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SR. PRINCIPAL FAILURE ANALYSIS ENGINEER/MANAGER OF FAILURE ANALYSIS
Skills
  • Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
  • Project Management
  • SIMS, TOF-SIMS, XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, FIB
  • Materials Characterization, Metallurgical Failure Analysis
  • MS Office Suite
  • 3D
  • Automation
  • Business case
  • Data analysis
  • Design of experiments
  • Electronics
  • Hub
  • Intel
  • Managing
  • Materials
  • MS Office Suite
  • Personnel
  • PhD
  • Project Management
  • Research
  • SIMS
  • SPC
  • Statistical process control
  • VI
  • Quality control
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Problem resolution
  • Working collaboratively
  • Organizational skills
  • Report generation
Education and Training
2020
MBA - General Management
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
2012
PhD - Materials Science and Engineering
North Carolina State University
2007
MS - Materials Science and Engineering
University of Florida
2006
BE - Metallurgical Engineering
Punjab Engineering College
Certifications

Financial Accounting

Managerial Economics

Business Analytics

Summary

OBJECTIVE: Looking for an engineering leadership role in a growing organization where my breadth of materials characterization-failure analysis skills, problem solving & solution-execution expertise can be utilized for materials development.

Experience
Sr. Principal Failure Analysis Engineer/Manager of Failure AnalysisCompany Name | City, State08/2017 - Current
  • Established materials characterization laboratory for II-VI's 3D sensing (VCSEL epitaxy) and high-power electronics business to reduce and eliminate external vendor expenditure, procure and qualify equipment, collaborate with vendors, hire personnel and supervise operations.
  • Currently managing an 8-member team of engineers and technicians, which provides III-V (GaAs, GaN, InP) and other materials (SiC) characterization support to global production and R&D.
  • Led a 10+ person team of executives, managers and individual contributors to bring precision-characterization in-house.
  • Initiated an internal monitoring system on laboratory operations and status updates for global production & R&D.
  • Successfully led a ~20-person team at the executive level for a ~ $5 million business case to expand laboratory into a global analytical hub, with the potential to support all of II-VI's business units and external suppliers.
  • Traveled to various II-VI business units (domestic and international) to facilitate influx of material, understand engineering needs and discuss standards for II-VI R&D.
Sr. Materials Analysis R&D Engineer/Failure Analysis EngineerCompany Name | City, State01/2013 - 08/2017
  • Led a team of 5 employees supporting materials characterization and research as interim manager.
  • Spearheaded failure and data analysis automation, increasing throughput of characterization laboratory by ~15%.
  • Supervised a segment of materials lab operations, supported design of experiments (DOEs) & incorporated statistical process control (SPC), allocated resources and collaborated in start-up and qualification of new equipment in accordance with Intel's “copy-exactly” guidelines to develop new best-known methods (BKMs) for adoption by materials labs in Arizona, Ireland, Israel and China.
Research/Laboratory Operations AssistantCompany Name | City, State06/2008 - 08/2012
  • Served as characterization lead for team of national laboratory scientists and engineers that achieved a highly publicized breakthrough of 200% efficiency increase in Jefferson Lab's Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator (CEBAF).
  • PhD Thesis: SIMS, TEM, TOF-SIMS & XRD characterization of superconducting Niobium for RF cavities in particle accelerators.
  • Interfaced with numerous research triangle area companies to provide materials characterization services, and assisted in Analytical Instrumentation Facility- laboratory operations.
Accomplishments
  • Industry: ~8 years of materials characterization leadership experience in high volume manufacturing and R&D (Intel, II-VI Inc.).
  • Materials Characterization: Extensive experience with III-V (GaAs, GaN, InP), superconducting (Niobium) and Silicon.
  • Academic: PhD thesis on Surface Characterization of Superconducitng Niobium for RF Cavities used in Particle Accelerators.
  • Intrapreneurial: Established and currently managing failure analysis & research support laboratory supporting global production and R&D at II-VI: procure & qualify equipment, collaborate with vendors, hire and mentor personnel.
  • Leadership:.
  • Succesfully led a 10+ person team of executives, managers and individual contributors at II-VI to bring precision-characterization in-house.
  • Led a team of 5 employees supporting failure analysis and research as interim supervisor at Intel.
  • Team leader for 7 different teams encapsulating academics and industry.
  • Business/Project Management:.
  • MBA (for Executives) candidate at The Wharton School.
  • Successfully led a ~20-member team project to generate a $5 million cap-ex business case, at the executive level, to expand materials characterization laboratory at II-VI.
  • Collaborative/Interpersonal:.
  • Experience interfacing with domestic and international customers and vendors with regards to procuring and qualifying new failure analysis equipment, and providing support and analytical services.
  • Currently collaborating with 6 global teams for production and R&D materials characterization/quality control.
  • At Intel, collaborated in start-up and qualification of new characterization equipment in accordance with Intel's “copy-exactly” guidelines to develop new Best Known Methods (BKMs) for adoption by materials labs in Arizona, Ireland, Israel and China.
  • Technical:.
  • PhD in Materials Science & Engg: projects in wide variety of materials (ceramics for solid oxide fuel cells, metal matrix composites, shape memory alloys, piezoelectric/ferroelectric ceramics, superconductors and semiconductors).
  • Experience in SIMS (CAMECA IMS and ION-TOF TOF-SIMS), XRD (INEL CPS 120), two courses in SEM and knowledge of XPS, TEM, FIB, AES, AFM, RBS etc.
  • Experience in providing an integrated failure analysis solution.
  • Business Analytics, Managerial Economics, Financial and Managerial Accounting Publications List: (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VGnhcbcAAAAJ&hl=en).
Additional Information
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION , Awards and Achievements 18 Intel Peer to Peer Awards for production support in accordance with Intel's values (2013-2017) Student Research Award –SIMS International Meeting, Toronto (2009) Student Awards- SIMS Workshops, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk (2010-2012) College of Engineering Achievement Award, University of Florida (2006) Top Ranker Scholarship Award- Punjab Engineering College (2002) Received U.S. Permanent Residency in the outstanding researcher (EB-1) category
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Resume Overview

School Attended

  • University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
  • North Carolina State University
  • University of Florida
  • Punjab Engineering College

Job Titles Held:

  • Sr. Principal Failure Analysis Engineer/Manager of Failure Analysis
  • Sr. Materials Analysis R&D Engineer/Failure Analysis Engineer
  • Research/Laboratory Operations Assistant

Degrees

  • MBA - General Management
    PhD - Materials Science and Engineering
    MS - Materials Science and Engineering
    BE - Metallurgical Engineering

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