Process Assistant SEM

Leuven; Heverlee; Sur place; EUR 42 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Imec's Leuven fab seeks a Process Assistant in the SEM Operations team to support high-quality wafer inspection, process monitoring, and operational excellence across the fab.

You will work hands-on with state-of-the-art SEM and XSEM tools, collaborating with FLS, Equipment, and Process Engineers to ensure tool availability, stability, and data integrity, while contributing to reducing cycle times and improving throughput.

Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor wafer inspection or process support.
• Ability to interpret inline SEM/XSEM output and communicate results.

Responsabilités

• Contribute to day-to-day operational readiness of SEM tools within a 24/7 production environment.
• Collaborate with First Line Support (FLS), Equipment, and Process Engineers to ensure tool availability, stability, and performance.
• Act as a technical bridge between Operations and Engineering to enable smooth coordination and handovers.
• Support cross-functional initiatives aimed at reducing cycle time and improving tool efficiency.
• Escalate tool or process issues and follow up on non-conformities related to tool behaviour, inspection quality, or data integrity.
• Manage incoming SEM metrology requests and verify alignment with tool capabilities and process specs.
• Advise requesters on inspection strategies, including recommending suitable metrology techniques.
• Review and interpret inline SEM/XSEM output and macro- and microscopic wafer inspections; share findings with process engineers.
• Support timely wafer movement by screening flows and reports, and contribute to reducing hold times.
• Coordinate inspection reservations and align with stakeholders to minimize cycle time impact.
• Review and append SEM and FIB signature/authorization requests.
• Share Best Known Methods (BKMs) and templates to support consistent inspection output.

Connaissances

Operational excellence

Cross-functional collab

Data interpretation

Outils

SEM/XSEM tools

Description du poste

*As a Process Assistant (PA) in the SEM Operations team, you will work hands-on with state-of-the-art inline SEM and XSEM tools to support high-quality wafer inspection, process monitoring, and operational excellence across the imec Fab.

What you will do

Operational Excellence

• Contribute to day-to-day operational readiness of SEM tools within a 24/7 production environment
• Collaborate with First Line Support (FLS), Equipment, and Process Engineers to ensure tool availability, stability, and performance
• Act as a technical bridge between Operations and Engineering to enable smooth coordination and handovers
• Support cross-functional initiatives aimed at reducing cycle time and improving tool efficiency
• Escalate tool or process issues and follow up on non-conformities related to tool behaviour, inspection quality, or data integrity

Inspection & Process Support

• Manage incoming SEM metrology requests and verify their alignment with tool capabilities and process specifications
• Advise requesters on optimal inspection strategies, including recommending more suitable metrology techniques when appropriate
• Review and interpret inline SEM/XSEM output, as well as macro- and microscopic wafer inspections; share findings with process engineers and other stakeholders
• Support timely wafer movement by proactively screening flows and reports (e.g., hold queues, tool down/forecast reports), and contribute to reducing hold times
• Coordinate inspection reservations and align with stakeholders to minimize cycle time impact, supporting the fab’s overall KPI targets
• Review and append SEM and FIB signature/authorization requests
• Share Best Known Methods (BKMs) and documentation templates to support consistent and high-quality inspection output across the team

Team & Knowledge Sharing

• Collaborate with operators, FLS, and engineers to execute daily priorities efficiently and accurately
• Support training, onboarding, and continuous learning within the team
• Contribute to knowledge transfer by sharing insights on inspection data interpretation, inspection techniques, and tool behaviour