# Tong Ju

> Staff Engineer  at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tongju

PhD in physics with expertise in software and material science, data analysis, automation testing and developing and troubleshooting. 
Hands-on in optimizing resources and workflows, planning projects and creating well-sequenced processes to ensure effective program execution.
Coding skills:  Java, Python, PLC, github; 
Technical Project Management skill: Jira, Confluence, Trello, ServiceNow 
Materials skills: PVD, CVD, thin film coating, thin film characterization 
Strong knowledge in algorithm and data structure;
Strong debugging and troubleshooting ability and problem solving.
Expertise in setup and test automation software in android environment;
Expertise in DOE and develop test cases and data analysis;
Strong communication skills and leadership ability;

## Work Experience
### Staff Engineer @ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jan 2021 – Present | Menlo Park, California, United States
o	Work closely with users to understand their requirement and plan the new projects.
o	Initiate the projects with stake holders and drive the resources to keep projects moving in time and manage the whole lifecycle of projects. 
o	Work with stakeholders to call out issues and provide solutions to create greater project efficiency.
o	Trouble shooting from hardware to software issues through Jira tickets to make sure the project delivers in time. 
o	Strong communication interpersonal skills; demonstrate initiative and be able to make quick decisions.

### Sr. Technical Lead @Google, Mountain View @ HCL Technologies
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States
o	Led several google pixel phone power consumption automation projects including design, code, test and deployment. 
o	Assign project staff members to specific tasks.
o	Experience of debugging software coding and hardware issues together to make project moving fast pace.
o	Work across the teams (TPM/Software/Hardware) to collect and analyze data to assure QA coverage and meet their testing needs to insure carrier certification approval. 
o	Making decision on important issues relating the overall project.
o	Strong project management skills; organized, extremely high attention to detail, able to manage multiple time-sensitive projects

### R&D Engineer @ D2Solar LLC(GTAT)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
o Led reliability tests of solar module panels for customers including top solar companies
o Failure analysis and data analysis by Minitab and excel and helped customer to design following experiments
o Interactive with customers: project planning, design, technical details and final report

### Sr Process Engineer in Clean Energy Group @ Intermolecular
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Jose
o	R&D research on novel material deposition and characterization by co-sputter PVD system 
o	Analyzed mess data to simulate new material characterization
o	Data analysis and DOE by JMP and excel to screen the novel materials of thin film for the better solution for the top glass company

### Sr Process Engineer @ Twin Creeks Technologies, Inc
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
o	Failure analysis and data analysis by Tableau and JMP for the better design of solar cell to improve cell efficiency
o	Optimized PECVD process to improve over 40% efficiency of Heterojunction structure solar cells
o	Responsible for transferring R&D technology to mass production

### Research Associate in Solar Cells @ Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
1. Flexible substrate CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells with PVD system.
2. Solution based CIGS thin film solar cells.
2. Set up Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy (PDS): Optical characterization of thin film for solar cells: CdTe, nanocrystalline ZnO, ZnTe and P3HT. Optical properties include defects,band tails, optical absorption, light trapping.


## Education
### Ph.D in Physics
University of Utah


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tong-ju-31a24213

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Last updated: 2026-04-12