Principal CVD Process Engineer

Front End Operations plays an essential role in the company’s success by ensuring the delivery of high quality, scalable, cost-competitive technologies and supply to create a winning advantage for our customers. The Principal CVD Process Engineer will be responsible for multiple processes in a high volume manufacturing facility, focusing on reducing defectivity, cycletime, cost, and scrap, while improving tool utilization, availability, and yield. This role involves supporting development, writing specifications, implementing Six-Sigma methods, capacity planning, and leading cross-functional teams.

Must Have

• BS or MS in an engineering or science discipline
• 6+ years of experience in process engineering in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment
• Ability to generate, analyze, and interpret equipment and process performance data
• Ability to produce timely action plans to resolve recurring failures
• Demonstrated presentation skills
• Competent in troubleshooting problems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to interact professionally with manufacturing and equipment engineering
• Good foundational problem solving skills
• Self-motivated, able to take initiative and prioritize work
• Experience in reducing defectivity, cycletime, cost, scrap, and improving tool utilization/yield
• Experience in developing specifications and implementing Six-Sigma statistical process control
• Ability to work in a high volume 24x7 manufacturing environment

Good to Have

• Previous experience in Applied Materials Centura DXZ, Producer or P5000, Novellus Concept 2, SACVD, PECVD, APCVD tools/processes
• Previous experience in Lean Manufacturing methods

Business line description:

Front End Operations plays an essential role in the company’s success by ensuring the delivery of high quality, scalable, cost-competitive technologies and supply to create a winning advantage for our customers.

Job summary:

CVD Process Engineer responsible for multiple processes in a high volume manufacturing facility. Engineer will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Reducing defectivity
• Reducing cycletime
• Improving tool utilization and availability
• Identification and reduction of recurrent machine faults
• Reducing cost
• Reducing scrap / Improving yield
• Supporting development activities
• Developing and writing specifications
• Implementation of Six-Sigma statistical process control methods
• Capacity planning and modeling
• Participating in and/or leading cross-functional and lean activity teams
• Training others

Key challenges:

• Ability to work in a high volume 24x7 manufacturing environment
• Ability to work individually, in small work groups or larger teams
• Ability to deal with multiple issues and shifting priorities
• Must be self-motivated; able to take initiative, self-generate projects, and effectively prioritize work
• Willing to adjust work schedule as needed to support factory priorities 24x7
• Be responsible for multiple tools across multiple platforms

Cross functional aspects:

• Work with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Facilities, Analytical Lab and Device Engineering Teams
• Work with peers in other factories to implement Best Known Methods (BKM’s)

Job qualifications:

• BS or MS in an engineering or science discipline
• 6+ years of experience in process engineering in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment preferred
• Previous experience in at least one or more of the following tools/processes preferred: Applied Materials Centura DXZ, Producer or P5000, Novellus Concept 2, SACVD, PECVD, APCVD
• Ability to generate, analyze, and interpret equipment and process performance data and produce a timely action plan to resolve recurring failures
• Demonstrated presentation skills. Candidate will be called upon to train others and present complex datasets and process problems/ solutions to diverse audiences.
• Competent in troubleshooting problems and capable of applying logic to isolate and repair them.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact professionally with manufacturing and equipment engineering to deal with issues and priorities.
• Good foundational problem solving skills with creative solutions and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Self-motivated; able to take initiative and effectively prioritize work for self.
• A strong desire to help create a positive, winning, world class working environment.
• Previous experience in Lean Manufacturing methods is highly desirable.