Texas Instruments Internship
The summer of 2023 I worked as an Equipment Engineering Intern at Texas Instruments. I worked in the photolithography module of DMOS6, the module at the heart of the fab and a critical component for semiconductor manufacturing. I worked on a number of projects at Texas Instruments, learning key manufacturing philosophies like 5S that keep a large manufacturing process running efficiently in the modern Industry 4.0.
Texas Instruments Projects
While I can't go into detail on my projects, here's a little about what I worked on at TI.
Fan Lift Tooling
Designed custom lift tooling for 500lb fan
My most challenging project at TI was designing a mechanism to lift a 500lb fan motor out from inside an air control cabinet. The tooling I created makes it possible for TI to do preventative maintenance and harvest the expensive fan motor when they otherwise would not be able to. Pictures cannot be shared from this project for confidentiality.
Working in the Fab
Hands-on experience during numerous projects
Many of my projects involved working directly on tools in the fab. I loved the hands-on work and seeing how what I did in the fab affected the end products TI makes.
Line Decontamination
Cleaned tool using solvents and tracked progress
One of my projects was a line decontamination project. I was in charge of ordering, installing, and running solvents for cleaning, as well as running test wafers to test how each solvent affected the lines.
Industrial 5S Philosophy
Advanced Tech
One of my main takeaways from my time at Texas Instruments is the industrial 5S philosophy. I implemented this in many projects with physical 5S, digital 5S, and applying 5S to problem solving. I was also the lead of my Intern 5S project to develop training modules. We successfully implemented a sustainable program for module training guides we created.