Yun-Ching Chang

Sr. Director, Physicist/Scientist @ Applied Materials

About

- Technical lead in system engineering and imaging algorithm development. - Optical system/sub-system design and qualification. - Program management through phases of PLC in semiconductor and life science industry. - Vendors management from prototyping to rapid productization. - Agile team development in a start-up environment and collaboration across large organization. - Inventor and system architect for high TPT imaging solutions in spatial transcriptomics

Country

United States

City

San Francisco Bay Area

Industry

Semiconductors

Skill

Engineering Leadership, Optics, Matlab, COMSOL, Image Processing, Microscopy, Metrology, Project Management, Labview, Zemax, Ellipsometry, Lumerical, Numerical Simulation, Multiphysics Modeling, Python (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Experience

Sr. Director, Physicist/Scientist

Applied Materials

2026-2 - Present · 8 mos

Santa Clara, CA

- Spearhead technology development and vendor management for a stealth project focused on inspection and metrology products. - Oversee technical program management for AR/VR applications, ensuring alignment with project goals.

Director, Physicist/Scientist

Applied Materials

2023-1 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

Mountain View, California

Veranome Biosystems - System architect for Veranome’s high throughput imaging platform - Lead hardware and software R&D for next generation spatial transcriptomics

Manager, Sr. Member of Technical Staff

Applied Materials

2021-1 - 2023-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Mountain View, CA

Algorithm and software development/ Veranome Biosystems - Imaging and computation methods for spatial transcriptomics - Software design and engineering management - IT and cloud framework architect

Manager, Physicist/Scientist MTS

Applied Materials

2019-5 - 2021-1 · 1 yr 9 mos

Santa Clara, CA

Advanced Imaging Technology/ CTO Office - End-to-end software solutions lead - Engineering project management (Agile/JIRA) - Image processing pipeline development (MATLAB/Python) - Bioinformatics data analysis and visualization - Imaging system design and user interface

Physicist/Scientist

Applied Materials

2016-6 - 2019-5 · 3 yrs

Santa Clara, CA

Advanced Imaging Technology - Imaging & Process Control Group - High throughput imaging platform - Optical system design and modeling (ZEMAX) - Multiphysics simulation (FDTD/FEM) - Path-finding/system engineering for on-board metrology solution - Optical components (camera, fiber, light source, sensor,...) vendor management

Applications Scientist

Nanometrics

2014-6 - 2016-6 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Hillsboro, OR

Simulation and Analytics Group - Engineering Department - Optical system modeling and analysis on spectroscopic ellipsometer and reflectometer (ZEMAX) - Algorithm improvement on optical critical dimensions (OCD) technology - Nanophotonics simulation (FDTD/RCWA) Key Account Applications - Application Department - Develop industrial leading 14/10nm FinFET metrology solution with a key customer - Worldwide OCD fleet matching and troubleshooting

Research Assistant

Penn State University

2008-8 - 2014-5 · 5 yrs 10 mos

University Park, PA

- Optical design and bench setup for characterizing various ultrafast EO devices - Multi-physics nanophotonics modeling (COMSOL/RSOFT/Lumerical) - High power laser processing system - Semiconductor fabrication process and characterization