# Phu Nguyen > Equipment Engineer, License General Construction Engineer, General contractor, Industrial Electrician, plumber Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/phunguyen1 A well-organized individual with multiple skills, and experiences who is able to assume responsibility. ## Work Experience ### Construction Manager @ LP Builders, Inc. Jan 2016 – Present | San Jose, California, United States ### Sr. Equipment Specialist @ WD, a Western Digital company Jan 2012 – Present | San Jose, CA • A team member for high quality wafer products which generate over 1 billion dollars production each year • Maintaining Wafer Fab High Vacuum Equipment Tool Sets (Veeco Ion Mill, Veeco DLC, RIE, Corona, CVD and PVD) from routine PM to real time functional troubleshooting. • Repairing and modifying shielding, Edward Mechanical Pumps, cryopump, and UHV Feifer Turbo Pumps, DC, and RF power supply (20 Mhz-50Mhz). • Working with Equipment Engineering to write, and update trouble-shooting guide, PM checklists, and process improvements. • Working with process and equipment engineer to optimize production thru-put; production control to SPC. • Work with vendors on Tool Upgrade, and Hard-Down Tools. • Train other Technicians ### Equipment Engineer @ Tesla Jan 2015 – Jan 2022 | Fremont, CA * A member of fully automated, high volume solar cell production of 250 MW capcity. * Tool owner of incoming wafer inspection tool and high volume IV tester tool. * Responsible for sustaining all tools from front end to back end production line which including Hi-vac system like PVD, CVD; Automated wafer handling like Jonas and Redman; robots, and conveyor..ect.. * A member of Tiger Team in which reponsible for tool tak time and tool optimization. * Tool upgrade and intergrations from construction to inspection phase. * Responsible for all facility Waste Water Treatment, chemical delivery and gas bunker. * Mange equipment maintenace team of 30 menber. * Responsible for develope PM documentation and best practice for lean manufacturing. * A menber of 5S team. ### Product Design, and Back End Automation Dev. at First Solar @ First Solar Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Product Packaging Development Back End Automation Reliability Testing. Back End Process Development ### Equipment Sustaining Engineer @ First Solar Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 | Santa Clara, CA Supporting R & D engineering to develop, and purchasing new high volume equipment from vendors. Working with Vendor for machine concept approval. Perform Site Acceptance Test(SAT), and Final Acceptance Test(FAT) Dial in process set-up, and tuning for optimum machine performance prior to release to production. Maintaining over 50 tools in total of back end operation. Responsible for spare part inventory, procedure, tool uptime, PM, and equipment personnel management. Functioning test, troubleshooting and recovering while system is running. Responsible for Tool qualification and run process per specification. Responsible for Repairing, Rebuilt, Maintaining, and Sustaining all PVD-Sputtering Systems for Thin Film Deposition. Experience for trouble-shooting of high vacuum system and pumps, electronic and electrical components. Responsible for Maintaining and Supporting complete spare part inventory for all the equipments. Coordinating Maintenance technicians to support high volume production lines. Provide training and supports to perform their duties to high level of satisfaction of department and company demand. Handling all escalation phone calls. Interact between Engineering Department, and Production Department to ensure smooth operation and getting support to ensure machine up-time. Involved in repair, trouble-shooting, and PM of most of machines in production lines. ### Sr. Equipment Specialist @ MiaSole Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | Santa Clara • Supporting R & D engineering to develop, and purchasing new high volume equipment from vendors. • Working with Vendor for machine concept approval. • Perform Site Acceptance Test (SAT), and Final Acceptance Test (FAT) • Dial in process set-up, and tuning for optimum machine performance prior to release to production. • Maintaining over 50 tools in total of back end operation. Responsible for spare part inventory, procedure, tool uptime, PM, and equipment personnel management. • Functioning test, troubleshooting and recovering while system is running. • Responsible for Tool qualification and run process per specification. • Responsible for Maintaining and Supporting complete spare part inventory for all the equipment. • Coordinating Maintenance technicians to support high volume production lines. • Provide training and supports to perform their duties to high level of satisfaction of department and company