Arvynn Apilado, New Product Development Manager, Sr. Principal Product Development Engineer

Arvynn Apilado

New Product Development Manager, Sr. Principal Product Development Engineer

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR, ON SEMICONDUCTOR

Location
Philippines
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Experience
20 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 8 Months

New Product Development Manager, Sr. Principal Product Development Engineer at FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR, ON SEMICONDUCTOR
  • Philippines - Lapu-Lapu City
  • April 2006 to March 2021

New Product Development Sr. Manager, FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR (Suzhou, China & Cebu Philippines, April 2006 -September 2016)

Sr. Principal Product Development Engineer, ON SEMICONDUCTOR (Cebu, Philippines, September 2016 -April 2021)

- Reported to the Business unit Development Engineering Director, as a member of the Staff leadership team of Automotive Product Line organization with new product development engineering, people and project management functions.
- Lead a group of cross functional engineers and technician. Project management.
- Project management and New Products Development. Developed, qualified and released New Products for Automotive business application via APQP, AEC Q101/Q100 standards. Development, qualification and release to production of Discrete and semi-functional new products in standard discrete and smart power module packages intended for Automotive and Industrial applications.
- Product electrical characterization, datasheet generation, test and hardware development qualification, product documentations and PPAP.
- Product sustaining and customer support. Product portfolio management, yield improvement, test time and cost reduction. Test flow and coverage standardization.
- Manage engineering build request, provided technical expertise on yield/parametric data analysis and disposition. Directly involve in defining new product development processes.
- Interface globally with cross functional teams of product line marketing, package development, design, FAE, Quality and Manufacturing Assembly/Test organization whenever necessary to address new product development concerns, customer support needed and to resolve product issues with the customer.
Accomplishments:
- Completed the new product development and release to production of the Known Good Device for Automotive application. This is ON’s first awarded KGD program (Design Win) in a strategic region (Japan) and customer with a business opportunity of US$5M annual revenue, 45% gross margin.
- Successfully developed, qualified and released New Products for Automotive business application via APQP, AEC Q101/Q100 standards with PPAP. Directly responsible and involved in the development of more than 200 Discrete and semi-functional new products in standard discrete and smart power module packages intended for Automotive applications. Examples are the following products with their corresponding potential 5 years total revenue: Fairchild’s first Known good die devices (> $2M), Fairchild’s first Smart Ignition IGBT ($3.5M), Fairchild’s first Smart Power Module products (> $50M). These projects are vital in the successful growth of Fairchild’s automotive business which had attained a 116% growth in revenue and 60% improvement in gross margin within 5 yrs.
- Contributed in the success of the company’s cost reduction initiatives via in-sourcing or cross qualifications of automotive products from one assembly/FAB site to another by managing the completion of more than 200 products electrical characterization, data analysis and disposition process.
- Promoted to Product Development Sr. Manager (May 2012).
- Promoted to Staff Product Engineer (March 2010).

Product/Test/Wafer Sort Device Engineer (August 2000- April 2006) at ON Semiconductor
  • Philippines - Cavite City
  • August 2000 to April 2006

- Handled ON Semiconductor Standard Analog and Logic products at Final Test and wafer sort. Conducted engineering verification, analysis, provided containment/corrective actions and disposition on low yield lots, electrical gate failures, and customer returned product.
- Worked with business unit Product engineers on new product introduction. Completed product test characterization with analysis of results.
- Interface with wafer FAB, onshore product engineers and Assembly/Final Test sites regarding any device/product related issues.
- Generated and implemented several specifications and work instructions for wafer sort/final test. Generated, debug and qualified final test/wafer sort programs.
- Yield enhancement, test time and scrap/cost reduction projects. Directly responsible for the automation of several manual test processes, test program optimization, test method enhancement, guard band and limits optimizations.
- Device Control Map Generation and qualification at wafer sort.
- Lead and worked with a cross functional teams of engineers in investigating and resolving quality issues with customer via 8D methodology.
- Mentored line operators, technicians and apprentice engineers.

Accomplishments:
- OSPI Employee of the Year nominee in year 2005.
- Transferred and qualified the wafer sort process from Europe to the ON Semiconductor manufacturing facility in the Philippines. Successfully set up and sustained the wafer sort process in OSPI.
- Two times Employee of the Month Award with OSPI (Nov.2001 and Dec.2003)
- Provided engineered solutions to wafer sort/final test problems

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • at MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
  • January 2000

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Engineering
Engineering Management
New Product development
Product Engineering
Yield Enhancement and Cost Reduction
Product and Test Engineering
New Products Development
Project Management
Engineering Data Analysis
Automated Test Equipments
Communication Skills
People Management/ Leadership
MS Office Applications

Languages

English
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Hobbies

  • Body Building (Fitness), Riding Motorcycle (Touring)
    Promoted to Product Development Sr. Manager (May 2012). Promoted to Staff Product Engineer (March 2010). OSPI Employee of the Year nominee (2005). Two time Employee of the Month Awardee with OSPI (Nov 2001 & Dec.2003). Developed and Released new products that are vital in the successful revenue and gross margin growth of the company's Automotive and Industrial business segment.