Vinod Balakrishnan, Process engineer

Vinod Balakrishnan

Process engineer

ST Microelectronics Pte Ltd

Location
Singapore
Education
Diploma, Semiconductor Technology
Experience
21 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 6 Months

Process engineer at ST Microelectronics Pte Ltd
  • Singapore
  • My current job since July 2015

Manage the Probe card technician & monitor the daily output.
Prepare the presentations, Reports customer complaint
Mange the inventory provide the output without delay to the customer.
Prepare the investigation report for the customers related quires

ENGINEERING SPECIALIST IV at Seagate International Technology, Singapore.
  • Singapore - Woodlands
  • My current job since February 2018

Responsibilities:
 Conduct preventive maintenance to increase the machine performance.
 Perform evaluation and test to qualify a new product requested by customer.
 Upgrade product and machine depending on disk requirements and demands.
 Hands-on job of automated machines to troubleshoot errors related to mechanical and
electrical parts.
 Assist in trouble shooting machine problems, carry out repair works and ensure products
meet production and quality targets with minimal waste.
 Perform the teach point and set-up for the adept robot.
 Support the manufacturing line to improve the yield.
 Assist in managing the department budget and monitor critical inventory spares and parts
for the production.
 Set up machine for part change-over to run parts of different form factor according to
production schedule.
 Troubleshoot and provide remedies to machine electrical or mechanical Problems.
 Troubleshoot and provide remedies to quality related issues encountered during the
production.
 Allocate and dedicate tasks to Production Technicians (PTs) and ensuring resources are
effectively managed

(Assistant Engineer Automation) at Seagate Technology International
  • Singapore
  • December 2014 to June 2015

• Assist in managing the department budget and monitor critical inventory spares.
• Allocate and dedicate tasks to Production Technicians (PTs) and ensuring
resources are effectively managed.
• Troubleshoot and provide remedies to machine electrical or mechanical
problems.
• Support the manufacturing line to improve the yield.
• Assist in trouble shooting machine problems, carry out repair works and
ensure products meet production and quality targets with minimal waste.
• Perform the teach point and set-up for the adept robot.

Application Engineer (Design & Process / Application) at Techno Probe Asia Pte Ltd
  • Singapore
  • August 2010 to November 2014

• Lead Multi role to support for Design /Application support for Cantilever & vertical Probe card & activities in Singapore plant.
Process Support
• Help manufacturing on Design related issues during each phase of the Spider. It is my responsibility to work with all related process to ensure that the production continue normally.
• Design product structure to meet various requirements such as, balance contact force applications, copper under pad, die-electric devices, and multi-site test and control scrub solutions.
• Write process specification & measurement of tip length, Tip diameter, Probe Depth.
• Provide solution to designers on complicated design projects.
• Conduct engineering evaluations to study process variation and identify suitable method to improve the process
• Work with related section to prepare corrective and preventive action report as and when there is some quality related issue internally and externally.
• Participate to prepare 8D report for any quality issue that claimed by Customer and suggest adequate solution to the problem.
• To accomplish role as internal auditor to improve system procedure and system to meet ISO9001 requirement.

Associate Engineer (Final test) at United Test and Assembly Centre Ltd
  • Singapore
  • January 2007 to August 2010

Responsibilities:

To ensure smooth production by providing good maintenance of hardware, machines like Teradyne (Catalyst/ Tiger/ Verigy testers and Qualification of tester for mass production and do debugging/troubleshooting if problem occurs. Have done procedure for RF test flow calibration for Pin Scale and Quad Dense Verigy testers
Areas in Knowledge

