Welcome Sanna!

Meet Sanna, Zero Point Motion’s Lead Process Engineer who will be heading our MEMS and silicon photonics strategy and implementation.  

At Zero Point Motion, Sanna will focus on the process controls for manufacturing our MEMS and PIC chips, working closely with the Chip and Control teams.  

Sanna studied semiconductors and electronic materials at The Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University), focusing on the reliability of semiconductors and electronics. Her final thesis was in conjunction with Okmetic, focussing on improving the final surface of the silicon wafer.  

 After studying, Sanna joined VTI technologies, later Murata and worked with MEMS sensor fabrication processes. Main responsibilities included wet etch, metal deposition and Automated Optical Inspection (AOI). A significant part of the role was to follow and implement lean and six sigma principles. 

 Prior to joining ZPM, Sanna was with silicon photonics pioneers,  Rockley Photonics, where she saw the company grow from being in a research lab to manufacturing. At Rockley Sanna was a Senior Process Engineer with PIC processes for datacomms, LiDAR and sensor applications. Responsible for building process flows, process integration, process development, data analysis and much, much more! 

ZPM was particularly interesting to Sanna, “I enjoy working with new ideas, and finding ways to make something which has never been done before, this is why I enjoy the startup world. ZPM is a super cool start up and merges two technologies I have worked on before. It’s the perfect combination of new challenges and something familiar. I’m so excited to join the fabulous ZPM team and be a part of the ZPM growth story.”    

In her free time, Sanna enjoys walking along the Welsh coastline and in  the UK’s National Parks. There’s always a DIY project underway and volunteers with her son’s Cub Scout group when she can.