Patrick Yeboah
Chandler
Summary
Dedicated Etch Equipment Engineer with excellent technical, analytical and communication skills demonstrated by 12 years of experience as a Equipment/Process Engineer and tool owner at Intel FAB 17, 5 years at Global Foundries Fab 8, 3 years at Intel Fab32 and 26 years in the semiconductor industry.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Etch Equipment Engineer
Intel Corporation
11.2019 - Current
- In charge of OTF DE1 de-installs of legacy tools to enable Eagle tools to be installed for ramp needs.
- Completed SEED assignment for Eagle project for GTT toolset to enable OTF successful transfer and tool qualification
- Successfully completed McKinsey & Company Business Leadership training which will enable me to make critical business decisions on cost, execution, and people management
- Covered Equipment MTL role during managers sabbatical to ensure that all equipment issues in TEL were addressed and escalations followed through. Successfully coordinated 1st LM Robot replacement on Tactras BX platform and returned to production.
- Covered the Shift Group Leader position on Shift 6 to help improve the area PM performance and work distribution amongst the technicians. This will improve tool availability to >90% AE.
- Covered for MTL and led Ideation drive at end of Q1 and hit goal. Serves as ANT FPE disposition rep for all activities. He leads as area checklist matching rep aiming for 100% CE match. Owned JHA report out for Q1 and will continue to own JHA for FE TEL.
- Led ANT tool Pressure faults escalation with TEL vendor and resolved issue. Also led area checklist matching rep aiming for 100% CE match. Drove ANT tools Litmas faults resolution to allow 100% tool to now be 'Active' in CMS for AZ State compliance.
MTS Equipment Engineering
Global Foundries
06.2014 - 11.2019
- Facilitated in transfer of documented procedures for equipment maintenance and procedures on C4B Etch and Sputter tools from Fab 1 in Dresden to Fab 8 in Malta.
- Collaborated with engineers and project managers regarding tool installations and design reviews for Etch TEL Tools
- Reviewed, corrected, and updated detailed technical drawings of equipment and layout designs according to specifications
- Worked with vendor in qualifying etch tools hardware for improved performance, quality, and better yield results.
- Led Back End of Etch team of 5 Equipment Engineers. Mentored and coached group on keeping area off factory focus list. Made sure issues were addressed before they became factory limiter.
Process Engineer
Intel Corporation
06.2005 - 05.2014
- Authored Process Change documentations for TEL Etchers to Improve safety and quality in area and make job lean.
- Qualified New repair vendor for Turbo Pumps instead of OEM which resulted in savings of $1920 per pump repair
- Piloted and Qualified P-Type dope focus rings instead of N-Type dope for savings of $141.00 per ring resulting in weekly savings of $2820.
- Successfully Piloted and implemented elimination of REMOX (Remaining Oxide) from Process Flow thereby reducing number of times wafers are handled.
- Implemented Lean improvements that reduced length of time to perform PM by +6 hours per PM.
- Led F17 Metals Integrated Module Team (IMT) where defects are analyzed and reviewed to identify source. Team included members from Films, Etch, Lithography, Barrier Seed and Polish.
- Led Best Tool Matching (BTM) for Plasma Etch where SPC charts are reviewed bi-weekly for dog-tools and actions put in place to resolve issues.
L3 Equipment and L2 Process Technician
Intel Corporation
06.2000 - 06.2005
- Led all of Etch as Team Lead for both Equipment and Process Techs
- Performed repairs and Preventative Maintenance on TEL Etchers
- Performed role of Shift Manager on days when managers had to be on days for leadership forums.
- Monitored and controlled processes for any deviation or quality events and investigated for root cause fixes.
Process Technician
ON Semiconductors
04.1996 - 06.2000
- Tasked with continuous up-keep of factory in responding to all calls for process deviation or equipment errors
- Made critical decisions as to verifying that all products were up to specification and safety of operators and tools was primary to everything.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology
Rhode Island College
Providence2001
Skills
- Advanced engineering knowledge
- Quality assurance authority
- Data analysis expert
- Tools install and de-install
- Lean improvement expert
- Root cause analysis
- Excellent communication techniques
- Etch Module Tool install expert
- Employee management
- Preventive Maintenance
- Manufacturing process controls
Accomplishments
Covered as Module Team Lead (MTL) to ensure engineering team performed duties without excursion and help prevent quality issues.
Led the demolition of TEL RLSA Tool at Fab32 and lead the JHA team for FE TEL in meeting safety goals and ensuring safety of the team
Qualified 2nd Source parts for the Etch area, resulting in savings of greater than $1.2 million annually.
Equipment engineer for Metal Etch tools at Fab 8. Worked on improving tools health and availability from 80% to greater than 90%.
Team lead for Back End of Etch equipment engineering team of 2 college graduates and 1 experienced engineer. Led team to maintain high tools up time and availability to achieve area goal of 85%
Facilitated in the Ramp of Etch Install tools, closing gaps and escalating issues to get better and faster resolution.
Documented Process Transfer from Fab1 Dresden Facility to Fab 8 Malta to facilitate smooth and easy startup to avoid interruptions.
Coordinated New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, resulting in delivering multiple yielding materials to Design team for testing.
Documented effective troubleshooting techniques used by equipment techs for TEL and Hitachi etchers as needed for machine down events
Contributed to an annual 35% increase in productivity through improvements in operations, quality, safety and administration by piloting PM extensions, New Vendor qualifications and improvements in defects.
Affiliations
ISMI
Intel Charity
Global Foundries Etch Soccer TeamTimeline
Etch Equipment Engineer
Intel Corporation
11.2019 - Current
MTS Equipment Engineering
Global Foundries
06.2014 - 11.2019
Process Engineer
Intel Corporation
06.2005 - 05.2014
L3 Equipment and L2 Process Technician
Intel Corporation
06.2000 - 06.2005
Process Technician
ON Semiconductors
04.1996 - 06.2000
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology
Rhode Island College
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