Sunnyvale, California, United States
• Led successful development of custom ASICs and PMICs manufacturing to support AR/VR micro-LED display modules, achieving 96% on-time delivery.
• Oversaw end-to-end package development for Reliability qualification, characterization, and validation, optimizing PCB footprint and resulting in improved assembly yield.
• Established efficient tester line setup and custom PCBA/test board builds, contributing to a 20% increase in assembly yield.
• Coordinated multi-company contract negotiation for new research ASIC project, managing vendor relationships from onboarding to clear-to-build.
• Managed communication between 20+ vendors throughout display module builds, working with GSM, silicon architects, packaging engineers, and operations teams.
• Developed dynamic dashboards for metrology, yield, and electrical test data collection, optimizing silicon architecture.
• Managed $100+ million product development projects/build plans, including SOWs, BOMs, POs, and budget planning.
Area of focus: Backplane ASIC testing and product development for next generation AR/VR devices. Led NPI/NTI team from Tape-out through Ramp up/MP stages for Module builds.