# Hongsuk Nam, Ph.D. > GenAI @ ASML Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/hongsuk ★ Building LLM-powered, domain-specific AI assistants to address customer design requirements • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering | M.S., Data Science & Electrical Engineering • Transitioning expertise toward an AI/ML-focused career • Over 15 years of rigorous, hands-on problem solving grounded in engineering principles ## Work Experience ### Staff ML Software Engineer @ ASML Jan 2022 – Present | San Jose, CA • Designing AI agents, prompt engineering, and domain-specific LLM fine-tuning • Machine learning for computational lithography and image enhancement • Software prototyping and development • Numerical techniques for process modeling and optimization ### Product Engineer @ Lam Research Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Fremont, California, United States • Manages new product introduction and production support engineering for a specific product or group of products after transfer from design to in-house or outsourced production. • Interfaces with design, process, test, reliability and manufacturing engineering to solve product issues and production problems. • Develops and sustains process improvements to reduce production costs and increase yields. ### Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Michigan Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Ann Arbor ### Graduate Student Research Assistant @ University of Michigan Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Ann Arbor Project: Field-effect Transistor Devices with Thin-film Materials • Built ultrasensitive (fM-level limit of detection) electrical sensors with micro/nanofabrication techniques for chemical/gas/bio sensing applications • Measured sensor signals with cryogenic probe station and semiconductor parameter analyzer • Performed data analysis with MATLAB to identify trends and obtaining core results Project: Hemispherical Photodetector for Imaging Applications • Designed shadow mask with Solidworks and built it with high resolution multi jet 3D printer • Deposited patterned electrodes on curved surface Project: Nanoprinting Process for Nanoelectronic and Optoelectronic Devices and Heterostructures • Developed plasma-assisted printing process for producing device arrays of thin-film materials • Produced well-controlled edge profile and thickness suitable for scale-up electronic applications Project: Plasmonic nanostructures for Optical Sensor Applications • Designed new masks and jigs with Solidworks and AutoCAD for advanced optical measurement system followed with micro/macro machining • Measured sensor signals with SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy) and optical spectrometer Project: Micro-valve Actuator for Optofluidic Biosensor Applications • Designed and implemented a micro-valve system that increased the concentration of the target molecules by 3 times, resulting in the increase of sensitivity • Proved the mechanism by simulation with COMSOL Multiphysics • Published 12 papers in peer-reviewed journals (6 first authored) • A issued patent in US Patent and Trademark Office ### Student Researcher @ Seoul National University Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Seoul Project: Alternating distribution and merging of droplets in a microfluidic device • Designed novel microchannel system with pillar structure for droplet merging application • Performed CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis with COMSOL Multiphysics for applying hydrodynamic resistance model • Created a powerful method of timing error correction of microfluidic logic device and synthesis of chemical materials ### Hardware Engineer (Alternative Civilian Service) @ SOLiD Technologies Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 • Designed the enclosures of RF amplifier and optical networking solutions with Solidworks and AutoCAD • Tested vibration/impact durability of the devices for evaluating reliability • Managed quality/environment control for the mass production line ## Education ### Master of Information and Data Science University of California, Berkeley ### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering University of Michigan ### Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering University of Michigan ### Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering University of Michigan ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering Seoul National University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hongsuk-nam-ph-d-a33115b7 --- Source: https://flows.cv/hongsuk JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/hongsuk/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12