Process Engineer - Technical-Link N. America : Job Details

About the Company:

This is a broad, all-encompassing, job description for the different Process Engineering positions within our organization.

About the Role:

Dry/Wet Etch, Thin Films, Litho, CMP, Die Bonding, Metrology, and Integration Engineers require excellent, high-level, technical and analytical skills. A successful candidate must possess extensive experience in their expert scope(s) of process development. The perfect candidate can analyze a process system and implement effective changes to enhance production.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with other Development/Process Engineers, Integration Engineers (depending on the role), and possibly, customers, to execute experiments and adjust or optimize processes for fab operation.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Integration (depending on the role) to help ensure effective new products and process introductions as well as consistent device performance and quality.
• Guide and assist Process Technicians through challenging process steps.
• Analyze results and disposition lots based on data and pass/fail criteria.
• Report and summarize results from the analysis and provide guidance to Integration Engineering Team (depending on the role) and Process Development Engineering Team.
• Provide effective pass-downs to support uninterrupted operation in area of expertise.
• Sustain and improve processes for wafer fabrication.
• Partner with equipment engineering, operation, and management to improve cycle time, tool availability, quality and product yields.
• Using Document Control, Process Work Instructions, and Manufacturing Execution Systems, preserve working knowledge of all codes and standards applicable to assigned production equipment.
• Assure that the manufactured products conform to specifications and application requirements.
• Partner with Senior Development Engineering team and Integration teams (depending on the role) to resolve deviations or technical issues by establishing a list of hypotheses, defining the experiment to validate or invalidate hypothesis, identify root-causes, implement corrective actions, document improved process, and train operations.
• Sustain existing processes in the areas of, assigned tools, recipe creations, inspections, defects control, and relevant metrology for process control.
• Create and maintain operating specifications for production processes and equipment.
• Monitor process health with Statistical Process Control (SPC) and respond to out-of-control event following out-of-control action plans.

Qualifications:

BS, MS, PhD in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or other technical discipline

Required Skills:

2 - 10+ years of experience in area(s) of interest

REQUIRED: ONE of the following:

• Dry Etching
• Litho
• Thin Film
• Diffusion