Wong Gerald

Process Engineer at AT&S

Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia

About

Over 26 years of diversified service experience in semiconductor and Avionic industrial companies’ settings. Previous experience in hardware design, equipment calibration, process optimization, hardware validation, fixture modification, physical testing, simulations, risk management analysis, and root cause analysis.

Experience

  • Senior Engineering Specialist at AT&S
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    1. Conducting research to develop new and improved processes for manufacturing. 2. Train operator and technicians on new improvement made for Process 3. Conducting tests and monitoring the process performance throughout production. 4. Troubleshooting problems associated with manufacturing processes 5. Evaluating processes and equipment to ensure compliance with environmental and safety regulations 6. Update PIWI as a improvement plant to make process more efficient 7. Prepare RCA on audit finding and plant highlight issues Sustain production line with minimum escalation or issue 8. Improve on equipment process and handling to increase the passing yield. 9. Study on machine operation, process, characteristic and layout to support on IQ/PQ execution 10. Planning and organize meeting with different stakeholder to meet the time-line as per GF equipment tracker. 11. Managing supplier to obtain the essential information and support needed for tool installation and operation. 12. Ensure the documentation pertaining to new equipment qualification in orderly manner 13. Successfully proliferate the process from CHQ plant to KUL .

  • Senior Engineer at Western Digital
    Aug 2017 - Dec 2023 · 6 yrs 5 mos

    1. Lab facility and management Support. 2. Qualified inoculation laboratory equipment and procedures for validation testing. 3. Mainly working on assemble/build internal design tester/hardware for production/engineering team. 4. Key member of the team that resolved equipment/tester setup issue and conducted root cause analyses. 5. Review the project requirements to complete the tester/hardware with exact BOM and drawings. 6. Develop test procedures and fixtures to improve in tester/board testing. 7. Manage multiple development projects based on established priorities 8. Support the development and assembly of prototypes by providing documentation and assistance to ensure high quality prototypes are built in a timely manner 9. Communicates project status and escalates issues to direct managers, program managers, and internal and external development partners 10. Work closely with US/India counterpart to gain the experience and knowledge to set up the infrastructure to support factory internal test equipment requirements. 11. Involved in working with members of US/India counterpart and the local factory to resolve issues. Selected Accomplishments: 12. Successful developed and qualified the new platform with comparable yield performance. 13. Successful expedited and delivered sufficient testers to production to meet capacity needs. 14. Successful to perform lab space optimization to bring more tester setup.

  • Lead Engineering Tech at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies Toulouse
    Jun 2010 - Aug 2017 · 7 yrs 3 mos

    1. Support transferable knowledge and flexible to troubleshoot any type of equipment’s in Display, EM and Computer factories. Maintain unscheduled downtime for overall below 1%. 2. Leading MAU and Display FAST team to sustain Test Solutions and to overcome all systematic issues as well as managing the spares and Golden Module. 3. Sustain and improve MAU yield has improved from 76% to 82%. 4. Tracking and compile data on each slot of MAU chamber healthy and product. 5. Working together with ISC, engineer and others team to provide ideas to minimize the impact to OTTR when test solution having issue. 6. Leading MAU and Display FAST team to sustain Test Solutions and to overcome all systematic issues as well as managing the spares and Golden Module. 7. Project transfer such as HASS Plenum which able to complete fixing and validation within 3 months. Provide solution to US team for design problem. 8. Assist responsible for production 5S, audit compliance, ESD control and ISO certification awareness.

  • ICT PM Group Leader at Flex
    Jun 2005 - Jun 2010 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    1. Improving theoretical Knowledge in test methodology, Tester HP3070 troubleshoots and tester setup. 2. Gaining practical experience in fault finding of various kinds of failure for unit under test and test equipment itself. 3. Supporting on fixture conversion, fin turning program, setting up new ICT tester, troubleshooting for the HP 3070 tester, ICT fixture maintenance and yield improvement. 4. Coordinate and perform monthly PM for fixture/Tester. 5. Perform in-house half yearly HP3070 CALIBRATION. (Yearly cost saving: RM 168,000 for 20 unit testers) 6. Machine/Tester spare parts order & inventory tracking.

  • Project Technician at Dynacraft Industries Sdn. Bhd.
    Feb 2003 - May 2005 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    1. In-charge for In-house Overhaul the feeder of the stamping machine. (Cost saving for RM17,000 each machine) 2. Overhaul, Service and calibrate for the press feeder. 3. Perform Major Troubleshooting on Feeder and Stamping Machine. 4. External or Sub-con support on machine setup and troubleshooting. 5. Perform the downtime analysis for weekly meeting. 6. Support PM on precision machine