Jeff Henderson

Current

Sr. Mechanical Engineer at KLA-Tencor (FormerlyTherma-Wave)

Past

Owner/Partner at Captured Imagery
Sr. Mechanical Engineer at Therma-Wave, Inc., Fremont, California
Network Engineer/Program Manager at Webvan

Project Manager / Mechanical Engineer at Lam Research
Mechanical Engineer at Westinghouse Electric

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Education

California State University-Chico
NxRev - Intro to ProE Wildfire 3.0 class

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Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

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Jeff Henderson’s Summary

• Design of mechanisms for mounting and positioning optical components, light sources & cameras.
• Mechanical and Electrical subsystem packaging.
• Support and improvement of existing product designs.
• System Architecture development and System Integration.
• Developed documentation and product structure to support various manufacturing models.
• Proficient daily user of SolidWorks, PDM, Pro/Engineer , Pro/Intralink & Agile PLM.
• Hands on Engineer with the ability to build, test and troubleshoot electromechanical systems.
• Experience working in all phases of the product development lifecycle.
• Project Management experience in technical as well as business environments.
• Supervision of design tasks performed by other Engineers, Designers and Drafters.
• Outsource supplier management and customer interface.
• Versatile and flexible team member able to adjust to the changing corporate environment and willing to take on new roles as required by business needs. Excellent organizational and communications skills.

Jeff Henderson’s Specialties:

Solid system level design background as well as significant experience with detailed design of mechanical subsystems, mechanisms and packaging. Proficient with SolidWorks and ProE Wildfire. Strong background in product structure and documentation required to support outsource manufacturing.

Jeff Henderson’s Experience

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

KLA-Tencor (FormerlyTherma-Wave)

(Public Company; KLAC; Semiconductors industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

• Responsible for Mechanical Engineering support and design enhancements for the Opti-Probe, Therma-Probe and Spectra product lines. Developed & designed specials per customer requests. Designed test fixtures used for R&D of new technologies.

KLA-Tencor designs, builds, & sell metrology and inspection equipment used to non-destructively measure the critical dimensions, film thicknesses, and material properties of the features on silicon wafers during the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Owner/Partner

Captured Imagery

(Photography industry)

June 2003 — December 2008 (5 years 7 months)

I was an owner/partner/photographer in a fine art photography business. We specialized in scenic and landscape photography. We sold matted and framed fine art prints of our work.
Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Therma-Wave, Inc., Fremont, California

(Public Company; TWAV; Semiconductors industry)

October 2001 — June 2007 (5 years 9 months)

• I was one of the principal Mechanical Engineers who designed and developed TWAV’s next generation Opti-probe product. I was involved in the project from the concept design phase through release to production. Significant focus was placed on design for manufacturability and serviceability which was achieved using a modular design and packaging approach, and simplification of optical paths. Manufacturing cycle time, cost and time to install at the customer site were significantly reduced as a result.

• I previously worked in the Sustaining Engineering group where I performed various evaluations and redesigns of production systems to resolve manufacturing, performance, and obsolescence issues. Significant projects included pneumatic system characterization & redesign, thermal issues, lens exchange mechanisms, vision camera, user interfaces, component packaging..

• I also held a position as a Manufacturing Program Manager. In this role, in addition to structuring the Sensys integrated metrology product for outsource manufacturing, I and was instrumental in the integration of Sensys Instruments into Therma-Wave’s engineering and documentation systems after we acquired them in 2002.

Therma-Wave designs, builds, & sell metrology equipment used to non-destructively measure the critical dimensions, film thicknesses, and material properties of the features on silicon wafers during the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Network Engineer/Program Manager

Webvan

(Public Company; WBVN; Internet industry)

January 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 8 months)

I served in several roles at Webvan:

Network Engineer / Program Manager - IT
• Managed & executed a project to upgrade and re-architect Webvan’s Oakland Distribution Center network, without interrupting production. Project required coordination between IT and Operations teams, electrical and cabling contractors as well as configuration, installation, and testing of Cisco Routers, Switches and Symbol RF access points.

• Managed & executed project to move all corporate devices from one ISP’s IP space to another without interrupting corporate operations.

• Supported integration of Homegrocer.com network hardware, and DNS into the existing Webvan Platform, completing the merger of the two platforms into one.

• Project Manager for the IT Operations portion of Webvan’s Atlanta Distribution Center Design. Developed detailed design specifications for Distribution Center Server Room, Backup Power and Security systems. Worked with electrical, fire, & security contractors to assure their designs met specifications during the design and bid process for Atlanta and Chicago Distribution Centers.

• Day to day responsibilities included: Router & switch configuration & maintenance, LAN & WAN connectivity trouble shooting and maintenance, management of corporate IP allocation.

Project Manager - Business Process Group
• Managed the corporate Y2K program.

• Managed the initial implementation of the Regulated SKU’s process.

• Planned and managed version acceptance tests and version upgrades to distribution center units.

• Maintained master version schedules, version release, and version deployment roadmaps.

• Co-developed Webvan’s version management process. Designed, published, and maintained Webvan’s version management intranet web site.
Project Manager / Mechanical Engineer

Lam Research

(Public Company; LRCX; Semiconductors industry)

1992 — November 1998 (6 years )

I worked as a Engineering Project Manager in the Systems & Automation business unit. I managed various medium to large engineering development projects in the development of Lam's 200 & 300mm Cluster Tool products. Also managed process chamber development projects and was responsible for developing the 300mm factory automation interface strategy for the 300mm cluster tool product. Directed large groups of Engineers, Designers and Drafters.
Mechanical Engineer

Westinghouse Electric

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; wec; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

1985 — 1992 (7 years )

Mechanical design of submarine based missile launch systems. Design and development of mold in place coating system used to apply the anechoic coating to the outside surfaces of nuclear submarines.

Jeff Henderson’s Education

California State University-Chico

BSME , Mechanical Engineering , 1980 — 1985

Activities and Societies:

Deans Honor List
Member of ASME
Member of Chico's Human Powered Vehicle Team
NxRev - Intro to ProE Wildfire 3.0 class