Primary responsibilities:

• Achieve QCDMS targets and continue improvement on QCDMS
• Human resources management & people-related problem solving

The Responsibilities shall include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide leadership for production team
  • Team motivation by providing positive feedback; Understand people-related concerns & issues, address them as they arise;
  • Assess potential hires, develop and execute training plan for operator skill development;
  • Define and communicate performance expectation for job levels;
  • Performance evaluation & job level assessment for team members;
  • Provide support and coaching for Lead Hands & operators

• Supervise production & operation activities in responsible areas
  • Monitor activities in the production areas where real actions occur;
  • Audit & monitor individual work areas to ensure works are performed by following established policies, procedures, quality plans and work instructions
  • Provide support to and /or resolve production and R&D issues when they arise;
  • Monitor performance indicators regarding productivity, throughput, etc.

• Implement the production plan through efficient use of materials, equipment and personnel
  • Work with Planning function to setup meaningful production targets
  • Communicate with team regarding production plan & changes to ensure proper adjustment on work arrangement;
  • Support Lead Hands on prioritizing work and work plan adjustment based on capacity;
  • Address work flow problems by adjusting work schedules and substituting materials and equipment where permitted

• Facilitate smooth work flow by communicating effectively with staff on other shifts & in other departments/functions
  • Ensure proper information flow between processing groups, shifts and applicable functions;
  • Communicate production/processing needs & coordinate process engineering, maintenance and facility support to ensure efforts are focused on production need for delivery

• Work with team and champion Continuous Improvement activities on safety, productivity, quality, delivery, efficiency, cost and equipment utilization
  • Review NCRs generated, investigate the cause as needed and identify actions to address specific problems or concerns;
  • Engage team for activities related to “Best manufacture practice”;
  • Engage and sustain applicable LEAN activities (i.e. 5S, etc…);
  • Provide input and assist with equipment & facility set up for better utilization;
  • Work with Planning function to set up applicable Kanban system and inventory level to meet delivery goals

• Be responsible for team member’s safety, attendance, and discipline
  • Ensure protocols followed and discipline when necessary

• Training and develop multi-skilled workers
  • Prepare training plans and monitor training progress;
  • Provide on-the–job training and maintain trained skills through effective task rotation;
  • Maintain & update records of staffing capabilities and improvement status

Key qualifications:

• Excellent Leadership skills
• Strong planning and organization skills are essential
• Must be self-motivated and proactive
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Educational background is preferred in either:
  • Bachelors Degree in appropriate Engineering or Science subject with minimum 2 years relevant experience
  • Or appropriate technical Diploma plus sufficient relevant experience
• Experience in manufacturing (on line supervisory experience in wafer Fab) is desirable
• Must be able to work in a Clean Room environment and have experience working with chemicals

Department: Operations

Reports to: Supply Chain Manager

Overall responsibility: The primary responsibility includes preparation of shipping & customs documents for outgoing parcels and receiving all incoming deliveries.

Main duties:

• Receive & inspect incoming deliveries
• Record and distribute incoming documents
• Prepare shipping documents
• Prepare customs documents
• Ensure packaging is adequate for all shipments
• Liaise with carriers
• Notify requester of goods received

Consults with:

• Some interaction with management
• Many mid-level employees

Employment requirements:

• Excellent computer and organizational skills
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Experience with shipping internationally
• TDG certification (Training will be given)

Fares brings a wealth of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) industry experience to Micralyne. Over a period of 17 years, she held several senior roles within Texas Instruments. Her most recent appointment was with TI DLP Division as General Manager for the DLP Cinema® and DLP HDTV business units. Under Fares’ leadership, the business revenue grew five-fold in five years and secured a 95 percent market share position against a formidable competitor. Customer satisfaction grew at the same time.

Testimony to her pioneering work is the worldwide adoption of DLP Cinema® technology as the dominant digital cinema technology, which enabled the growth of the new 3D movie genre, exemplified by James Cameron’s “Avatar”. Before her role in DLP, Fares started the ADSL Customer Premises Router business, achieving the top two market share positions for Texas Instruments in all major markets.

“Ms. Fares’ proficiency at bringing new technologies to the world is proven,” says Michael Welsh, Micralyne’s Chairman of the Board. “Fares’ successes are achieved through her leadership and customer focus, as well as her skill in strengthening relationships both internally and externally and aligning goals with key customers. Her proven track record in growing businesses is an asset to Micralyne. Ms. Fares’ experience, abilities, and leadership will benefit us and, more importantly, our customers.”

Fares’ appointment comes at a key time for Micralyne, which is a pioneer in MEMS technology, constantly facilitating radical improvements in miniaturizing electronic and mechanical devices in the global marketplace and reinforcing its ongoing track record of annual profitability. The company is poised to leverage its leadership position in the MEMS Manufacturing industry and to take advantage of the accelerating demand for miniaturized industrial components and sensors.

