Kelsey M. Nguyen
Manufacturing Technician, Semiconductor Fabrication
Hillsboro, OR · (503) 555 0149 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/kelseymnguyen
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Two years in wafer fabrication etch tools after a six month fab internship
SETTINGS
300 millimeter wafer fabrication plant running about 40,000 wafer starts a month
SPECIALTIES
Plasma etch tool operation, lot dispatching, preventive maintenance, first line troubleshooting
SYSTEMS
Applied Materials Centura tools, Lam Research etch tools, Camstar manufacturing execution system, FabTime
LICENSURE
Cleanroom protocol certification, hazardous gas response training, lockout tagout
EDUCATION
Associate of Applied Science in Microelectronics Technology, Tualatin Valley Community College
Executive Summary
Manufacturing technician two years into a 300 millimeter wafer fabrication plant, working the etch bay on a compressed night shift. Runs plasma etch tools, moves lots through the automated material handling system, performs first line troubleshooting and preventive maintenance under the equipment engineer, and holds the bay's best record for lots on hold. Came in through an associate degree program with a fab internship.
Signature Achievements
- Runs eight plasma etch chambers on the night shift and holds tool availability above 92 percent against a bay target of 90.
- Cut lots on hold in the assigned bay from an average of eleven a shift to four by clearing recipe mismatches before dispatch.
- Completed about 150 preventive maintenance procedures in two years with no repeat failure inside 30 days.
- Found a chamber pressure drift on a wet clean recovery that prevented an estimated 25 wafers of scrap.
- Qualified on all eight etch tools in the bay in nine months, three months ahead of the training plan.
Professional Experience
Manufacturing Technician, Etch
Silicon Forest Semiconductor, Hillsboro, OR July 2024 to present
300 millimeter fabrication plant with about 2,500 employees; etch bay of eight tools on a compressed night shift
- Operate plasma etch tools, load and unload wafer carriers and start recipes from the manufacturing execution system.
- Dispatch lots by priority from FabTime and move them through the automated material handling system on schedule.
- Perform preventive maintenance including chamber wet cleans, part swaps and seasoning runs under the procedure.
- Troubleshoot tool alarms at the first line, restore the tool or escalate to the equipment engineer with a written log.
- Run daily qualification wafers, review the statistical process control charts and hold the tool when a chart fails.
Fabrication Intern
Silicon Forest Semiconductor, Hillsboro, OR January 2024 to July 2024
Six month internship in the wet clean and metrology areas
- Loaded wet bench and metrology tools under a technician and learned the lot tracking system.
- Measured film thickness and particle counts on monitor wafers and entered results.
- Completed cleanroom protocol, chemical safety and gas response training.
Certifications and Training
Cleanroom protocol and gowning certification, requalified each year, current 2026
Hazardous gas and chemical response training, completed 2024, renewed 2025
Lockout tagout authorized employee and electrical safety awareness training, completed 2024
Education
Associate of Applied Science in Microelectronics Technology, Tualatin Valley Community College, Hillsboro, 2024
Core Skills
Plasma etch tools · Lot dispatching · Preventive maintenance · Alarm troubleshooting · Statistical process control charts · Qualification wafers · Wafer handling · Cleanroom protocol · Maintenance logs · Compressed night shifts