Karl Rupp

Experience

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  US Navy

  Mar 2009 - Mar 2015

  Electronics Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class

  USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), Little Creek, VA Dec 12 - PresentRadar Systems Work Center Supervisor. Managed five personnel and led corrective and preventive maintenance on ships entire surface search, air search, and navigational radar suite..Test Measure and Diagnostic Equipment Manager: Regulated the calibration program for over 295 pieces of test and measurement devices and calibrated numerous gauges, retaining a 95% shipboard readiness.Operations Repair Parts Petty Officer. Ordered, requisitioned, and tracked vital repair parts for all systems maintained under Operations Electronics Division creating a cohesive and manageable organization, thus minimizing overall administrative man hours. Naval Sub Support Facility New London, Groton, CT Aug 10 – Oct 12Calibration Technician: Calibrated and repaired scores of electronic test equipment both, in lab and on site, for submarines and visiting units.Environmental Controls Petty Officer. Overhauled the laboratories humidity and temperature tracking system and standards through use of environmental sensors, graphing programs, and excel spreadsheets achieving zero discrepancies during the 2012 Calibration Re-certification Show less

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  Applied Materials

  Mar 2015 - now

  Technical escalation support on Applied Front End products. Supporting Field Engineering remotely with focus on, but not limited to our European customers. Finding resolution to high value problems on site as needed. Providing mentoring to junior CEs. Writing and publishing documentation. Support for Applied 200mm Metallization (WXZ, WXP) Dielectric CVD (DXZ) and Producers, RTP (Radiance, XE), and EPI tools across various customer sites within Europe including but not limited to NXP, Nexperia, Plessey. Certified for work on Epitaxial Deposition Process Tools - Conducts preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs as necessary. Also, tasked with work on Rapid Thermal Deposition Tools and mainframes. Maintains a customer relations for minimal downtime on tool activity and maximum productivity. Certified for work on Epitaxial Deposition Process Tools - Conducts preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs as necessary. Also, tasked with work on Rapid Thermal Deposition Tools and mainframes. Maintains a customer relations for minimal downtime on tool activity and maximum productivity.

  • Technical Support Engineer TPS/TSE

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Customer Engineer III

    Jul 2018 - Jun 2022

  • customer engineer II

    Mar 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Customer Engineer

    Mar 2015 - Mar 2017