Dan Pilney

Dan Pilney is an accomplished Engineering Manager at SkyWater Technology Foundry since March 2017, with extensive experience in semiconductor manufacturing and process engineering. Prior to SkyWater, Dan served as a Principal Process Sustaining Engineer at Cypress Semiconductor, focusing on process maintenance, equipment engineering, and efficiency improvements through lean manufacturing methodologies. Dan's expertise includes Automated Process Control (APC), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Fault Detection and Classification (FDC) systems. Dan also contributed as a Contract Design Engineer at InnovX Medical, where responsibilities included product design, prototype development, and material analysis. Earlier experience includes roles as a Student Engineer at Childserve of Ames and Honeywell, with a foundational education in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University.