Varkey George 280 W Renner Rd, Apt #4924, Richardson, TX – 75080. (817) 371-6139(M) E-mail : varkeygeorge@gmail.com SUMMARY Design Engineer (Texas Instruments Inc.) responsible for Prototype development, Process development, Accelerated Environmental Testing, Ramp to manufacturing and Sustained production of low cost Emerging Technologies like Micro Electro Mechanical structures (Analog MEMS pointing and scanning Mirrors) and applications. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC., DALLAS, TX A Fortune 100 company Electrical Design Engineer 2006 - Present • Major Projects include o Texas Instruments TALP2XXX family of low cost Laser Printer MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) Mirrors. In production since 2006. Shipped in excess of 2 Million units to date. o Texas Instruments TALP3001 family of high speed resonant scanning Mirror for Laser Projection Display Applications. In production since 2008. In excess of 7K devices shipped. o Lead the team in preliminary specification and initial prototype development for an Energy Harvesting Device for Wireless Sensor Networks. Vibration and Wind were primary Renewable energy sources considered. o Texas Instruments TALP1012 device for temperature stability in Green Laser applications. Currently in Environmental qualification stage. • Responsibilities o Prototype testing, troubleshooting, Manufacturing Process development, Design of low cost assembly techniques and packaging. o Qualification of three device families across all accelerated environmental tests for release to manufacturing (Operational Life Test at high temperatures, Mechanical Shock, Damp Heat, Temperature cycle, Vibration, Start/Stop). Qualifications of all product families were successfully completed on schedule. o Supporting and managing several overseas sub contractors with different product families. Strengths include project management, effectively working with cross–functional and cross location teams, troubleshooting and ability to learn quickly. • Capacity improvement, Cost reduction, Yield enhancement, Quality control and Cycle time reduction at overseas assembly subcontractor for multiple device families. o Implemented video alignment system for assembly at production line which resulted in an improvement of assembly accuracy by 30%. o Implemented several assembly improvements at ramp to production for scanning display mirror family. Yields were improved from 50% to 85% during the first 2 months of ramp and still continuing to improve. o Implementation of SPC (Statistical Process Control) Methods at production for monitoring production line. JMP Data mining and analysis tool used for monitoring production. • Evaluated new technologies and ideas for integrated position feedback for scanning and pointing mirrors and received a United States patent grant. • Integration of hardware and software for Custom Characterization and testing of prototypes (automated and non-automated) using LabVIEW software and hardware. Intermediate level programming in LabVIEW including Data Acquisition (DAQ) and machine vision (IMAQ) for the purpose of automation. • Provide training to engineering technicians, production associates. • 5S engineering module champion – worked on different activities that focused on the “Five S” Lean tools: Sort, Set, Shine, Standardize and Sustain. • Championed transfer of laboratory space between campuses. Duties included lab space layout, management of inventory and coordinating with different departments/resources for a smooth transition. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON, TX. Graduate Research Assistant April 2005 – Dec 2005 Automated Assembly and Packaging Project funded by the Office of Naval Research/Bennington Microtechnologies Center. • Responsibilities included setup of a robotic microassembly station in a cleanroom environment, complete with microgrippers for the purpose of manipulating, assembling and packaging MEMS structures and other micro devices, with prospective for nanomanipulation and/or nanoprobing. • Developed automated assembly of SOI fabricated multiscale (50um SOI MEMS parts, 100 um SOI MEMS parts, Micro ball-lenses, micro beam splitters) all in a single die using precision micro robotic assembly. • Extensive hands-on experience in working with precision motorized micro stages and piezo actuators for closed loop control in nano scales. • Complete design and implementation of automated pick-and-place operations using the assembly station with the aid of LabVIEW and Matlab for machine vision and scripting. UNITED STATES PATENT AUDIO MEMS MIRROR FEEDBACK Patent No: US 7,586,659 B2 Date: September 08, 2009 CONFERENCE PAPERS • "Compliant Microassembly of MEMS", Woo Ho Lee, Dan Popa, Jeongsik Sin, Varkey George and Harry E. Stephanou, 2006 International Joint Topical Meeting: “Sharing Solutions For Emergencies and Hazardous Environments”, February 12-15, 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. • “3D Microassembly Station,” Varkey George, Peter Hsu, J.C. Chiao, Dan Popa, Woo Ho Lee and Harry Stephanou, TexMEMS, The 7th International Conference on MEMS, El Paso-Juarez region, Sept .21 2005. EDUCATION Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington Jan.’04 – Dec.’05, GPA – 4.0 Masters Project: “3-D Microassembly” Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication, Aug.’99 – May.’03, Mahatma Gandhi University, India REFERENCES Available upon request.