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Metrics:

  • 19 articles | 12 patents
  • H-index: 13
  • Birth date: 08.02.1989
  • Languages: Russian, English

Profile

Experienced engineer specializing in micro-fabrication, microelectronics and assembly processes with the background in material science and chemistry. Proven more than 10 years expertise in leading R&D projects, optimizing manufacturing workflows, and integrating advanced microelectronic systems into scalable production with more than 1M units in production. NPI and process validation engineer with cross-functional collaboration to deliver efficient assembly and high-quality outcomes. Recognized for technical innovation, holding 12 international patents, 19 peer review articles and delivering measurable improvements in process efficiency, production yield, and cost reduction.

Skills

  • Product Owner & Team Lead: Lead with OKR management and agile principles. New product development and technology transfer up to TRL6. Fundraising and department building from scratch, team building and team fit for specific needs. Entrepreneurship approach in real production environment, R&D and academic science. Great supporter of the digitization of experiments and management. Great proponent of openness and measurability.
  • Microelectronics Production: Managing production using OSATs and in-house production facility. Planning builds, long projects and project managements with deadlines, reporting to stakeholders and public presentations.
  • Training & SOP: Experienced in creating learning materials, leading people in learning environments. Create SOP and teaching people in high complexity products and machines.
  • Roll-to-roll (R2R) Manufacturing: Expert in additive and subtracting manufacturing. High resolution maskless (up to 6 μm resolution) and conventional lithography on polymer substrates, screen printing, Inkjet printing of functional materials, laser ablation on pico- and nanosecond lasers, laser cutting and electrical testing of printed structures. Clean-room process development, structuring and processing on flexible substrates.
  • System and Package Engineering: Focusing on the integration of microelectronic components into hearing aid systems. Led pilot production and NPI (New Product Introduction) cycles, ensuring smooth transition from prototype to mass production. Actively contributed to the implementation of new technologies, improving product performance, manufacturability, and reliability.
  • Multidisciplinary System Integration: Integration on flexible substrates and roll to roll procedures. Transition from lab to pilot production and scale-up with experience in chemical processes.
  • Material Science: Specialist in inorganic synthesis of materials, sol-gel approach, hydrothermal method, room-temperature high-crystalline materials and functional nanoparticles syntheses.
  • Characterization Specialist: Full spectrum of materials characterisation. Specialist in FAT/SAT for equipment purchasing. Expertise in CT-Xray, HRSEM, TEM, AFM, XRD, FTIR/Uv-vis, porous materials analysis, profilometry (Dektak), 3D laser profilometry, surface tension, viscosimetry, and DLS.
  • Software & Automation: Python development for automation and statistical analysis. Hardware and software automation and real-time control. Embedded firmware development for flexible electronics with NFC power harvesting.

Experience (16 years)

  1. Demant | Senior Process Engineer, NPI and Core Technology Copenhagen, Denmark | 2022 — 2025

    Lead platform and concept projects, ensuring process and product maturity. Hearing aid regulated medical device development and production support. Develop and optimize packaging processes, focusing on unit size, process capability, production capacity, product quality, and cost. Select and verify new production equipment, conduct statistical analysis and reporting. Support Agile process aspects: Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Definition of Done. Development of new System in Package and technology-ready state for the microelectronics factory.

  2. Demant | Process Engineer, NPI and Core Technology Development Copenhagen, Denmark | 2022 — 2022

    Supported platform and concept projects to ensure process and product maturity.

  3. Fraunhofer EMFT | Research Fellow Munich, Germany | 2019 — 2022

    Created scale-up pilot production and development of devices and materials in field of flexible electronics. Improved R2R process of manufacturing with multi-step process starting from printing/R2R lithography to the final device assembly. Integrated automatization schemes and management in process. Greatly improved yield of the product.

  4. Is It Fresh GmbH | R&D Engineer Jülich, Germany | 2017 — 2019

    Developed printed and flexible gas sensors platform for smart packaging and tracking solutions with NFC. Developed and implemented functional active sensors materials. A sensor mounting and hardware/software calibration system has been developed. Data analysis and data export to the data server have been automated.

