Stefano Atella

Experience

• 

  Stanford University

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Studente

  Undergraduate High School Summer Program. Attended courses:- Calculus.- Mechanics and Thermodynamics.

• 

  Graphenea

  Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

  Ricercatore

  Master Thesis work performed at the CIC nanoGUNE research center: - execute large scale Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) synthesis of graphene on copper foil. - set up and develop a Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) synthesis of monolayer and multilayer hexagonal boron nitride on thin copper foil starting from ammonia-borane. - execute analysis and characterization of 2D materials. - present weekly reports on research work status.

• 

  STMicroelectronics

  Jul 2017 - Jan 2021

  - Responsible of tungsten and doped-oxide Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) process for integrated circuit (IC) devices fabrication.- Apply Six Sigma methodology to perform data analysis and explore improvement opportunity.- Implement Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools to keep track of the process performances.- Manage internal projects and process change plans targeted to improve overall process quality and/or process robustness.- Reference engineer for a A3 lean project. Title of the project: “CVD tungsten equipment test optimization”. Collected data showed a halved test time which turned out in a throughput increment.- Take part and collaborate in process Failure Mode & Effective Analysis (FMEA).- Support and guide manufacturing and maintenance staff in day by day problems. Show less

  • CVD Process Engineer

    Jul 2018 - Jan 2021

  • Junior CVD Process Engineer

    Jul 2017 - Jul 2018
• 

  NIL Technology

  Feb 2021 - Mar 2023

  Technical Project Leader & Product Developer

  - Technical project leader bringing highly advanced Meta Optical Element (MOE) and Diffractive Optical Elements (DOE) from design to development and mass-production.- Reference figure between optical design-, mastering-, process- and test-teams for a high level overview of product technical aspects.- Anticipate technical risks and mitigate them with a systematic and structured approach (FMEA).- Design, with the aid of design software (AutoCAD, Solidworks), the Mechanical Component Outline (MCO) of MOEs and DOEs and set the relative manufacturing process flow, fitting the constraints from mastering, process, assembly and testing.- Represent the company towards customers as main technical interface providing regular updates & data analysis, and interacting with suppliers to define specifications (glass, epoxies, coatings, etc.)- Owner of product related technical documentation (technical drawings, specs to suppliers).- Resilience in the face of challenges & ability to improvise. Show less

• 

  U-blox

  Sept 2023 - now

  IC Production & Test Engineer

  - PCM, Wafer Sort and Final Test data analysis of GNSS ICs devices- Managing technical relations and activities with wafer foundries- Drive continuos improvement activities- Monitoring of production KPI