Walter Newton

Walter Newton has over 25 years of work experience in technical writing and engineering-related roles. Walter currently works as a Senior Technical Writer at ICON since 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Applied Materials for 18 years as a Senior Technical Writer/Illustrator, where they wrote, illustrated, and edited manufacturing instruction documents for semiconductor fabrication equipment. At Applied Materials, they also developed documentation templates, standards, and best practices. Before that, they worked at Vexcel Corporation as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer for about 1.5 years. In this role, they tested remote sensing satellite ground station software and managed the CVS code repository. Walter's early experience includes working as a Procurement Engineer at Spectra Logic for 6 years. In this role, they served as the primary interface between engineering, manufacturing, and vendors, and was responsible for vendor selection and qualification, quality/price/delivery analysis, and problem resolution. Walter also wrote and maintained ISO 9001 procedure documents related to procurement processes.

Walter Newton's education history includes a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

In addition, they have obtained a certification in OSHA 10-hour General Industry Safety and Health from the OSHA Safety Training Institute in July 2022.