1. Christopher Nguyen
2455 Becket Drive  Union City, CA 94587  (510)386-2510
 Chrisand88@sbcglobal.net
Objective:
To obtain a position in mechanical, test or production engineering.
Experiences:
 Staff Reliability Engineer – Sandisk Corp, Milpitas CA – 2012-present
 LED Lamp/Test Engineer – Soraa, Inc. Fremont 2011- 2012
 Senior Mechanical Engineer – Panasonic/Toshiba SDC San Jose CA- 2002-2011.
 Application Engineer - SMC Corp. of America, San Jose CA- 2001-2002.
 Senior Mechanical Technician - Maxtor (Quantum) Corp. Milpitas CA- 1991-2001.
 Manufacturing Leader for all Production lines - Quantum Corp. Milpitas CA 1984-1991.
Qualifications and Accomplishments:
Sandisk Corporation.
 Worldwide technical support in Mechanical reliability testing of SSD products
 Responsible for bringing up Reliability Mechanical lab. Design layout, purchased shock
& vibration systems, package drop machine, HALT chamber and get them up and
running.
 Responsible in designing mechanical tools and test fixtures using Autodesk Inventor (3D
CAD) drawing software
 Responsible for Mechanical set up and testing EVT/DVT on all Sandisk’s ESS and
Server products such as:
o Op/Non-op vibration
o Op/Non-op shock
o HALT (Highly accelerated life test)
o Thermal mapping
o Cover deflection
o Package design transportation tests. Such as Compression, Vibration, Drop.
 Cross Training new coming engineers and technicians on mechanical testing and
equipment operating.
 Responsible to maintain all the lab equipment in operating and calibrating
Soraa, Inc.
 Experience in NPI, setting up manufacture production lines, collecting and analyzing data
to designing the work flows, balancing individual assembly stations, writing process
instructions, training the production engineers/technicians and operators.
 Manage all Soraa’s LED lamps productions such as organizing, tracking and issuing
production builds planning and shipping to satisfy marketing demands.
 Manage all Soraa’s LED lamps test data at component and completed product levels for
100% traceability.
 Experience in setting up and maintaining Optical lab.
 Experience in setting up, running and analyzing results for the following types of optical
tests:

2. o Capture LED/Lamp light arrays output and angle using Radiant imaging Camera,
Labsphere, Rotational stage. Goniometer.
o Thermal maping LED/lamps .
o Power testing the LED/Lamps driver base.
 Experience in LED/Lamps FA to determine root causes and feedback.
Quantum Corp, Maxtor corp, Panasonic and Toshiba SDC
 Experience as Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Rigid Disk Drive Industry supporting
the design and development of new products.
 Experience as Senior Mechanical Engineering Technician in the Rigid Disk Drive
Industry supporting the design and development of new products.
 Experience in testing and working with Precision Mechanical Mechanisms.
 Experience in building 3D models from 2D drawings.
 Responsible for designing and testing disk stack clamping in HDD 7200RPM products.
 Responsible for designing, developing and testing disk stack balancing in Toshiba first
2.5”/7200RMP product.
 Responsible in designing mechanical tools and test fixtures using Autodesk Inventor (3D
CAD) and Solid designer (3D CAD) drawing softwares.
 Ability to disassemble, assemble and perform failure analysis for mechanical problems.
 Experience in modify precision parts using microscope, milling machine and mechanical
tools.
 Experience in maintaining and setting up clean room, Anechoic acoustic chamber,
Vibration, lab equipments, supplies, and calibrations.
 Experience in setting up, running and analyzing results for the following types of
mechanical tests:
o Spindle Runout, non-repeatable runout measurements using ADE or Pioneer
equipment.
o Spindle motor axial and rocking modes using Polytec Laser Doppler Vibrometer.
o Mechanical Bode Plots using Laser Doppler Vibrometer and/or servo positioning
information.
o Modal analysis using MEscope.
o Dynamic deflection measurements using Laser Doppler Vibrometer.
o Components’ movement using High speed video camera.
o Force Constant measurement.
o Inertia measurement.
o Airlock testing to determine opening and closing speed.
o Drive idle, seek and Motor Acoustics in sound pressure, sound power and discrete
tone using B & K analyzers.
o Operational and non-operational Shock and Vibration (Sine and Random) using
B&K, U&D, LDS, and Genrad shaker tables and Lansmont Shock tower.
o Data degradation measurements in various vibration levels.
o Drive TMR measurements.
o Drive Damage Boundary and Fragility tests.
o Kt and Flux leakage measurement.
o Temperature Mapping using Thermocouples.
o Identify and provide technical support to resolve system or components resonance
problems.
 Experience in Leadership and Production in Clean Room Environment.
 Experience in compiling test data and in writing laboratory reports.
 Experience in Failure analysis for the 200mm and 300mm Vacuum Valves for
Semiconductor businesses.

3.  Experience in hiring personnel, training and setting up production lines to meet required
cycle time and production volumes.
 Experience in using personal computers for data compilation and for communication of
results.
Work Habits:
 Able to juggle multiple priorities.
 Results and Schedule Driven.
 Able to work flexible schedule to adjust for peak work cycles.
 Detail oriented - meticulous care in assembly and debug.
 Eager to learn new skills and improve.
 Occasionally traveled overseas for Engineering and pre-production builds.
Personal Strengths:
 Hands on experience with Multi-meters, Analog/Digital Oscilloscope, Analyzers,
Function Generator, Power supply, and other test equipments.
 Proficient oral and written communications.
 Good Solid team player and able to work with a diverse range of personalities.
 Self motivated and fast learner.
References:
 Brian Schott (408) 997-8345 Schott4@Pacbell.com
 Raghu Gururangan Raghu.gururangan@tais.toshiba.com
 Frank Kwong (650) 888-9518 Kwong_frank@yahoo.com
 Rich Ramsdell (408) 867-7548 Rramsdell@Juno.com
 Joe Castagna (408) 227-8835 (408)807-3673
 Mukesh Patel (408) 978-3869 Mukmorar@Att.net