Dependable Senior Process Engineer adept at managing time and resource allocation to facilitate timely project completion. Aiming to fulfill a professional role to apply expertise in process development and implementation to drive company success.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Process Engineer
AGNIT Semiconductors Private Limited
06.2021 - Current
Focused on design, fabrication, and characterization of RF and power devices.
Designed device dimensions and optimized mask layouts for efficient printing.
Executed wafer cleaning processes to completed device layout realization on substrate.
Conducted packaging and testing procedures for RF and power devices.
Contributed to design and fabrication of 90W RF devices for IDEX project.
Specialized in GaN RF and power device technologies.
Project Associate
Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Bangalore
12.2013 - 05.2021
Collaborated with Prof. K. N. Bhat and Prof. M. M. Nayak on design and fabrication of pressure sensors for aerospace and biomedical applications.
Developed sensors capable of sensing pressure levels from 12 mbar to 8000 bar.
Fabricated sensors utilizing state-of-the-art clean room facilities at CeNSE, IISc.
Conducted testing and qualification of sensors at MEMS Packaging Lab, CeNSE, IISc.
Received funding from Government of India under NPMASS Scheme for project execution.
Delivered pressure sensors currently utilized by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
Gained 2.5 years of experience in MEMS packaging, including dicing, die bonding, wire bonding, and testing.
Optimized die bonding processes for catheter pressure sensors and improved epoxy usage for low-pressure sensor mounting.
Education
M.Tech - Electronics and Communication - VLSI
NITK
Surathkal
12.2020
B.E - Electronics and Communication
SDM Institute of Technology
Ujire, Karnataka
06.2013
Skills
Design optimization
GaN device fabrication
Device packaging techniques
RF testing methodologies
Sensor design principles
Project management
Problem solving
Effective communication
Process development
Design of experiments
Documents and reports
Data analysis
Testing coordination
Papers Presented And Achievements
Impact of the diaphragm structure on the linearity and temperature sensitivity of low-pressure piezo-resistive MEMS pressure sensors, Nithin, Rathnamala Rao, K. N. Bhat, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 872, 1, IOP Publishing, 2020, 10.1088/1757-899X/872/1/012022
Investigations on the effect of Dual Material Gate work function on DIBL and Subthreshold Swing in Junctionless FinFETs, Mathew, Shara, Nithin, K. N. Bhat, Rathnamala Rao, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 2020
Patent has been applied on CATHETER sensor and Pressure and temperature sensor array.
Patent has been applied on Enhancement-Mode Gallium Nitride (GaN) Transistor on Silicon Carbide (SiC) with a Thin Buffer
Harsh environment packaging technique for MEMS high Pressure Sensor, National conference on Recent trends in Microsystems, 15-16, Bangalore
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the above details I have furnished, are up to the best of my knowledge and I am responsible if found incorrect.
Timeline
Senior Process Engineer
AGNIT Semiconductors Private Limited
06.2021 - Current
Project Associate
Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore