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Optronics Engineer
Specialist in optical MEMS testing

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  • Strong experimental background in testing optical MEMS devices
  • Failure analysis, process debugging and monitoring (SEM, EMMI)
  • Experienced in designing specific set-up for MEMS characterization, with interferometers, pico-ammeters, vision software analysis, probing, and motion control.
  • Familiar with most of the fabrication steps associated with MEMS
  • Languages: English, French - US permanent resident
  • Proficient with Borland C++ builder, .NET, MS Excel
  • User of Matlab, Matrox Imaging Library, Visual Basic, Labview, Linux.
  • Interfacing: GPIB, JTAG, Nidaq, Matrox frame grabber.

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June 2006 - Present : Technicolor Digital Cinema, Burbank, California

  Systems Test Engineer
  • Implementing DCI compliant Digital Cinema
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October 2002 - June 2006 : Reflectivity Inc., Sunnyvale, California

  Test and Characterization Engineer
  • Develop test stations for MEMS-based micro-mirror arrays for projection display
  • Provide customized lot reports, data analysis, failure paretos.
  • Design specific test set-up for optical characterisation
  • Responsible in building and maintaining demo projector prototypes
  • Developed graphic interface for communication (flash and register access) with board through JTAG bus
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February 2000 - October 2002 : Onix Microsystems, Richmond, California

  MEMS-based Test Engineer for optical telecommunications.
  • Design, assemble, optimize, and program semi-automated test stations for production.
  • Perform MEMS characterization and long term reliability testing.
  • Give feedback to MEMS design team and packaging team.
  • Integral member of several critical taskforces, failure analysis.
  • Train engineers and operators to use custom set-up.
  • Provide data and suggestions to marketing department

March-September 1999 : University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

  Research on MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System). Work on a microsytem able to detect cancer cells in microchannel with an optical detection. 7 months internship.
  • Feasibility study, conceptual design
  • Mask design and fabrication of prototypes in cleanroom.
  • Trained on PECVD, K-Suss mask aligner, spin coating, alphastep profilometer, DRIE, furnace oxydation, E-beam evaporator, CVC Sputtering.
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June-August 1998 : Shopline Electronic, France, 8 employees.

  Electronic lead technician. Shopline provides customer-counting devices for superstore. 3 months internship.
  • Increased reliability of detection to 97% by adjusting the optics, electronics and microcontroler
  • PA of the director and in charge of production during two months. Managed the installation teams.

Mai 1998 : School project
  Realization of a step-by-step motor control, with a windows 95 interface, using an Lab PC 1200 acquisition board, and programmed in C under Labwindows CVI. Click here for more info (in french only)

Sept-Nov 1997 : Instrument SA Jobin-Yvon, France, 250 employees
  Finalization of a prototype for real time spectral analysis, in the NIR (Near Infra Red). Optimization, tests and adjustments. Application to plastic detection


July 1996 : SAGEM, France, 700 employees

  5 weeks workplacement in the Methods department. Studies of optical products, designed for fiber telecommunications.


Between 1992 and 1995 : several summer job : check out, at night assembly work, preparing orders...


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2001: Project management class with UC Berkeley extension.

2000: MS degree in Opto-electronics, for Orsay University (Paris)

1995-2000: 'Nouvelle Formation d'Ingénieur' in Optronics, in the Scientific University of Orsay (Paris XI).

  Five years engineering school, encompassing two years practical experience.
Specialities : Optical telecommunications, fiber optics, WDM, optical networks, analog and digital electronics, geometrical and gaussian optics, photometry, semi-conductor, lasers. Click here for more details on the program


1995: Baccalauréat série S, Mathematics option, A level equivalent



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Music : synthesizer player.
           MIDI Creation and composition.

Sports: Road Bike, Moutain bike, Roller blade and Athletics.

Technology: Palm Pilot, graphism. Several website realizations. Shea-Sylvain.com my website of my wedding NFIO (my school), Nanolab (Cleanroom facilities in UCLA), Gari Valden (a French singer, friend of mine)


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