Teams at KYOCERA SLD Laser

Leads epitaxy manufacturing and engineering across Goleta and Fremont operations for GaN laser products. Oversees epitaxial technology development, capacity planning, reactor allocation, production execution, budgeting, supplier interactions, and continuous improvement. Drives yield, cost, capacity, cycle-time, and product-performance improvements while providing hands-on technical guidance. Recruits, mentors, and develops engineering leaders and staff, manages complex projects, and ensures organizational goals, timelines, and production plans are achieved.

Leads MOCVD reactor and epitaxy equipment hardware for GaN laser production. Owns uptime, preventive maintenance, qualification, troubleshooting, metrology, spares, consumables, capital projects, vendors, budgets, and quality documentation. Manages equipment engineers and technicians, develops training and coverage programs, partners with process, facilities, operations, and quality teams, and drives hardware reliability and corrective actions.

Develop and validate thermal and thermo-mechanical simulations for advanced laser products. Design thermal management solutions, support solder attach and wire bond processes, qualify epoxies and adhesives, and conduct failure analysis. Define validation testing, support manufacturing scale-up, analyze reliability data, and collaborate with electrical, materials, manufacturing, and reliability teams to improve product performance and manufacturability.