Staff Process Engineer, Thin Film
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Job Location:
Fremont, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Provide engineering support to the thin film deposition processes in manufacture lines in order to meet manufacturing objectives with high quality high productive and low cost products as well as support the development of future generation products.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead thin-film deposition manufacture process team to sustain the production line monitor processes and equipment to ensure minimal deviations meeting quality and quantity specifications.
- Develop and optimize process control methods and procedures to guarantee the quality and prevent damage excursion.
- Improve processes in sigma cycle time throughput defects and cost of ownership.
- Performing wafer failure analysis troubleshooting and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Collaborate with cross-function team on the projects to improve overall product yield and element yield.
- Collaborate with integration research and development plus other modules on new products development and transfer into production lines.
- Evaluate novel equipment to meet process requirement in future generation products
- Driving project planning execution summary presentation and delivery on time.
- Set up and improve automation systems and working instruction documents. Provide the training instruction to the operators.
- Working with Characterization Reliability and Failure Analysis teams to develop test methodologies understand failure modes and identify improvement opportunities.
- Working with the Program Modeling Process and Characterization teams to understand product requirements defining development targets and plans.
Qualifications :
Education Certifications and/or Licenses and Experience (Minimum Requirements)
- Academic background in Material Science Physics Chemistry or related engineering fields
- Ph.D 1-2 year or MS with 4 year of experience in wafer fab processes. Experience in thin film magnetic head is a plus.
Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities
- Familiar with thin film deposition processes (PVD CVD IBD etc) and equipment.
- Solid background on correlation of process and equipment hardware
- Deep understanding of material characterization techniques. Knowledge of Magnetic material process and characterization is a plus.
- Knowledge of DOE and data analysis using JMP
- Understanding of SPC.
- Good trouble shooting and problem solving skill.
- Leadership and communication skill and good team player.
- Being self-motivation and good project management skill
Additional Information :
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Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be (3 months from posting) although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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