BIOGRAPHY
Sandy Vos received her PhD from the University of Minnesota in Materials Science and Engineering and has 20 years of industry experience in MEMS, microsystem, materials, components, composite and semiconductor technology, and product development. She joined NXP in 2018 and is currently the Director of R&D focused on inertial sensing, including safety-critical devices. Her work requires the incorporation of functional safety and advancements in the state-of-the-art quality of 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 Mgr of Product Development at Knowles Corporation in their Consumer Electronics division. At Knowles, she was also a technical 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 Littelfuse, Inc, and plastic composite design and manufacturability at Azdel, Hanwha.