Upon graduating from NEU with my Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), I had the incredible opportunity to join Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) as a Manufacturing Test Engineer. ADI is a prominent player in the semiconductor industry, celebrated for its expertise in designing and producing analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits. These components find wide-ranging applications across industries such as automotive, industrial, healthcare, and consumer electronics. ADI boasts multiple manufacturing sites, including locations in Wilmington, Massachusetts, and Limerick, Ireland.
In my role as a front-end Manufacturing Test Engineer, I had the privilege of serving as a Trim and Test engineer within the front-end wafer-probe team. Over the course of six years, I accumulated a wealth of insight and hands-on experience in both back-end and front-end semiconductor manufacturing processes. My daily responsibilities centered around providing essential hardware and software support and maintenance for the trim-and-probe production test floor. However, my role extended far beyond this. Sustaining challenges of constructing and troubleshooting electronic test hardware and developing automated test equipment (ATE) test programs. These efforts were geared towards delivering Manufacturing Test Solutions for existing products, primarily focusing on Operational Amplifiers (Op-Amps) and Voltage References.
Additionally, to meet production demands and devise alternative production flows, I dedicated myself to crafting, debugging, and green-lighting ATE test programs and hardware equipment, which included platforms like CTS5010, CTS5040, LCT40, and National Instruments’ (NI) STS. This work involved becoming proficiency in a range of programming languages, including BASIC, C, C++, and LabView (yes, BASIC is still in use in some places). For every project I tackled, meticulous documentation of both the hardware and software code was a top priority. Each project concluded with comprehensive data presentations and well-documented reports.
Beyond the realm of hardware and programming, I expanded upon my personal interest in software by contributing to the creation of various webpages. Using HTML, PHP, and JavaScript, I developed webpages that played a pivotal role in gathering and displaying diverse manufacturing data and reporting.
My time as a Manufacturing Test Engineer at ADI was marked by continuous growth and learning, and I relished the opportunity to contribute to the company’s innovative endeavors while honing my skills in various engineering and programming disciplines.