Kanthan Kuruvan
Munich
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Manager, Product Application Engineering
Infineon Technologies AG
07.2011 - Current
- Provide technical support and best microphone/ pressure sensors solutions based on the existing product portfolio to top customers located in Asia and USA.
- Actively manage projects together with the Sales, Marketing & FAE’s to achieve design-in targets.
- Close collaboration with our regional Field application engineers and product marketing to understand the customer needs and requirements.
- Creating customer documentation and product documentation (datasheets, Erratasheet, PCN, PDN and etc...).
- Guide and train our regional field application engineers around the world.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Identified and communicated customer needs to supply chain capacity and quality teams.
Quality Manager
Qimonda AG
05.2006 - 04.2009
- Managed and archived quality documentation and participated in internal and external quality audits.
- Align quality improvement activities for released products with Reliability Engineering/ Development/ Product Engineering.
- Ensure product quality after release by cooperating with Complaint Management and Product Management, introducing suitable improvements where needed.
- Evaluated quality problems and performed assessments to identify and resolve issues.
- Updated quality control standards, methods, and procedures to meet compliance requirements.
Quality Engineer
Infineon Technologies (AP) Pte Ltd
04.2004 - 05.2006
- Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors.
- Performed quality inspections and drafted reports to detail non-conforming material issues.
- Supported quality team members during corrective action updates.
- Monitored and evaluated engineering performance to recommend improvements.
- Facilitated process improvements to successfully decrease errors.
- Led problem-solving activities to quickly identify and permanently resolve quality and productivity issues.
- Trained and mentored junior engineers, providing guidance and direction.
Product and Test Engineer
United Test And Assembly Center Limited
10.2000 - 03.2004
- Tested newly installed systems, closely monitoring functionality and adherence to operating specifications.
- Develop test program/ perform characterization, debug and qualification of new products.
- Troubleshot and diagnosed burn in boards issues, quickly made plans for repairs and monitored use to rectify issues.
- Support production in maximizing output through yield improvements, test and cycle time reduction.
- Identified suitable materials for production use that aligned with environmental concerns and budget constraints.
Senior QA Engineering Assistant
Micron Semiconductor Pte Ltd
10.1998 - 10.2000
- Assist with QA & Product Engineer for qualify, implement burn-in test development, product monitoring activities and project.
- Improving the qualification, monitoring and testing performance of new products.
- Evaluate and define reliability failure of new products
root cause corrections.
Reliability Lab Assistant
Texas Instruments (S) Pte Ltd
03.1995 - 10.1998
- Developing burn-in test programs for UNIGEN platform testers.
- Collaborate with product and QA engineers to meet requirements and test memory, flash and all
Non-volatile devices. - Preventive maintenance and calibration of burn-in tester.
Equipment Maintenance Operator
Texas Instruments (S) Pte Ltd
05.1990 - 03.1995
- Troubleshoot and analyze production equipment failure mechanism or frequency.
- Increased overall lifespan of equipment by following preventive maintenance plans and executing unscheduled repairs.
- Provided top quality control to eliminate maintenance downtime.
- Assist process engineers improve product quality and reliability through SPC data collection.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Trinity University
Texas, USA05.2002
Associate of Science - Engineering Science
American Institute of Arts And Science
Texas, USA01.1998
High School Diploma -
Knightsbury High School
Singapore 05.1989 - 06.1992
Skills
- Change Management Process
- Quality Assurance
- Product Management
- Effective Multitasking
- Operational Management
- Process Improvement Initiatives
- Regulatory Issues
- Technical Specifications
- Technical Documentation
Accomplishments
- Secure business wins by acquiring and supporting new electrical parameter targeting of MEMS products.
- Prevention of return material for the digital microphone platform by matching to the one with narrow specification.
- Received “Most Promising Supplier Award” from customer as a recognition for enabling them to win Samsung business of the laptop platform.
- Established a highly successful customer application solution, improved line rejection rate (LRR) by 30% and reduced inbound parts for failure analysis by 40%
as a result of fewer customer complaints. - Successfully saved, avoid spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy new burn-in boards.
In addition, the customer has experienced higher yields and better hardware utilization.
Timeline
Manager, Product Application Engineering
Infineon Technologies AG
07.2011 - Current
Quality Manager
Qimonda AG
05.2006 - 04.2009
Quality Engineer
Infineon Technologies (AP) Pte Ltd
04.2004 - 05.2006
Product and Test Engineer
United Test And Assembly Center Limited
10.2000 - 03.2004
Senior QA Engineering Assistant
Micron Semiconductor Pte Ltd
10.1998 - 10.2000
Reliability Lab Assistant
Texas Instruments (S) Pte Ltd
03.1995 - 10.1998
Equipment Maintenance Operator
Texas Instruments (S) Pte Ltd
05.1990 - 03.1995
High School Diploma -
Knightsbury High School
05.1989 - 06.1992
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Trinity University
Associate of Science - Engineering Science
American Institute of Arts And Science
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