Spectrolab
Andrew Palmer is a seasoned engineering professional with extensive experience in the semiconductor and opto-electronic industries. Currently serving as the MOVPE and Wafer Fab Equipment Engineering Manager at Spectrolab since July 2009, Andrew has held various roles including MOVPE Equipment Engineering Manager and Development Engineer focusing on MOVPE/MOCVD processes. Prior experience includes MOCVD Engineer at Emcore, where responsibilities included operating and maintaining thin film epitaxy reactors, and Sr. Process Engineer at Arlon MED, where process and product specifications were established and technical troubleshooting was provided. Additionally, Andrew worked as a Project Engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, testing naval weapon systems, and as Equipment Engineer at Tecstar Inc., managing reactor upgrade projects and analyzing product performance data. Andrew holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, earned between 1996 and 2001.
Spectrolab
Spectrolab, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, is the world's leading merchant supplier of the Highest-Efficiency Multijunction Solar Cells for Spacecraft Power Systems, with proven reliability drawn from 60 years of space heritage. Spectrolab's state-of-the-art space solar cells and panels power satellites in Earth's orbit, as well as, the International Space Station. Since its founding in 1956, Spectrolab has led the way in the development of high-efficiency solar cells for space missions. Spectrolab has demonstrated its enduring technological leadership by being the first company to place cells on the moon (Apollo 1969), on the surface of Mars (Rover 2004), and orbit Jupiter (Juno 2016). See our open positions at https://jobs.boeing.com/search-jobs/Spectrolab