Jonathan Cain

Experience

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  Steward Advanced Materials

  Apr 2015 - Nov 2016

  Process Development Engineer

  •Qualification and process engineer for spray drying - baseline, documentation, troubleshooting•Performed mass and energy balance to identify cyclic fouling of chamber intake - correction and periodic maintenance resulted in >50% increased efficiency•Performed DoE to identify optimal parameters in mechanical alloying of dispersion strengthened alloy•Health and safety Improvements, fall-restraint and lowering device study and capital purchase•Designed and implemented dust mitigation for operator health - perform airflow studies to identify ideal exhaust velocity for particulate reduction•Performed and analyzed temperature uniformity surveys (TUS) on production walk-in furnaces•Optimization of airflow resulting in drastic reduction in element failure in furnaces Show less

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  Wacker Chemie

  Nov 2016 - Jul 2018

  Process Development Engineer

  •Develop plan and train operators in new quality programs - resultant 5x decrease in defects downstream of classification•Coordinated FMEA in classification and new process implementations•Served as process expert in 5S projects•Investigate and mitigate quality defects, apply six-sigma methodology to find special-cause variations in product, identify root cause and corrective actions to reduce contamination•Continuous analysis and identification of contamination in hyper-pure polysilicon packaging; Sampling plan led to mitigation of localized, chronic (>6 mos.) metals contamination Show less

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  AdTech Ceramics

  Jul 2018 - Jan 2022

  •Lead development projects for new material systems and screenable pastes•Manage developed products working with customers to address their technical and design requirements•Process engineering for tape and paste departments - Schedule testing and lead qualification of incoming raw materials - Analyze reports for quality approval

  • Development Manager

    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Process and Materials Development Engineer

    Jul 2018 - Jan 2021
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  W. R. Grace & Co.

  Jan 2022 - now

  Process Development Engineer