Rachel (L.) S.
Expert Project Manager
Experience
May 2025 - Oct 2025
6 monthsUnited States
Expert Project Manager
Mercor.io Corporation
- Managed multi-domain expert recruitment pipelines to staff and scale AI training projects.
- Maintained performance dashboards to monitor key metrics, identify bottlenecks, and support quality outcomes.
- Received hands-on LLM rubric training in task evaluation, prompt writing, and QA to enhance AI data quality.
Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 11 monthsPortland, United States
Graduate Research Assistant, Agile and Adaptive Robotics (Hunt) Lab
Portland State University, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department
- Optimizing 3D FRESH bioprinting parameters for soft robotics applications.
- Characterizing print and support material properties using microscopic techniques.
Apr 2022 - Jan 2025
2 years 10 monthsHillsboro, United States
Process Engineer II, Research and Development
Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc.
- Developed an innovative pre-treatment process for a trilayer etch in advanced EUV lithography patterns, reducing line edge roughness by 59% and defectivity by 28% compared to incoming.
- Confirmed process robustness via critical dimension measurements and electron microscopy imaging.
Jun 2020 - Apr 2022
1 year 11 monthsHillsboro, United States
Process Engineer I, Defects and Productivity
Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc.
- Conducted design of experiment scale up tests on Hitachi dry etch tools to simulate customer defects.
- Optimized chamber in-situ cleaning chemistries by performing optical emission spectroscopy evaluations, surface scans, wafer etch rates, and composition analysis.
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
3 monthsDes Plaines, United States
Research and Development (New Materials/Energy Storage) Intern
Honeywell UOP
- Screened membranes, electrodes, and solution formulations for redox flow batteries utilizing half-cell, H-cell, and resistivity testing.
- Analyzed data and developed criteria to compare membranes and electrodes.
May 2018 - Aug 2018
4 monthsMount Vernon, United States
Material Science Intern
SABIC Innovative Plastics
- Completed a second source qualification of an acrylic impact modifier by applying various thermal, impact, and analytical tests.
- Developed a diagnostic method to prevent discoloration of an aqueous chemical used in the production of resin.
Aug 2017 - May 2020
2 years 10 monthsTerre Haute, United States
Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Researcher, Chenette Lab
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Department
- Monitored the degradation byproducts of polypropylene, polyethylene, and polystyrene after exposure to UV light to simulate plastic degradation in an aquatic environment.
Aug 2017 - May 2020
2 years 10 monthsTerre Haute, United States
Undergraduate Chemistry Researcher, DeVasher Lab
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Chemistry Department
- Created an Organic Chemistry undergraduate laboratory for the synthesis of unique cyclohexadiene tautomers.
- Defined the novel Claisen Dieckmann condensation reaction mechanism experimentally and computationally.
Languages
English
AdvancedSpanish
IntermediateEducation
Portland State University
Ph.D., Materials Science Focus · Mechanical Engineering · Portland, United States
Portland State University
M.S. · Materials Science and Engineering · Portland, United States
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
B.S. · Chemical Engineering and Chemistry · Terre Haute, United States
Certifications & licenses
Semiconductor Materials And Manufacturing Certificate
Portland State University
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