Michael van Abbema P.eng

Michael van Abbema P.Eng is an accomplished Sr. Manager of Software Engineering at Mattson Technology, where significant contributions have been made since October 2006 in semiconductor capital equipment manufacturing, specializing in controls and instrumentation. Prior roles include Manager of Software Engineering and Sr. Software Development Engineer, focusing on technologies such as millisecond anneal and plasma arc flash-assist. Previous experience includes positions at Cubic as a Software Systems Engineer, Yaskawa Electric as a Software Engineer co-op specializing in robotics software, and co-op roles at Ballard Power Systems and Motorola Canada in embedded systems and software development. Michael holds an M.Sc in Engineering Physics from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, a B. Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Victoria, an Associate's Degree in Mechatronics from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and attended the University of Waterloo.