The project aimed to design an intuitive and effective user experience for a Remote Equipment Control Interface used in semiconductor manufacturing facilities. The primary goal was to allow users to monitor and address alerts from various equipment in real-time, ensuring seamless operations within the fabs.
In an accelerated two-day timeline, I was tasked with the challenge of creating a high-impact user experience for a semiconductor fabrication facility's alert visualization system. This project was fast-tracked to meet a critical demonstration deadline for a prospective customer. Despite the tight deadline, I embraced the opportunity to deliver under pressure, taking full responsibility for the project's success. This intensive project demanded swift yet precise execution, demonstrating my capability to manage time-sensitive tasks effectively while maintaining a high standard of UX design quality.
Due to the limited time given, I speed-up my design process by leveraging AI to aid me through the process.
Conducting in-depth interviews with semiconductor professionals, I gained valuable insights into user preferences and requirements. It became clear that users desired a comprehensive overview of statistics, with the capability to drill down from a global perspective to specific fab and equipment views. Additionally, there was a strong need for an incidence list view and the flexibility to access machines with alerts remotely, whether via phone or screen. These discussions were instrumental in shaping the design of the data visualization screen and app, ensuring it catered precisely to user needs for monitoring and managing semiconductor fabrication processes efficiently.
Conclusion
The design's projected outcome is to deliver an interface that significantly reduces the time to identify and resolve alerts, thereby decreasing machine downtime and increasing production efficiency. The anticipated impact includes improved response times to critical alerts, a reduction in operational errors due to improved user experience, and heightened productivity through streamlined remote equipment control.
The presentation of project to customer in the US was successful, pending for customer PO for continuation.
Embarking on the "NovaRCM" design project has been an invigorating challenge that pushed the boundaries of my expertise as a product designer. The constrained timeline demanded a laser-focused approach, where swift decision-making was paramount, yet thoughtful consideration of user needs remained central. I look forward to seeing our collective vision come to fruition and to the tangible improvements it promises to bring to the semiconductor industry.
