Wafer Fab Engineer

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Job Description:

Wafer Fab Process/Equipment Engineer

Broadcom Optical Systems Division (OSD)

PA Wafer Fab, Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania

Position Overview:

Located in Breinigsville, PA our high volume, 24/7 manufacturing facility produces products to enable fiber optic communication expansion.  As a Wafer Fab Process Engineer, you will develop, improve and sustain wafer fab processes including photolithography, dry etch, wet etch and thin film deposition processes for Indium Phosphide laser and detector device manufacturing.  You will be responsible for installing robust equipment and process solutions through rigorous characterization and statistical validation before ramping them into high-volume manufacturing. 

Responsibilities:

Develop, improve, and sustain wafer fab processes including photolithography, RIE/ICP dry etch, wet etch and thin film deposition processes for high volume photonic integrated circuit manufacturing.

Provide technical leadership in improving, and maintaining processed and equipment.

Identify, select and start up new equipment; optimize hardware and software.  Collaborate with equipment vendors and other manufacturing engineers at Broadcom to drive fab performance and capability.

Conduct design of experiments (DOE), data analysis, failure analysis, and yield improvement.  Take ownership and lead projects to develop/qualify new processes and tools.  Complete projects on time and within budget

Create and optimize standard operating procedures and drive continuous improvement

Maintain and improve quality management standard including creating and reviewing control plans and SPC charts for robust quality control.

Drive review and continuous improvement of safety policies and regulations to ensure duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner

Work with peers and process engineering/maintenance teams to establish project objectives, schedules, and resources for projects. Organize and manage longer-term improvement projects to meet organizational goals.

Qualifications and skills:

Bachelors in Electrical/Chemical/Material/Mechanical engineering with 5+ years; Masters with 3+ years; or PhD

Hands-on semiconductor wafer manufacturing experience, preferably from an InP semiconductor production environment or compound semiconductor manufacturing environment

Direct experience in metals evaporation, RIE/ICP, wet chemistry, thin film deposition or photolithography in a manufacturing environment

Familiar with material & process characterization methods

Experience in using SPC, DOE, Lean manufacturing methods, and JMP experience.

Strong structured problem solving, teamwork, and communication skills

Ability to work outside of normal business hours

About Broadcom Inc. and the Breinigsville Facility:

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. Broadcom's category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including data center, networking, enterprise software, broadband, wireless, storage, and industrial.

The Breinigsville, PA, manufacturing location was created by AT&T in the late 1980s as Bell Laboratories’ world headquarters for optoelectronics.  Through a series of acquisitions, this facility is now an integral part of Broadcom’s Optical Systems Division, manufacturing indium phosphide lasers and detectors that support telecommunications and datacenter customers throughout the world. Located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania just outside of Allentown, our high-volume, 24/7 manufacturing facility fabricates devices that enable fiber optic communication and datacenter expansion.

Key words:  Wafer Fab, Indium Phosphide, InP, Semiconductor, Laser, Diode, Optical Semiconductor, cleanroom, statistical process control, nanotechnology, microelectronics, Lehigh Valley, Allentown, PA

Additional Job Description:

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $91,000 - $146,000

This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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