Kristian Erick O. Rimas
Electronics Engineer
11 Snowsill Circuit Point Cook VIC,VIC
Summary
Highly accomplished graduate of Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (BS-ECE) from Saint Louis University, with the distinguished honor of 'Cum Laude' and successful completion of the licensure examination in October 2014. Currently excelling as a Senior ATE Applications Engineer at COHU PH, with extensive training in programming and maintenance of various ATE platforms, including TERADYNE (IFLEX/J750/UFLEX/EAGLE ETS364/ETS88) and XCERRA (ASL1K/ASLX/D10/DIAMONDX).
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Field ATE Applications Engineer
COHU PH
02.2019 - Current
- Supported Production PMIC device production launch in Philippines together with Cohu Japan and Rohm Japan
- Developed Test Program for new ASIC device from Amkor Korea and debugged remotely to Amkor Korea
- Travelled to South Korea to support South Korea Apps DMDx issues and New Project Development
- Handled South Korea 2 PMIC Projects from Program Generation, Loadboard HW Design and Layout/Fab and Build, Test Program Debug and Correlation and TP optimization and TTR
- Contributed Test Program Development of LCD devices for Taiwan customer
- Done 1 migration PMIC Project from old tester to a new tester for Nordic PH and travelled to Taiwan for debug
- On- and offsite support activities for customers worldwide (including ramp-up support for production at customer site, onsite trouble shooting, technology and methodical support for customers)
- Development, Debug, Integration of application program according to customer test specification
- Participates in customer meetings and foster all levels of communications with customer worldwide
- Reports SPR's (system performance reports) upon detecting any issues on the tester operating systems
- Provided training to end-users, facilitating seamless adoption of new technologies and applications.
- Served as a subject matter expert in various applications engineering topics, providing valuable insights during team discussions and decision-making processes.
Test Product Engineer
Texas Instruments
06.2016 - 02.2019
- Consistently reported on Yield - CWATY, FTY and FPY Improvement actions on the assigned Devices
- Hold lots Disposition and Outlier Lot Improvement Reduction
- Worked with Business groups from Dallas/India/Germany/China/Malaysia and Worldwide New Product Development Team to qualify new devices for mass production
- Successfully qualified more than 20 SOT devices resulting to additional volume and business opportunity through proper guidance of what test flow and test program to use for the execution for the different qualification electrical read points, help verify rejects and report the test analysis and summary
- Provided program fixes on SOT devices to improve yield and address miscorrelation issues through signal analysis using RAIDE tool on ETS88
- Released more than 7 yield improvement Test Programs by optimizing delay and samples, reviewing test limits and optimizing tester resources
- Spearheaded migration of IFLEX programs due to upgrade of operating system from Windows XP to Windows 7 resulting to fixes on many IGXL bugs and faster operating system
- Provided program fix as a solution to a 2-year site-to-site program issue on Device A causing 16% capacity loss
- Provided timely disposition on Held materials - production lots/EWR/SWR lots
- Executed and implemented Test Cost reduction by implementing test time reductions /test flow reductions initiatives
Test Application Engineer
Texas Instruments
06.2014 - 06.2016
- Trained on programming and maintenance on the following ATE platforms (IFLEX/J750/UFLEX/EAGLE ETS364/ETS88/FUSION EX/Texas Instruments VLCT)
- Owned Teradyne ATE metrics and improvements by generating action items to improve Overall Equipment Efficiency
- Recommended program changes to fix tester-tester variation and miscorrelation issues
- Executed Test Program debug on test marginalities using Debugging tools and data analysis to improve test yield resulting to higher throughput
- Created technical reports and contributed to Known Issues List / One Point Lesson
- Consolidated Teradyne Applications Issues and participated to Teradyne Operational Committee Meetings
- Conducted Technical Trainings for basic debugging procedure of IFLEX/J750/UFLEX
- Performed Sustaining Activities especially on Production Line Setup issues
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electronics Engineering
06.2009 - 03.2014
GPA: Cum Laude
Valedictorian - undefined
Valedictorian - undefined
Skills
Customer support
Network configuration
Data analysis
Technical training
API integration
Software debugging
Product development
Embedded systems
Digital signal processing
Coding
Applications development
Application testing
Technical documentation writing
Trainings And Seminars Attended
- ASL visualATE7 Applications Training, COHU Singapore, 1 Week
- DiamondX Unison Digital Applications Trainings, Cohu Singapore, 1 Week
- Teradyne J750Ex-HD Programming Fundamentals, Texas Instruments Baguio, Philippines, 1 Week
- Teradyne Ultraflex Programming Fundamentals, Texas Instruments Baguio, Philippines, 1 Week
- Teradyne ETS364 Basic Programming and Debug, Texas Instruments Baguio, Philippines, 1 Week
- Problem Solving Excellence Mindset Workshop
- 7QC TOOLS TRAINING for ENGINEERS
- Basic SPC for Engineers - CPK/6 Sigma
- DMAIC for Engineers - Phase 1 and Phase 2
- 8D/CAPA Methodology
- Basic SQL (Database Query) and Dataware Training
- MBAYSE and SPOTFIRE data Analysis Training
- Engineering 5S Training
Honors And Awards Received
- Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineer, Saint Louis University, 2014
- Academic Scholar, Department of Science and Technology, 06/01/09, 03/01/14
- Valedictorian, Laboratory High School, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, 2009
- Valedictorian, Lloren Elementary School, 2005
Personal Information
- Age: 27
- Height: 171cm
- Weight: 68kgs
- Citizenship: Filipino
- Date of Birth: 07/31/92
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Single
Timeline
Field ATE Applications Engineer - COHU PH
02.2019 - Current
Test Product Engineer - Texas Instruments
06.2016 - 02.2019
Test Application Engineer - Texas Instruments
06.2014 - 06.2016
Saint Louis University - Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering
06.2009 - 03.2014
Laboratory High School, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - Valedictorian,
Lloren Elementary School - Valedictorian,