“Micralyne is on the cutting edge of the MEMS industry. We have built a strong reputation based on our exceptional engineering talent, rich manufacturing experience, and the ability to innovate cost-effectively,” says Fares. “I am excited about the opportunity to leverage these strengths to meet the MEMS market growth and to continue supporting our customers in meeting their end market requirements and growth potential.”

About Micralyne
Micralyne is one of the world’s largest independent developers and manufacturers of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and microfluidic products. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Micralyne services a diverse customer base including innovative Fortune 100 companies and high-tech start-ups. With a proven manufacturing track record and a rich development history dating back to 1982, Micralyne has helped to pioneer the MEMS industry by creating some of the world’s smallest mechanical structures for leading high-tech corporations. Prior to Micralyne privatizing in 1998, the company was a not for profit entity owned by the University of Alberta. Through the years Micralyne has benefited from partnering with the University, which has enabled innovation in microfluidics and in Nanotechnology.

Micralyne, Inc.
1911-94 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6N 1E6
Phone: 780-431-4400
Fax: 780-431-4422
Web: www.micralyne.com
Media contact: Michael Welsh, Chairman of the Board
Email: media@micralyne.com

Department: Operations

Reports to: Production Shift Manager

Overall responsibility: Process Technician primarily operates equipment to manufacture complex and delicate micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS).

Main duties:

• Operating equipment in certain stages of MEMS manufacturing
• Maintain logs on equipment processes, document results of processes
• Measuring product parameters and adhering to very strict requirements
• Operate testing equipment (electronic or optical) to ensure wafer meets specs before moving along to the next stage in manufacturing
• Understand and follow complex process engineering instructions on all work processes
• Perform mathematical calculations to determine proper exposures of devices to chemicals, etc on custom Research and Development work
• Collect, record and summarize inspection results
• Perform rework on devices that do not meet required specs
• Work alongside Process Engineering to enhance and improve manufacturing process to increase yield

Employment requirements:

• Diploma in Micro/Nano electronics is an asset as it decreases training costs and time considerably
• Extensive on-the-job training is provided as most processes are unique to Micralyne
• Excellent communication skills, must be able to speak, read and write English at a high level
• Excellent hand-eye coordination is required to handle delicate MEMS devices
• Previous experience in electronics or semiconductor manufacturing is an asset

Additional information:

• Work environment is in a class 10 or class 1000 clean-room. This is a very controlled environment (monitored air particles, temperature and humidity)
• Requires dressing in special anti-static clean-room garments

Department: Engineering

Reports to: Process Engineering Supervisor

Primary Responsibility: Engineering position in Test and Assembly module, with primary focus on new production test setup development. Individuals with experimental background, strong programming and hardware skills, and analytical mindset are welcome to apply.

Main duties:

• Develop new, support and improve existing MEMS production testing setups
• Develop and maintain production databases
• Develop new, maintain and improve existing MEMS assembly and packaging processes
• Perform production data analysis, including yield and failure modes calculation and analysis
• Train personnel on new processes
• Identify and resolve safety issues in area

Consults with:

• Process Engineering Manager
• Project Managers and Product Engineers
• Engineering, Operations and Maintenance departments

Employment Qualifications:

• Skilled at programming, Labview, SQL databases, C/C++
• Experienced with electronics: instrumentation, analog and digital circuitry design and troubleshooting
• Must have excellent experimental skills: statistics, data analysis, design of experiment
• A university degree in engineering/science
• At least 3 years related experience
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Department: Engineering

Reports to: Project Manager

Overall responsibility: Execute development projects and become product technical expert.
Main duties:

• Resolve technical and schedule issues to successfully meet project deliverables.
• Responsible for product quality and yield performance.
• Lead technical development of product line, and provide broad based technical expertise.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining travelers, work instructions and mask design.
• Ensure Micralyne meets client expectations of deliverables.
• Propose and evaluate project options related to risk, quality and cost.
• Identify project deficiencies.
• Assist with the creation of project plans, budgets and schedules.
• Progress projects through product quality planning gates.
• Coordinate inter-department efforts in to achieve project goals.
• Assist with definition of product specifications and tolerances.
• Working knowledge of statistical process control, design of experiments and root cause analysis techniques.
• Compliance with ISO 9001: 2000 and local safety codes
• Provide support for resolution of safety issues.
• Perform root cause analysis on non-conforming product.
• Define product outputs for each process and work with Process Engineering to jointly develop new products and processes.
• Work with Process Engineering to perform the initial training of operators on processes.
• Shift work and/or out of country travel may be required.

