Sahil Agarwal

Director, Manufacturing Process | CVD Growth | PhD

Wenatchee, Washington, United States

About

Data driven leader with proven track record of manufacturing scaling, process improvement, yield enhancement, new product introduction and product development. CVD, PCVD fabrication, single crystalline diamond growth. Certified data scientist.

Experience

  • Diamond Foundry (Full-time · 5 yrs)
    • Director of Engineering
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Sr manager, Engineering
      Apr 2024 - Jan 2025 · 10 mos

    • Engineering Manager
      Apr 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr

  • Metrology-Deposition Intern at First Solar
    May 2021 - Jul 2021 · 3 mos

    - Member of the Deposition/Thermal Manufacturing Engineering Team - VTD CdTe Deposition process control, concentrating on enhancing the sustaining of the manufacturing activities - Experience with manufacturing systems such as FMEA, Control Plans, Statistical process control, and daily and weekly scorecards - Work with ME to assist with CdTe film measurement sustaining and improvement - Organization of reports, logs, and instructions for repairs, shipments, and calibrations

  • EFRC-FUTURE PhD Student at Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Aug 2018 - Jul 2021 · 3 yrs

    - Point defect studies using PAS on metal-alloys - Construction of a novel positron beamline for the characterization of point defects in materials - Assembly of ultra-high vacuum parts, setting up the vacuum equipment - Perform machining and building mechanical assemblies for beam mounting - Beam diagnostics and testing beam trajectory

  • Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant at Bowling Green State University
    Jan 2016 - Jul 2021 · 5 yrs 7 mos

    - Experience in MOCVD wafer fabrication of semiconductor thin-film. - Material characterization using XRD, SEM, TEM, Luminescence spectroscopy, Electrical measurements - Understanding of Design of Experiments (DOE) - Proficiency in Data analysis using Python and JMP. Experience with Matlab and SQL. - Hands-on experience with assembly, maintenance, and operation of Ultra-high vacuum equipment - Manage multiple research projects focused on metal & metal alloys (Fe, Fe-Cr), high entropy alloys, metal oxides & semiconductors (TiO2, Ga2O3, Ce: YAG, SrTiO3, ZnO, Al2O3,) - Extensive experience in point defect studies of materials using positron annihilation spectroscopy, thermo-luminescence spectroscopy, radio-luminescence, SEM, and TEM. - Leadership experience in assisting several graduate and undergraduate students while managing laboratory equipment, purchasing & liaising with external suppliers and vendors, and maintained vendor documentation.