  5. ITMO University | Lead Researcher, Group Leader Saint Petersburg, Russia | 2015 — 2017

    Key participation in the design of the laboratory from scratch. Managed the team of five people including PhD students. Corresponding author with the first laboratory publications in journals Q1 rankings (ACS Nano, Adv. Funct. Mater). Developed the first method for direct inkjet printing of holographic images. Created a portfolio of patents and pilot production.

  6. Institute of Silicate Chemistry of the RAS | Researcher Saint Petersburg, Russia | 2012 — 2015

    Developed innovative approach in synthesis of zeolites on lab scale. A unique hydrothermal synthesis equipment has been developed, funded and installed. Montmorillonites and zeolites of a given predicted structures was synthesised.

  7. Union Aluminium-Magnesium Institute (RUSAL) | Research Engineer Saint Petersburg, Russia | 2010 — 2011

    A method and a device for collecting and catalytic purification of emissions at an aluminum plant was developed. Pilot field tests were carried out, making the aluminum factory more environmentally friendly.

Highlights in Fundraising and Scholarships

  • 2012 | Russian Foundation of Fundamental Research: 2M RUB annually (2 years). Development of new sorption materials based on synthetic hydro and aluminum silicates.
  • 2013 | Russian Foundation of Fundamental Research: 1M RUB annually (2 years). Physicochemical foundations of the directed synthesis of porous aluminum silicates.
  • 2013 | Russian Foundation of Fundamental Research: 500K RUB annually (3 years). Study of convergence of inorganic nanoparticles and natural polypeptides.
  • 2015 | StartUp MeetUp ITMO: Fully paid 2-week workshop in Belgium. “Inno-Colloids” StartUp demo days.
  • 2016 | Hebrew University Scholarship: Nanocenter, Prof. David Avnir group. Advanced training in sol-gel nanomaterials characterization (HRSEM, HRTEM, XRD).
  • 2016 | RSCF Funding: 5M RUB annually (3 years). Award winning project “Best RSCF project 2016”: Inkjet printing of Optical materials.
  • 2016 | Erasmus+ Scholarship: Leipzig University, Eva-Maria Hey-Hawkins Group. 6 month study program for Inkjet printing of MOF’s.
  • 2018 | Start-Up Accelerator Funding: Aachen. First seed investment seeking and presentations on accelerator programs.
  • 2019 | Funded Project for Siemens and Airbus: Munich. Investment projects for the development of the new sensors and delivery working prototypes.

Education

  • 2015 — 2019 | PhD Position ITMO University. Inkjet printing of optical structures.
  • 2006 — 2011 | Master of Chemical Engineering St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology. The Gas Emission Treatment in Aluminum Smelting.

Top 5 Publications (Full list)

  1. Aleksandr V. Yakolev, et al. Sol-gel assisted inkjet hologram patterning. Advanced Functional Materials, 25(47):7375-7380, 2015.
  2. Aleksandr V. Yakolev, et al. Inkjet color printing by interference nanostructures. ACS Nano, 10(3):3078-3086, 2016.
  3. Sofia Safaryan; Aleksandr V. Yakolev; et al. Inkjet Printing of the Chromogen Free Oxidase Based Optical Biosensors. Actuators: B. Chemical, 2017.
  4. Keller, K., Aleksandr V. Yakolev, et al. Inkjet Printing of Multicolor Daylight Visible Opal Holography. Advanced Functional Materials, 28(21), 1706903, 2018.
  5. Slabov, V., Vinogradov, A. V., & Aleksandr V. Yakolev. Inkjet printing of specular holograms based on a coffee-ring effect concave structure. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(19), 5269-5277, 2018.

Top 3 International Patents Full list

  1. Colorless sol-gel ink for ink-jet printing iridescent holographic images (RU2650138C2). 2016-02-18.
  2. Method of ink-jet printing with colorless sol-gel ink of iridescent holographic images (RU2616151C1). 2016-02-18.
  3. Method for manufacturing a sheet with double-sided structured conducting layers for electronic applications (WO2022214605A1). Issued Nov 20, 2022.