Experience Assets:

• MEMs or semiconductor experience.
• ISO9001:2000 familiarization
• Experimental Design, DOE
• Process capability studies
• FMEA, control plans and sampling plans
• JMP, AutoCAD, Ledit, Labview, Visual Basic experience

Employment Qualifications:

• A university degree in engineering/science or at least 8 years related experience.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Edmonton, AB, April 13, 2010 – Micralyne Inc., a world-renowned, independent MEMS solutions company, has been certified to ISO 13485, reinforcing Micralyne’s position as a leading enabler for medical companies requiring advanced BioMEMS and microfluidic devices.

The certification complements Micralyne’s current ISO 9001:2008 certification and makes the company one of the only MEMS solution providers with the quality assurance certification to develop and manufacture MEMS and microfluidic devices for biomedical companies.

“It is difficult for companies to find a BioMEMS or microfluidics partner that meets the biomedical device industry’s stringent regulations,” says Marvin Cervantes, Micralyne’s Quality Assurance Manager. “Micralyne’s proven knowledge and experience developing and manufacturing advanced MEMS and microfluidic components for medical device companies is now backed up with the certification to give our customers the commitment to quality that they are looking for.”

The certification means that Micralyne has met work environment requirements that ensure compliance and product safety and has proven proficient in risk management and the design transfer of medical devices. Micralyne also complies with inspection and traceability for implantable and non-implantable devices, and has proven quality processes.

Customer demand for ISO 13485 certification is on the rise. “With the MEMS-based life sciences expected to grow at 25 to 30 percent annually, companies need partners like Micralyne that can help move medically related BioMEMS products from development through to MEMS manufacturing,” says Derek Hudson, CEO of Micralyne. “We are excited to offer our medical customers this high level of assurance.”

About Micralyne
Micralyne is one of the world’s largest independent developers and manufacturers of microfluidics and MEMS products. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Micralyne services a diverse customer base including innovative Fortune 100 companies and high-tech start-ups. With a proven manufacturing track record and a rich development history dating back to 1982, Micralyne has helped pioneer the MEMS industry by creating some of the world’s smallest mechanical structures for leading high-tech corporations.

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Micralyne, Inc.
1911-94 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6N 1E6
Phone: 780-431-4400
Fax: 780-431-4422
Web: www.micralyne.com
Media contact: Steve Jakeway, Director of Business Development
sjakeway@micralyne.com
780-431-4419

“We understand the optical telecom industry’s need for a MEMS partner that can provide a flexible base of process technology, development expertise to realize complex designs, and operational experience to ramp products into manufacturing,” says Collin Twanow, Micralyne’s Product Line Manager for Optical Devices. “This technology will enable our customers to address current telecom equipment demands at a lower operating cost.”

The cutting-edge technology addresses two distinct market needs: simple switching and attenuation, as well as complex switching for reconfigurable networks. It proves a cost effective solution for applications requiring low mirror tilt, including VOA, VOA arrays, and low-port-count WSS. For more demanding applications such as high-port-count WSS and OXC, Micralyne has demonstrated the ability to produce highly capable switches from the flexible process platform.

“We see a tremendous opportunity for Micralyne’s Advanced Optical MEMS platform in the Asian market,” says Kenny Takita, General Manager of Adamant Kogyo Co. Ltd. “Our customers will be able to use this platform as the basis for next-generation designs, saving them time and development cost.”

Micralyne will feature the Advanced Optical MEMS Platform in Booth #729 at the 2010 OFC-NFOEC trade show in San Diego, California, March 21–25. A white paper is currently available at www.micralyne.com/optical-whitepaper-download/

About Micralyne
Micralyne is one of the world’s largest independent developers and manufacturers of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and microfluidic products. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Micralyne services a diverse customer base including innovative Fortune 100 companies and high-tech start-ups. With a proven manufacturing track record and a rich development history dating back to 1982, Micralyne has helped to pioneer the MEMS industry by creating some of the world’s smallest mechanical structures for leading high-tech corporations.

Micralyne, Inc.
1911 – 94 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6N 1E6
Phone: 780-431-4400
Fax: 780-431-4422
Web: www.micralyne.com
Media Contact: Collin Twanow, Product Line Manager, Optical Devices
collin@micralyne.com
780-431-4402

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• RSP contribution matching
• Extensive training, including professional certifications
• Profit-sharing plans
• Flexible hours
• Participation in Edmonton’s Corporate Challenge
• Frequent contests and prize giveaways

One of the most interesting things about Micralyne is the way the company combines health and wellness with fun to help employees find balance. Each winter, employees build an outdoor hockey rink. In summer, a large field in the back is used to play soccer. Many employees bike to work and shower and lockup facilities are available.