demand. • Handling all escalation phone calls. • Interact between Engineering Department, and Production Department to ensure smooth operation and getting support to ensure machine up time. • Involved in repair, trouble-shooting, and PM of most of machines in production lines. ### Sr. System Technician @ Sciton Inc Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 Responsible for building, trouble-shooting to component level, calibration; final testing, medical align laser system. Assisting development engineering to test, and collecting data; Assisting engineering in developing, testing, and integrate state of the art laser, optics, lenses, and laser systems; Trouble-shooting, and calibrating to the specification; Collecting, and analyzing test data; Maintain lab equipments. ### Sr. Research & Development Engineering Technician, JDSU @ Sciton Inc. Jan 2000 – Jan 2004 Responsible for Maintaining, calibration development test station, environmental test Chamber (damp heat chamber, burning test station, temp. cycle chamber...) Collecting and analyzing test data. Responsible for FMA (failure mode Analysis, repairing), assisting in fiber assembly development, and laser bump module, various solid state laser product from sub-assembly, alignment (fiber laser, crystal cavity to final testing. Assisting R&D engineer to run qualification testing, product implementation and improving manufacturing processes. Writing manufacturing procedure, and training manufacturing staffs. ### Sr. technical support engineering Technician, Technician Lead @ Solectron Inc Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 Responsible for setting up functional production test system, maintain, and upgrade new testing software for Sun Workstation. Working together with process, and test engineers to develop Visual Aid, MPI, TPI (Test Processing Instruction), and discuss stools needed to use to improve process, and prevent process failures. Responsible for debugging, and trouble-shooting for Analog and Digital Communication PCB's Cisco (ATM modules, Core 7000), Lucent Work Group (MAX 6000, MAX 3000), Lucent ' Control Module, and ATM Stinger Modules. Trouble-shooting from system to component level. Also support test engineer to build test stations, and system for Max 6000, and Max 3000. Maintain test system upon set schedule. Responsible for 40 manufacturing members for daily personnel, task scheduling to support production demand. ### Test Technician @ Flextronics International Jan 1996 – Jan 1999 Responsible for debugging, and trouble- shooting for Analog and Digital communication PCB's Cisco products (Grave Heart, Malibu, Daytona....) Building prototypes of Web-TV PCB. Responsible for ICT and functional testing. ICT and Functional trouble-shooting by 500Mhz.digital oscilloscope and responsible for box built burning and Hipot test on network communication PCB. Document failure mode; discuss product development with Engineers. Hands on experience with analog and digital RF circuits. ### D Technician @ Molecular Device Jan 1995 – Jan 1996 Assisted Engineers with testing and troubleshooting Micro plate Reader system, Cellular Imaging Electrophysiology System. Hand on experience of trouble-shooting to component level, calibrating, and final testing. Responsibility ranged from electrical mechanical assembly to field inspections. Accommodated R&D laboratory for product development and product sustaining. Vendor product quality inspection. ### System Technician @ Applied Materials Jan 1992 – Jan 1995 Installation, Final testing Centura Systems - Main frames controllers, RTP chamber, Robot arm, water, install gas line for final test calibration, and sub-assembly kits; Performing leak check, and final test. Set up for final test, and calibration. Perform testes by following testing protocol, calibration for robot arm, and wafer cassette, and leak-check for RTP chambers. Install wafer robot. Perform calibration. And troubleshooting wafer chamber problems. ### ICT Technician @ Solectron Corp Jan 1991 – Jan 1992 Trained new employees for QA/QC position; worked with microscope hand soldering of SMT components. Inner circuit troubleshooting with various PCB products based on report of HP 3070 system. ## Education ### Chemical Engineering U.C. Berkeley ### as Doctor of Chiropractic in Medicine Palmer College of Chiropractic San Jose, Calif. ### Doctor in Chiropractic Health Profession Palmer College of Chiropractic San Jose, Calif. ### Sr. Student in Chemical Engineer University of California, Berkeley ### as General Ed in general Engineering West Valley College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/phu-nguyen-3bb1b33b --- Source: https://flows.cv/phunguyen1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/phunguyen1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08