NEW APPLICATION SPACES IN AUTOMOTIVE, INDUSTRIAL & MEDICAL SEGMENTS REQUIRING IMMUTABLE MEMS/SENSORS
Sandra Vos
NXP, USA

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Biography
Sandy Vos received her PhD from University of Minnesota in Materials Science and Engineering and has 20 years of industry experience in MEMS, microsystem, materials, component, composite and semiconductor technology and product development. She joined NXP in 2018 and is currently Director of R&D focused on inertial and pressure sensing, including automotive safety-critical devices. Her work requires the incorporation of functional safety and advancements in the state-of-the-art quality to MEMS physical sensors, within the significant challenges of an aggressive automotive-focused market as it extends into the vision of autonomous vehicles. Dr. Vos was Director of MEMS Engineering and Sr Manager of Product Development at Knowles Corporation in their Consumer Electronics division. At Knowles she was also a technical and design lead for consumer and hearing health microphone development programs in acoustic MEMS sensors. She has worked in the fields of surface mount fuse and suppressor design and manufacturability at little fuse, Inc and plastic composite design and manufacturability at Azdel, Hanwha.