MKS Inst

To utilize my skills in a position that offers an opportunity to develop in a challenging and creative environment through constant training/learning.

Application Engineer
MKS Instruments, Austin, TX
From 09/2006 -Present

Linux and cLogix compiler or RSLogix 5000 ladder logic for Allen Bradley CompactLogix with DNET, and Ethernet/IP products. Provide technical support for Control IO product with Modbus, DeviceNet for Control & Information Group.
Provide technical training to support pre/post-sale, and customer issues/on site installation.

Field Service Engineer
Hamatech, Austin, Texas
From: 01/2006 – To: 10/2006 (Company closed US wafer mftg operation)
•Was a team lead to build and complete two wafer application tools (coat/bake/develop tool) from schematic and installed at customer’s site.
•Serviced, troubleshot and repaired these wafer tools at customer sites.

Failure Analysis Engineer
Criteria Labs (Former Bridge Point Technical Manufacturing), Austin, Texas
From: 05/2004 – To: 11/2005
•Performed failure analysis including destructive, physical, parametric, and functional level I/II, using Micrion9000 Focus Ion Beam (FIB), JEOL 6335 Scanning Electron Microscope, Sonar Scanning Acoustic Microscope, HP 4145B Parametric Analyzer, liquid crystal technique, Time Domain Reflectometry, FeinFocus X-Ray system, Karlsuss probe station, and bench test equipments.

Functional Test Engineer - Contract
Solectron, Austin, Texas
From: 04/2003 – To: 05/2004
•Defined/improved manufacturing processes for troubleshooting technicians.
•Responsible for all test platforms including hardware/software upgrade, revision control, platform capacity, test equipments (oscilloscope, multi-meters…)

Design Verification Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, Texas
From: 06/2000 – To: 11/2002
•Performed functional verification on IGD4 (two processors) chipset for PCI/PCIX block using Verilog Hardware Descriptive Language, Synopsys’ VCS (Cadence simulation was used for the first year and was replaced by Synopsis), Virsim and Nova’s Debussy simulation tools and C in Sun Solaris UNIX.

Software Development Engineer
Alcatel USA, Plano, Texas
From: 01/1999 – To: 06/2000
•Assumed software development responsible for the release, maintenance for DSC/Motorola EMX2500/5000 switches using C and Zilog on Sun Solaris UNIX Platform.

University of Texas at Austin,
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, 12/1998
GPA: 3.2/4.0

Manufacturing: seven years of manufacturing including debugging/troubleshooting populated PCB/system to component level, PCB manufacturing, quality control, and process improvement.
Computer languages: C/C++, Perl, HTML, ASP, Verilog HDL, Zilog8000 Assembly, RSLogix5000 ladder logic.
Platforms: Windows Platforms, Sun Solaris, Linux.
Tools: Cadence NC Verilog and Simulation Tools, Synopsis VCS, Nova’s Debussy Wave Debugging, MS Office, PVCS Version Manager for Administrators, Allen Bradley RSLinx/RSNetworx and CompactLogix for DeviceNet application, Modbus/TCP, controlled I/O.
Machinery: Universal Surface-Mounted Machines, Wave/Heat Solder Machines.
Other: Principles of Software Testing and Defining and Improving Software Processes.
Foreign language: Fluent in Vietnamese.