Process Engineer – Thin film and wafer metrology (H/F/X)

Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum; Vlaams-Brabant; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum in Belgium is seeking a Process Engineer to manage and optimize thin-film and wafer metrology tools, developing automated measurement recipes and ensuring equipment stability, quality, throughput, and safety. You will be a member of the In-Line Metrology Process Engineering team, responsible for standard metrology processes and tools in the cleanroom.

You will work with researchers, hardware engineers, operations, and other experts to deliver reliable

Qualifications

• Experience with thin-film or wafer metrology is a plus.
• Ability to develop automated measurement recipes.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize thin-film and wafer metrology tools, creating automated measurement recipes.
• Support standard metrology processes and tools in the cleanroom as part of the In-Line Metrology Process Engineering team.
• Own multiple metrology equipment and ensure stability, qualification, and improvements in efficiency, throughput, safety and quality.
• Troubleshoot metrology processing issues with colleagues.
• Communicate with stakeholders via IT systems, meetings, mail, and other channels.
• Work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary, multicultural environment with researchers, hardware engineers, and operations.
• Follow a two-shift schedule (Early/Late) including one weekend out of four to support 24/7 operations.

Job description

What you will do

Manage and optimize thin-film and wafer metrology tools, developing automated measurement recipes and ensuring equipment stability, quality, throughput, and safety.

You will be a member of the in-Line Metrology Process Engineering team. This team is responsible for the standard metrology processes and tools in the cleanroom.

• As a process engineer you will be responsible for multiple tools with a focus on thin film & wafer metrology. You will work on different measurement techniques like ellipsometry, reflectivity, wafer shape (bow, warp), four-point-probe (sheet resistance), microHall, etc.
• You will create the automated measurement recipes on your tools which will be run by the operators afterwards.
• You are the expert on the applications that you own and support the customers with your expertise.
• You own multiple metrology equipment, and you will be responsible for process & tool qualification, the stability, and problem prevention as well as improvements in efficiency, throughput, safety and quality.
• You will troubleshoot issues related to the metrology processing together with your colleagues.
• You will communicate effectively with the stakeholders via multiple channels (IT systems, meetings, mail, etc.)
• You will work in a dynamic multidisciplinary and multicultural environment in close cooperation with researchers, hardware engineers, operations, industry assignees, device and process experts.
• You will work in a shift regime, working in two shifts (Early/Late) including 1weekend (Sat + Sun) out of 4, to support the operations department which is working 24/7.