• Program Conversion, configure & calibration Testers (RF & Baseband)
• Test program debugging at testers like Teradyne IFLEX, UFLEX, J750, J971, and Tiger), (HP93K/HPPS) Verigy testers, Catalyst,
• Design Supporting Hardware, e.g. Socket, load boards, Nest & Change kit Perform Design Debug. Device Characterization.
• Assist PE for new device set-up.
• Perform qualification of new product / equipments
• Involve in Quality / productivity improvement projects
• Data compilation on the yield, device performance index
• Support engineer in resolving daily line issue and meet quality and productivity target set
• Participate in quality, productivity, yield and maintenance cost improvement training programs.
• Verify final test products such as customers like Broadcom, Sitel, ST Micron,
Chartered, and Texas Instrument that has a problems such as low yield, not passing during conversion, tester problems or hang ups, quality issues.
• Having Good Knowledge in OEE System & improvement activity
• Prepare charts & presentation for new customers

Associate Engineer at STATS Chip PAC LTD
  • Singapore
  • August 2005 to December 2006

Description of job Responsibilities
• Responsible in Line Support & conversion
• Doing offline & online conversion of Handlers
• Attend Down Time Clear the jamming reduce the down time
• Reboot of Testers & run time error in Unix programme
• Supporting test process on production floor by improving productivity & monitoring visual defects
• Run SPC through RVSI Machine ensure the quality output
• Low yield verification, resolve socket & load board issues
• Running correlation & verify device issues or setup issues.

Training & Awards Acquired
• Successfully completed On Job Training Programme In Teradyne Testers (CAT & Tiger )
• Successfully completed On Job Training Programme In
Handlers like NS6040, 7000, Delta Edge
• Successfully completed On Job Training Programme In
Final Test Core Training (Awarded by ITE, Singapore)
• Successfully completed a course on Design & Servicing of
Power Supplies (SMPS &UPS) (Cont education programme)
• Successfully Completed a course on Monitor Servicing

Engineering Assistant at PRASAR BHARATI BRODCASTING CORPORATION OF INDIA
  • India - Chennai
  • November 2002 to August 2005

Responsibilities:
• Control & Monitoring in Master control Room, Digital Terrestrial
• Transmitters & Earth stations.
• Uplink the Quality signals through Earth stations
• Transmitting digital signals in high quality standards such as MPEG& DVB
• Support for live transmission & News coverage’s through DSNG.
• Transmission in MCPC / SCPC Modes
• Handling & operating knowledge In Harris Automation & Luth Automation
• Operation & Maintenance of Scopus amp; Tandberg IRD
• Down link the feed news
• Controlling maintains audio& video levels in Transmitters.
• Operation &maintenance Console switchers such Pinnacle &16X16
• Leitch switchers in post production units.
• Knowledge in Crawling through character generator (Pixel Power)
• Operating Knowledge in DTH Platforms.
• Training Skills : Attend the training for Pixel Power Character generator& certified
• By Pixel power(UK).
•Attend Video Equipments Training such as Encoders, Decoders,
•Multiplexers (Tandberg &Scopus)
•Television studio Equipments Training certified by Prasar BharathiBroadcasting Corporation of India

Education

Diploma, Semiconductor Technology
  • at TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC
  • January 2011

Subjects: Wafer fabrication technology, IC Packaging & Electrical testing.

Diploma, Electronics & communication Engineering
  • at ARASAN GANESAN POLYTECHNIC COLLAGE
  • October 2002

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGG

High school or equivalent, ELECTRICAL DOMESTIC APPLIANCES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE
  • at CMS BOYS SCHOOL
  • April 2000

ELECTRICAL DOMESTIC APPLIANCES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE.

Specialties & Skills

Semiconductor Manufacturing
Semiconductor Industry
Semiconductors
Maintenance
Electronics
TROUBLE SHOOTING SKILLS
ADMISTRATIVE SKILLS
SOFTWARE PRESENTATION SKILLS
COMPUTER SKILLS

Languages

English
Expert
Malayalam
Native Speaker
Tamil
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Electorincs Assembling servicing (Training)
Training Institute:
ITE,Singapore
Date Attended:
January 2011
Duration:
100 hours

Hobbies

  • Cricket
    GOOD TEAM PLAYER
  • Stamp collecting
    INTERESTED IN COLLECTING STAMPS FOR VARIOUS COUNTRY