Richard

10/19/2015
Carrboro, NC

Position Desired

Electrical Engineering
Carrboro, NC; Chapel Hill, NC; Durham, NC; Greensboro, NC; Raleigh, NC
Yes

Resume

Electrical Engineer with 5+ Years’ Experience in Lighting & Process Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PHILIPS OPTIMUM Henderson, NC
Cost Engineer with roles as LEAN Champion and Quality Manager February 2015 - Current
• Worked with R&D Engineering team on new product design and cost reductions to new and old products.
• Plant LEAN Champion, completed LEAN End 2 End Leadership Training.
• Performed Quality Manager functions involving diagnosing issues with returned and malfunctioning fixtures and providing customers with solutions to their quality problems.
• Improved manufacturability of products on the production lines and worked to fix issues with assembly as they came up.

CREE INC. Durham, NC
Process Sustaining Engineer – Nitride Epitaxy June 2010 - January 2015
• On first shift, owned MOCVD Process on multiple reactors, responsible for yield, recipe programming, tool planning and ideas to maintain and improve performance and yield.
• As 2nd shift engineer, responsible for monitoring process and responding quickly to process shifts, evaluating ideas from 1st shift engineers, and monitoring processes to maintain and improve yields on up to 30+ reactors.
• Member of team that raised yield to highest level in company history.

INTERNSHIPS

HOLLAND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS (BPW) Holland, MI
Electric Transmission and Distribution Intern Summer 2008
• Researched the viability of a spot network for the BPW service center.
• Helped to organize the pole and street light database.

LIGHT CORPORATION Grand Haven, MI
Engineering Intern Summer 2007
• Assisted in the design and test of a new LED desk lamp.
• Identified and acquired the components used in final production model.
• Worked closely with lead engineer on a wireless lighting system that utilized ZigBee technology to allow control and programming of lighting system via web interface.
• Adapted and added new features to two existing products that were subsequently released to the market.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

INTEGRATED MICROSYSTEMS ENTERPRISE Houghton, MI
Researcher Summer 2009
• Conducted research and development of high-definition handheld action camera for VIO Inc.
• Developed for the TI DaVinci platform using the C Language.



PROJECTS

MICHIGAN TECHNO...

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