Arnaud RIVAL

Manager Process R&D | PhD, Ingénieur Civil des Mines

Greater Grenoble Metropolitan Area

About

15+ years of R&D and product development in advanced semiconductor manufacturing FE and BE, bio-sensors and microfluidics • People and project manager • Strong knowledge in micro-nanofabrication processes and packaging of silicon and glass based devices and sensors • Dry etch process development leader • Extensive background in various microfluidics technologies • Genomics and molecular biology devices development Extensive experience in collaborating with international academic labs and industrial partners Start-Up company as well as multinational corporation experience Subsidiary management Inventor of 18 patent applications / (Co)Author on 7 scientific papers Excellent communication skills, multi-sites and multi-countries People-oriented and enthusiastic team worker

Experience

  • STMicroelectronics (Crolles, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France · On-site)
    • Manager, Process Technology Development (Dry Etch Conductor)
      Jun 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

      Manager of the dry etch conductor process development team (R&D) in front end manufacturing (Crolles 300mm fab) Working with a team of talented plasma dry etch process development folks. A fantastic blend of Technicians, Doctors and Engineers. Hosting and training students as well. • FEOL, BEOL and WLCSP processes • Various technologies: Image Sensors, Bipolar technologies, BCD, NVM, ... • From POC to industrial transfer to our Engineering teams

    • Sr Engineer, Process Development
      Oct 2020 - May 2021 · 8 mos

      Dry etch process development for R&D technologies Front end manufacturing - BCD FEOL steps - BiCMOS technologies FEOL steps

  • Illumina (Permanent · 7 yrs 4 mos)
    • Senior Scientist, Advanced Engineering, Research and Technology Development
      Jul 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

      CMOS imager advanced packaging process integration lead (WLCSP - FOWLP) - OSAT collaboration. Micro-nanofabrication process development of innovative manufacturing solutions of sequencing flowcells (incl. nanoimprint 300mm scale) Cross functional work and collaborations with leading semiconductor industries Prolific inventor award 2020

    • Senior Scientist, Electronic Systems, Research and Technology Development
      Dec 2016 - Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Scientist, manager and site lead in Research and Technology Development at Illumina. CMOS imager packaging process integration lead (7+ FTE) Development of semiconductor and microelectronics based devices for next generation sequencing products. Collaboration leader with a national lab (SOW, contracts, ...) Portabolomics project advisor https://portabolomics.ico2s.org/

    • Scientist II, Fluidics group, Research and Technology Development
      Jul 2013 - Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Development of innovative solutions based on digital fluidics in the field of next generation sequencing Lithography process development on exotic materials Product development: iSeq100 (CMOS based sequencer) Among the principal scientists of the E.U. Project CADMAD for synthetic biology automation Collaboration leader with a National Lab Site management Manager of direct report

  • Advanced Liquid Logic (On-site)
    • Senior Engineer
      Dec 2012 - Jun 2013 · 7 mos

      Advanced R&D on digital microfluidics applications. From fundamental electrowetting understandings to innovative solutions for digital microfluidics. Applications development in life science, protocol translation. Among the principal scientists of the E.U. Project CADMAD for synthetic biology automation

    • Microfluidics Applications Engineer
      Nov 2011 - Nov 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Advanced R&D on digital microfluidics applications, sample preparation and molecular biology automation Product development: MondrianSP/SP+ from Nugen and e-plex from Genmark Dx

    • Microfluidics Applications Engineer
      Feb 2011 - Oct 2011 · 9 mos

      Development of digital microfluidics systems for sample preparation for next generation sequencing and for point of care diagnostics Product development: MondrianSP from Nugen

  • Engineer - PhD Student "Lab-On-a-Chip" at Leti
    Sep 2007 - Nov 2010 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Development of an integrated, miniaturized and automated lab on a chip based on EWOD microfluidics technology, for single cells sample preparation, mRNA purification and gene expression analysis by qRT-PCR In collaboration with CEA-Leti, Genopole Evry, CEA DSV

  • Graduate student at University of Texas at Austin
    Mar 2007 - Aug 2007 · 6 mos

    Charging and discharging study of conjugated polymers nanoclusters in hybrid organic/inorganic OLED like nanostructures, by Fluorescence Voltage Single Molecule Spectroscopy (FV-SMS)