Loïc Blanchard

Yield Engineer @Soitec

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

About

I’m Loïc, a 30-year-old engineer passionate about electronic and new technologies. I started doing electronic developments 7 years ago and with each passing day this passion has led me to learn diverse range of creative skills. I love to learn new things and those keep me passionate and young.

Experience

  • Yield Engineer at SOITEC
    Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Test & Characterization Engineer at Aryballe
    Jul 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

    - Development of innovative Wafer Level Test solutions to validate photonics wafer process and design - Development of industrial tests for sensors to ensure manufacturing quality and optimize yield - Implementation, modeling and maintenance of production databases: Measurements and Traceability - Qualification and validation of external back-end process solutions

  • Tronics Microsystems (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Production IT Leader
      Nov 2020 - Jul 2021 · 9 mos

      - Development and maintenance of production support tools: ERP, CMMS and SPC. - Development, modeling and maintenance of production databases: Measurements, Traceability and Machine Logs. - Maintaining the relationship with software publishers - Definition of standards and best practices for use

    • Electronic Engineer
      Sep 2016 - Nov 2020 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Electrical test process manager for inertial sensors (Accelerometer and Gyrometers): - Main software developer for the production and qualification of inertial products. - Development of a standardized platform and architecture for all tests. - Support and improvement of current systems to improve productivity and reliability of testing. - Supplier and subcontractor management for certain specific developments. - Designer of the electronic cards present in the benches. - Maintenance of test databases and result analyzers. Inertial evaluation systems manager (Accelerometers and Gyrometers): - Software development and support of distributed to customers (C# .NET, C++) - Design of electronic boards to adapt them to new generations of sensors. - Customer support and advice - Design of test benches for evaluation boards

    • Electronic Engineer
      Feb 2016 - Aug 2016 · 7 mos

      Development of an electronic board optimized for MEMS gyrometers manufactured by Tronics. - Software development of the software to control the complete system (C# .NET) - Design and manufacture of the electronic board (daughter evaluation board) - Development and programming of the HMI on an Atmel 32-bit microcontroller (motherboard) - Validation and characterization of the final system This new evaluation system makes it easy and quick for customers to get started with Tronics inertial sensors and improves compatibility with their measurement and test systems (turntables in particular).

  • Electronic Engineer Assistant at Thales Avionics LCD
    Apr 2015 - Jul 2015 · 4 mos

    Development of a system to automate the electronic testing of the company's products. - Software development of software that can be used by an operator to control the tests. (VB.NET) - Development and programming of an STM32 microcontroller with ADC, USB link and LCD screen. - Hardware realization of an electronic card (PCB) This complete system allows a 90% reduction in the time of a step in the production chain of the company.

  • Electronic Technician at KEOLABS
    Apr 2013 - Jul 2013 · 4 mos

    Development of a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) electronic board to control a capacitive button, an LED matrix, a fan, a temperature sensor and a USB communication.