Senior Process Engineer - ALD/CVD Thin Films

ASM; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM in Leuven, Belgium seeks a Senior Process Engineer to join the Process Application Development team. You will research, develop and optimize oxide, ALD/CVD, and thin-film processes, translating results into robust, customer-ready processes.

The role requires a PhD in a relevant field and at least 5 years of hands-on deposition/characterization experience, with opportunity for international travel and close collaboration with customers.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience with cure, oxidation, ALD, CVD or other thin-film deposition techniques.
• Experience with ALD deposition of metal oxides or metal nitrides.
• Experience with processing, developing and characterizing thin films.
• Understanding of physics of semiconductor devices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop and optimize processes for oxidation, annealing, curing and deposition (CVD, ALD) of thin films.
• Develop new applications in logic, memory, analog, power and MEMS.
• Design and conduct experiments, measurements and interpret complex results.
• Document learnings and define new standard recipes (BKM).
• Apply process expertise to drive hardware and software development.
• Work with customers and product marketing to define requirements and execute projects.
• Translate results into robust, repeatable customer-ready processes addressing tool matching and manufacturability.
• Ensure product transfer by demonstrations, knowledge transfer, and travel to support remote sites (up to 25%).
• Spend time at customer locations to understand real production conditions.

Skills

Process development

Semiconductor processing

Thin film deposition

ALD/CVD deposition

XPS/TEM/SIMS

Materials characterization

English communication

Project management

Education

PhD in physics/chemistry/chemical engineering or materials science

Tools

ASM toolset

Job description

ASM in Leuven, Belgium seeks a Senior Process Engineer to join the Process Application Development team. You will research, develop and optimize oxide, ALD/CVD, and thin-film processes, translating results into robust, customer-ready processes.

The role requires a PhD in a relevant field and at least 5 years of hands-on deposition/characterization experience, with opportunity for international travel and close collaboration with customers.