What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Engineer position at Technical-Link N. America?
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
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