Dongbo Li

About Dongbo Li

Industrial R&D professional with strong educational background in materials science and applied physics combined with extensive experience in materials synthesis, structural characterization, property testing (mechanical, physical, chemical, thermal, and surface analysis), thin film micro/nano device fabrication and characterization, reliability evaluation, and failure analysis. Demonstrated strong problem solving ability and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.SPECIALTY SKILLSOver 5 years of industrial hardware research and development experience in the area of hard disk drive with focus on materials selection and optimization, product performance characterization, reliability testing, and root cause failure analysis; Successful track record of inventing and developing new testing and analytic techniques to enhance product reliabilityStrong expertise and hands-on experience with multiple physical and electrical techniques for materials, interface, and device characterization, including AFM, MFM, SEM/EDX, TEM, FIB, XRD, ESCA/XPS, FTIR, Raman, and AESProficiency with electrical, optical, mechanical, and environmental testing instrumentation and toolsExperience with a wide spectrum of materials systems: semiconductors, metals, ceramics, polymers, and composite materialsOver 20 years of experience with design of experiments and statistical data analysisAuthored 1 book chapter and over 20 peer review journal articles, 1 pending patent, and presented over 20 professional talks

Experience

1. Sr Failure Analysis Manager

   Amazon Lab126

   Apr 2024 — Present · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering

  2003 — 2008

Skills

• Materials
• Characterization
• Spectroscopy
• Thin Films
• Nanomaterials
• Materials Science
• Failure Analysis
• Raman Spectroscopy
• Nanotechnology
• Powder X-Ray Diffraction
• Design of Experiments
• Physics
• Polymers
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Edx
• Surface Chemistry
• Semiconductors
• Nanofabrication
• Tem
• Afm
• Research and Development (R&D)