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Secunda,Mpumalanga,South Africa
Senior Process Engineer
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Materials and Process Engineering Consulting firm covers several industries: Metallurgy, Semiconductors, Chemistry, Electronics, Energy, Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, Systems Integration. The founder, Cristian Orfescu, has over 30 years of experience and over 80 technical publications including scientific journals, conferences, and patents.Our consultants have outstanding problem solving skills and the ability to get the job done, reduce expenses, and increase profitability. They are committed to maintain quality and efficiency and have experience with: Materials Engineering (new materials integration and process development), Materials Test and Characterization, Failure Analysis (FA), Root Cause, Research & Development (R&D), Process Engineering (including in fast-paced and high-volume production environments), Nanomaterials, Semiconductors, Extractive Metallurgy, Alloys, Laboratory Management, Program Management, Engineering-related Computing (Applications and Hardware), Thin Film Technology for Semiconductors, including APCVD (Atmospheric Pressure CVD), LPCVD (Low Pressure CVD), MOCVD (Metallorganic CVD) and PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition); Printed Circuit Boards manufacturing; Lithium Polymer Battery development; Nanomaterials synthesis by MOCVD, Soft Chemistry, and Hydrothermal methods; Metal Matrix Composites (MMC), Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) and Advanced Coatings manufactured by Chemical Vapor Deposition / Chemical Vapor Infiltration (CVD / CVI) for aerospace, medical, and commercial applications.The analytical expertise of our consultants includes Scanning Electron Microscopy / Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Optical Microscopy (LOM), Metallography, Image Analysis (IA), Mechanical Testing (including Microhardness and Coating Adhesion). They developed test and characterization procedures including mechanical test methods for carbon, ceramic and metallic foams, fibers, and advanced composite coatings.