Senior Process Engineer – Thin Films & ALD/CVD

ASM International N.V.; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM is seeking a Senior Process Engineer in Leuven, Belgium to join the Process Application Development team. You will develop and optimize thin-film processes (CVD/ALD), test new applications for logic, memory and MEMS, and work closely with customers to translate findings into robust production-ready recipes.

Required: PhD in a relevant field and 5+ years in thin-film deposition; experience with XPS, SIMS, RBS, AFM, XRD and device physics; willingness to travel up to 25% for customer

Qualifications

• PhD in physics, chemistry, chemical engineering or materials science, preferably with a semiconductor-related thesis.
• 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; ASM toolset experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Works with semiconductor processing equipment to research, develop and optimize processes focused on oxidation, annealing, curing, and deposition (CVD, ALD) of thin films.
• Develops new applications of thin films and processes in logic, memory, analog, power and MEMS.
• Designs and conducts experiments, measurements and interpretation of complex results.
• Documents and publishes learnings; defines new standard recipes (BKM).
• Applies process expertise to drive hardware and software development.
• Collaborates with customers and product marketing to define requirements and execute projects and demonstrations.
• Translates development results into robust, repeatable customer-ready processes; addresses tool matching, variability, productivity, manufacturability.

Skills

Semiconductor knowledge

Process development

Equipment understanding

Problem solving

English communication

Education

PhD in materials science

Tools

XPS

SIMS

RBS

AFM

XRD

Job description

ASM is seeking a Senior Process Engineer in Leuven, Belgium to join the Process Application Development team. You will develop and optimize thin-film processes (CVD/ALD), test new applications for logic, memory and MEMS, and work closely with customers to translate findings into robust production-ready recipes.

Required: PhD in a relevant field and 5+ years in thin-film deposition; experience with XPS, SIMS, RBS, AFM, XRD and device physics; willingness to travel up to 25% for customer