Summary
Michael Letsch is a Senior Manufacturing Systems Integration Engineer based in San Jose with two decades of hands-on experience designing and deploying automated assembly, alignment, and test systems for optics and semiconductor production. He has led software and automation efforts across startups and public companies—moving from lab tools (LabVIEW/C) to robust C#/.NET manufacturing platforms with SQL-backed data systems and real-time process monitoring. His work spans motion, vision, PLC/HMI, and instrument integration, and he has a track record of reducing touch time, enabling SPC-driven quality, and converting semi-automated stations into fully automated lines. Notably, he has implemented semi-machine-learning techniques in production (wafer feature finding and alignment) and architected data pipelines used for SPC, yield analysis, and remote status monitoring. Comfortable in both technical leadership and hands-on engineering roles, he combines mechanical engineering foundations from RIT with deep domain expertise in laser/optics and MEMS manufacturing.
8 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology
English, Japanese