“I am particularly proud that through the past year we have seen very few people voluntarily leave Micralyne, and I’m constantly hearing people chat about how they can help the company succeed,” said Scott Rice, Micralyne’s human resources manager.

“I think the award should really be for Alberta’s Top Employees,” said Derek Hudson, CEO. “Our people make Micralyne a great place to work. In a challenging economic time our staff members have shown an incredible level of creativity, commitment, and professionalism. We try, but I don’t think we can ever do enough to recognize all the amazing contributions they make.”

Combining work and play is just one way Micralyne supports employees. The company has a number of plans designed to foster employee development, including:

• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid training, from one-day courses to comprehensive certificate programs
• An open-door policy giving all employees access to management and executive team members
• A multicultural, inclusive team environment
• An idea-sharing forum that empowers employees to improve the way Micralyne works

To learn more about career opportunities at Micralyne and about its innovative MEMS technology, please visit www.micralyne.com/about/careers.html.

About Micralyne
Micralyne is one of the world’s largest independent developers and manufacturers of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) and microfluidic products. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Micralyne services a diverse customer base including high-tech Fortune 500 companies and innovative start-ups. With a history dating back to 1982, Micralyne develops and manufactures some of the world’s smallest structures for leading high-tech corporations looking for life-changing technology that is smaller, faster, and more efficient.

About Alberta’s Top Employers
Part of “Canada’s Top 100 Employers” annual competition, 40 companies were chosen to represent the top employers in each province. Selected from thousands of companies and organizations from across Canada, applicants are evaluated by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers using eight competitive criteria: (1) Physical Workplace; (2) Work Atmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family Benefits; (4) Vacation & Time Off; (5) Employee Communications; (6) Performance Management; (7) Training & Skills Development; and (8) Community Involvement. Employers are compared to other organizations in their field to determine which offers the most progressive and forward-thinking programs. To learn more about this competition please visit www.canadastop100.com.

Micralyne, Inc.
1911 – 94 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6N 1E6
Phone: 780-431-4400
Fax: 780-431-4422
Web: www.micralyne.com
Media Contact: Scott Rice, Human Resources Manager, scott@micralyne.com,  780-431-4441

The state-of-the-art tool, called a stepper, improves both capability and productivity by creating extremely fine features on microsystems products, enabling the development of faster, better, and more efficient life-changing products.

The purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of the stepper will be managed through a cost-sharing partnership with the University of Alberta. This innovative arrangement enables Micralyne and the University to each acquire capability for a much lower cost than if the organizations acted independently. Additionally, the University of Alberta and Micralyne are working together to build a stronger nanotech industry in Canada by providing access to a key piece of equipment to researchers and industries looking for faster, smaller, more efficient technology.

Chris Lumb, CEO of Micralyne, said, “A stepper is a critical piece of equipment for high-volume, high-precision manufacturing of micro- and nano-systems products and will allow us to better serve our customers. Further, by partnering with the University, we strengthen linkages between the research and commercial communities, enable cost-competitive access to microfabrication capability for both Micralyne and the University, and strengthen Alberta’s position as one of the world’s leading nanotech regions.”

Last year, Micralyne was identified as the world’s largest independent MEMS foundry. “We’re thrilled to be involved in such an exciting industry,” continued Lumb. “This partnership will enable us to continue our growth and industry leadership.”

Formally called the ASML PAS 5500/60, the stepper improves the level of lithography control and geometries Micralyne’s high-tech customers require. “The addition of this tool to our facility is another piece of our technology jigsaw puzzle falling into place,” said Yan Loke, Micralyne’s VP of Engineering. ”The stepper enables us to be more responsive and provide our clients with a much better quality product — faster.”

About Micralyne

Micralyne is one of the world’s largest independent developers and manufacturers of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and microfluidic products. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Micralyne services a diverse customer base including top Fortune 500 companies and innovative, high-tech start-ups. With a history dating back to 1982, Micralyne develops and manufactures some of the world’s smallest structures for leading high-tech corporations looking for life-changing technology that is smaller, faster, and more efficient.

About the University of Alberta

The University of Alberta is a national leader in nanotechnology-related teaching and research. The University is home to the National Institute for Nanotechnology, a joint project between the U of A, Government of Alberta and the National Research Council. The Faculty of Engineering houses the NanoFab Lab, a 1,000 square meter teaching and research facility allowing academic and private-sector teaching and research groups across the country access to more than $25 million worth of micro and nanofabrication equipment. The Faculty of Engineering offers nanotechnology-related programs and options in most Engineering disciplines.

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Micralyne, Inc.

1911 – 94 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6N 1E6

Phone: 780 431 4400

Fax: 780 431 4422

Web: www.micralyne.com

Media Contact: Chris Lumb, CEO,
clumb@micralyne.com, 780 431 4414