Kwame Eason

About Kwame Eason

Strongest Attributes:Problem Solver: Ability to diagnosis and triage hardware and software issues on complex systems, often where the distinction in the two is not obvious. Successful track record, travelled extensively worldwide to resolve application and hardware issues, for both optical and non-contact electrical metrology tools. Innovator: Ability to integrate theoretical (academic) and practical experience to introduce new capabilities, as evidenced by five patent submissions on FEOL process development, metrology, and process integration. Also worked with customers and engineering teams to define, design and implement new capabilities on complex metrology tools. Educator / Presenter: Ability to present technically dense material in a more generally understandable manner. Ability to interpret large volumes of data, extract trends and present a clear, concise and cohesive message, as evidenced by over 10 peer reviewed publications. Extensively travelled in order to educate on computational electro-dynamics, minimization algorithms, Corona-Oxide-Semiconductor systems and their applications to front-end processing.Team Builder / Manager: Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a matrix organization, often having responsibility for project deliverables, without having direct manager authority over key players. Directly managed teams of up to 4 people.Specialties: 1) Interfacial engineering of Si-dielectric interface. Most notably reduction of sub-oxide layer in Si-SiO2 and Si-SiON interfaces. Characterization and optimization approaches are broadly applicable to other systems (Hi-k, CIGS, etc)2) Corona based electrical metrology.3) Scatterometry (hardware, modeling, and algorithms)

Experience

1. Principle Engineer - Process Development

   Solidigm

   Dec 2025 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

   NAND (6th Gen) Process Champion.

Education

• Stanford University

  MS, Electrical Engineering

  1994 — 1997

• Stanford University

  Ph.D, Electrical Engineering

  1997 — 2000

Skills

• Process Integration
• Jmp
• Process Simulation
• Silicon
• Spc
• Physics
• Metrology
• Ic
• Electronics
• Sensors
• R&D
• Lithography
• Design of Experiments
• Semiconductors
• Thin Films
• Materials Science
• Failure Analysis
• Labview
• Semiconductor Industry
• Cvd
• Cmos
• Characterization
• Nanotechnology