SAM HUANG
Technical Program Manager
China Shanghai
Summary
Proactive and results-driven Technical Program Manager with 6+ years of progressive experience in the semiconductor and manufacturing sectors, including current experience at Apple. Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex product & material & automation, and digital transformation programs from development to mass production.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Technical Program Manager
Apple
05.2024 - Current
- Led iPhone development from NPI builds to mass production, ensuring cross-functional alignment with business and customer goals
- Green manufacturing: Partnered with global MD/GSM teams to drive product material reuse, recycle, reduce
- Digital strategy development: Defined and executed a digital transformation roadmap, achieving a reduction of 980 HC (2024–2025) through 6 factory headcount optimization
- System development : Developed & Deployed YOLOv11 vision system to standardize inbound/outbound sample inspections, delivering 20 HC reduction and streamlined SOPs
Automation Program Manager / Engineer
Texas Instrument
03.2023 - 04.2024
- Managed over $10M in factory automation investments (robotics, AI inspection) across global manufacturing sites
- Served as SME for AI inspection; maintained vision data infrastructure across 7 worldwide factories, contributing to 144 HC saving in 2023
- Built real-time production insight dashboards using Python/SQL, enabling $120K/month potential yield improvement
Wire Bond Process Engineer
Texas Instrument
03.2022 - 02.2023
- Developed infrastructure for AI cameras in IC inspection, reducing 7.2 HC/year
- Conducted risk assessments and optimized processes in the wire bonding area
Post Test Process Engineer
Texas Instrument
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Developed & Deployed YOLOv3 object detection to enhance test quality, saving $6K/year
- Initiate & build a database from machine raw data for driving the better quality/ output performance
- Performing process capability studies, statistical analysis and data-driven decision-making to achieve operational excellence and meet production targets.
- Strategies for communicating BOM status updates to the necessary (internal and external) parties, production planning for future BOM builds, 2nd source preparation for cost saving
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
Kaohsiung Medical University
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 05.2013 - 06.2017
Master of Science - Micro And Nano Engineering
National Tsing Hua University
Hsinchu, Taiwan 05.2017 - 09.2019
Skills
- Product life cycle management (PLM)
- JIRA project management
- Supply Chain BOM management & Optimization
- FMEA & Process risk assessment
- Experienced in Python programming
- Data manipulation using SQL
- Skilled in utilizing Cloud (Google/ AWS/IBM) applications
- Experienced with Google Colab (Web ML Tool)
Timeline
Technical Program Manager
Apple
05.2024 - Current
Automation Program Manager / Engineer
Texas Instrument
03.2023 - 04.2024
Wire Bond Process Engineer
Texas Instrument
03.2022 - 02.2023
Post Test Process Engineer
Texas Instrument
01.2020 - 01.2022
Master of Science - Micro And Nano Engineering
National Tsing Hua University
05.2017 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
Kaohsiung Medical University
05.2013 - 06.2017
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