Mayur Kulkarni

About Mayur Kulkarni

Innovative, dependable and results-oriented engineering and technology leader with 20+ years of engineering, product development and product management experience in delivering differentiated products in fast-paced Semiconductor industry. • Deep understanding of Semiconductor Equipment market and key drivers essential for robust product pipeline. • Built and headed strong cross-functional teams to complete 10+ project life-cycles from concept to volume production.• Boosted gross-margin to >40% through design improvements, value-based pricing and cost reduction activities.• Delivered 50+ fast-paced development projects ranging from $100K-$3M in budget. • Developed and productized tunable thermal solutions with 7+ patents in multi-zone heater technology, both metal and ceramic.• Managing an R&D lab with CVD and PVD tools.Specialties:• Customer partnerships - Joint Development, field-issue resolution, availability and uptime solutions• New Product Development (NPD, NPI)- From concept development to volume manufacturing• Systems Engineering & Project Management - Requirements analysis, technology road map, prioritization, Risk analysis and retirement strategies• Product Management - Strategic thinking, Product Line (PLM) and lifecycle (PLC) management• Operations / Manufacturing - Lean manufacturing, warranty cost management, defect reduction• Supplier Management - Strategic sourcing, Cost reduction road maps, Quality control• Quality and reliability - ISO Component and equipment reliability

Experience

1. Engineering Product Development R & d for Cvd

   Applied Materials

   Feb 2014 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Leading and directing a 80+ member strong multidisciplinary R&D organization responsible for development of various CVD chambers (Blanket oxide/nitride films, Low-k Dielectric, Patterning films using PE/SA/HDP CVD technologies) Executive ownership of a process-capable cleanroom for building, growing utilization while maintaining safety as highest priority. Defined and specified infrastructure (floor, cleanliness, water, gases, exhaust, abatements etc.) requirements to enable running deposition/treatment and metrology equipment.Activities include understanding market needs, development of technical solution approaches with validated multiple hypotheses testing, test and on-site implementation plans and statistical data analysis.Guide and direct focus to meet customer satisfaction goals by addressing pain points, reduce unscheduled down-times and improvement in green-to-green experience.Responsible for product life-cycle strategy to meet customer roadmaps through new solution, CIPs, and field upgrades to acquire new R&D and production chamber wins. Driving initiatives for developing broader set of product development activities utilizing local Eco-system.(partnerships with leading institutes, trade forums and industry) Enable higher operating margins for product lines to enable timely resolution of build issues, supplier problems, streamlining of options by reducing waste.System Engineering, Spec development, statistical methods, design of experiments (DOE), FMEA/FMECA, risk analysis, prioritization, product management, product structure, options management, throughput improvement, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Liquid delivery, Heated gas lines, Ceramic and metal Pedestal Heaters, coatings, high performance ceramics, customer satisfaction, fluid flow analysis, engineering design, analysis, mechanisms, RF delivery, in-situ plasma clean

Education

• Texas A&M University

  MS, Aerospace/Mechanical

  1998 — 2000

• San José State University

  MSE, Engineering Management

  2008 — 2010

• Shivaji University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Ceramic Heaters
• Lean Manufacturing
• Cost Management
• Product Development
• Product Engineering
• Root Cause Analysis
• Cad
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Thermal
• Finite Element Analysis
• Field Support
• Change Management
• Engineering
• Jmp
• Cvd
• Heaters
• Metrology
• Multizone Heaters
• Systems Engineering
• Product Management
• Cost Reduction
• Engineering Management
• Six Sigma
• Design Engineering
• Process Improvement
• Failure Analysis
• Semiconductor Industry
• Design for Manufacturing
• Semiconductor Equipment
• R&D
• Program Management
• Simulations
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Semiconductors
• Problem Solving
• Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Warranty Management
• Fmea
• Supply Chain