IRINA SKYLAR

Sunnyvale, CA
(408)744-0509(H)
(408)368-1835(C)
is1a9bc8@westpost.net
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SUMMARY:
Self-motivated, results-oriented Product Structure/ Configuration Engineer with
extensive experience in managing product releases, including Engineering Change
Orders, Bills of Materials, product option configurations, Customer Non-Standar
d Requests (NSR) and updates to Order BOM.
excellent interpersonal skills
strong team orientation
strong mechanical design background
work well with remote teams
attention to detail
willing to learn and teach

EXPERIENCE:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
1999-2010
Product Structure and Configuration Engineer
2001-2010
Responsible for new product documentation release for Applied Materials Dielectr
ic Etch Processing Semiconductor equipment.
Coordinate, prepare, review and implement engineering design and documentation
changes.
Analyze, process and track ECR and ECO submissions to minimize processing time b
etween submission and implementation.
Supervise ECO process, monitor and coordinate the overall timing and flow of rel
eases for projects ensuring that schedules are being met.
Provide technical assistance to design engineering professionals in order to ens
ure accurate design documentation.
Supervise remote ECO engineering team.
Facilitate Change Control Board meetings.
Responsible for new product master BOM utilizing Product Life Cycle process.
Manage lifecycle of BOMs, coordinating with Product Management, Project Managers
, Engineering and Operations teams.
Engaged with multi-functional groups including Safety, Engineering, Materials, M
arketing, Finance, and Manufacturing to transition products to volume production
.
Analyze product configuration requirements and structured Bills of Material (BOM
) to support product configuration needs, maximizing for efficient use of materi
als and team resources.*
Key contributor to development and implementation of complex Non- Standard Reque
sts critical to major customer penetration
Created configuration matrixes for options offered to customers, significantly r
educing numbers of complex non-standard requests, build costs and ordering time.

Mechanical Design Engineer

1999-2001
Full responsibility for engineering change order (ECO) and document control proc
ess for Core Technology Department using Oracle database.
Designed variety of electrostatic chucks and cooling plates for cathode assembly
using EB welding, brazing and other fabricating technologies for Etch chambers
Designed various test fixtures for electrostatic chucks characterization equipme
nt.
Created technical illustrations and presentation materials using Power Point, So
lid Designer, 3D CAD.
Oster Magnetics, Inc, San Jose, CA
1998-1999
Mechanical Design Engineer

Designed and detailed electromagnets for fabrication to outside vendors and mach
ining in the
production facility.
Designed and developed detail drawings for fabrication of coil molds.
Created main assembly drawings for plant assembly.
Generated purchase orders for outside vendor purchases and investigated availabi
lity to determine substitutions due to lead time restraints.

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA

1995-1998
Mechanical Design Engineer

Designed variety of electrostatic chucks (polyimide and ceramic) for Etch chambe
rs.
Created drawings of cooling plates for cathode assembly using EB welding, brazin
g and other fabricating technologies.
Designed various test fixtures for electrostatic chucks characterization equipme
nt.
Full responsibility for engineering change order (ECO) and document control proc
ess for Core Technology Department.
Created technical illustrations and presentation materials using Power Point, 3D
CAD.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point, Project
Applied Materials sponsored training: Unigraphics / Team Center Engineering, Mec
hanical Desktop, PE Solid Designer, Inventor, AutoCAD, Oracle, Agile, Lotus Note
s
Applied Materials GD&T Certified
EDUCATION:
Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia: B.S.Mechanical Engineering
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA : PRO-Engineering Training Course.

REFERENCE
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/irina-skylar/18/26b/188
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