawing package update for "Odyssey" product (acquired from Slumberger)
  modifying from Slumberger and other sub-contractor formats to AMAT formats.
  
• Engineering support for development of HART (High Aspect Ratio Trench)
  product in both 200mm and 300mm versions. Primary responsibility was Cathode
  design. Secondary responsibilities included actively cooled magnets (air-cooled
  on prototype, water-cooled on production), chamber modifications, compiling
  master BOM for product release. (Two year contract)
  
• Engineering support for release of 300mm Poly Etch system. Performed
  engineering review of entire chamber/DTCU. Supported Manufacturing Group in
  product release ECO (a major effort).
  
• Design of heavy lift maintenance fixtures for 200mm DPS Poly Etch system.
  
• Senior Hardware Engineer responsible for design and upgrades of Poly Etch
  systems on Phase II and MxP chambers. Integration of CE Marking on the entire
  P5000 platform. Evaluation of robot vendors for CMP wafer cassette transports.
  (Two year contract)
  
• Senior Hardware Engineer, responsible for design and upgrade of plasma
  etching hardware on the Phase II and MxP Poly Etch systems.
  
• Release of designs into large and complex product structures.
  
• Integrated fixes for CE Marking/EM Compliance for the entire P5000 platform.
  

Client: Equipe Technologies, Sunnyvale, CA

• Developed hardware interface between Vacuum (process) and Atmospheric
  (load/unload) systems.
  
• Many minor design jobs for production pieces and customer specials. Design
  of "Wide Track" track robot prototype.

Client: Lam Research, Fremont, CA

• Robot vendor evaluation for 200mm (Alliance) and 300mm Transport modules.
  

Client: Sierra Technology Group, Livermore, CA

• Design of multiple-concentric axis drive system for substrate holder in a
  Commonwealth Scientific, dual-ion beam sputter system.

Client: Fairweather Thermal Platforms, Sunnyvale, CA

• Minor packaging of control system components.

Client: SysTech, Tracy, CA

• Design of substrate tooling for planetary sputter system. Components
  included ball-detent type quick release for substrate holder, main track design,
  and integration of planetary main drive.

Client: Semicore Equipment, Livermore, CA

• Component drawings and reverse engineering for refurbishing sputter
  PVD/CVD/Evaporative coaters.

Client: Quester Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA

• Detail Engineering support for complex Gas Distribution Head of Atmospheric
  Pressure CVD (APCVD) system.
  
• Detail engineering support for process development of partial Pressure CVD
  systems.
  
• Robot vendor evaluation for 200mm (5300) and 300mm APCVD systems.
  
• Principal investigator for project to analyze contamination of silicon
  wafers while being loaded/unloaded by industrial robot. Included test design,
  data collection, video analysis and complete documentation.

Client: TSC, Livermore, CA

• Component drawings and reverse engineering for refurbishing
  sputter/PVD/CVD/Evaporative coaters.

Client: HSD Engineering, Oakland, CA

• Component drawings for large vacuum planetary system.
  
• Component drawings for a production vacuum furnace.

Client: Ion Systems, Berkeley, CA

• Design and fabrication of high-speed, wide web static generating fixture for
  use in developing anti-static products. Web was 3 feet wide and traveled at
  1,500 ft/min.
  
• Design and fabrication of instrumentation upgrades for test fixture.
  

Client: Shrader Scientific, Hayward, CA

• Designed a wide variety of High Vacuum and Ultra High Vacuum systems.
  

Employer: Shrader Scientific, Hayward, CA

• System Engineer, responsible for design of custom vacuum equipment used in
  manufacturing testing including sputtering/coating systems, vacuum ovens,
  Thermal/Vacuum test systems and magnetic/vacuum annealing systems.
  Responsibilities ranged from entire system layout to sub-component design.
  

Client: High Vacuum Apparatus Mfg, Inc., Hayward, CA

• Aid with "final pass" engineering for large (23" x 52") custom gate valve
  for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Provide complete assembly and
  maintenance documentation for both this valve and valves in the regular product
  line.

Client: KMI Energy, Livermore, CA

• Contract Technologist to LLNL: Performed assembly and checkout on Vacuum/Air
  Interface for Advanced Test Accelerator (a "Star Wars" device).
  
• Local assembly checkout of Paladin Section in preparation for shipment to
  Site 300.

Employer: Litton/Integrated Automation, Alameda, CA

• Robot based wafer ASRS for National Semiconductor.
  
• Provided preliminary robot based designs for GaSonics diffusion furnace
  loader.