(Senior) PVD Process Development Engineer (H/F/X)

Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum; Vlaams-Brabant; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum is seeking a highly motivated Senior PVD Process Development Engineer to advance thin film deposition and diffusion technology development for next-generation CMOS devices.

You will develop and optimize PVD processes, lead experiments, and collaborate with cross-functional teams across a state-of-the-art 300/200mm fabrication environment to enable future semiconductor technologies.

Qualifications

• Lead process development activities from concept through technology qualification.
• Develop and optimize advanced PVD processes for CMOS, Logic, Memory and other cutting-edge technologies.
• Characterize deposited films using advanced metrology techniques.
• Interface with equipment suppliers, material vendors, research partners, and customers.

Responsabilités

• Lead process development activities from concept through technology qualification.
• Design and execute DOE (Design of Experiments) to establish process windows and achieve target performance metrics.
• Collaborate with process integration teams to ensure successful implementation of developed processes into device process flows.
• Interface with equipment suppliers, material vendors, research partners, and customers as required.

Connaissances

DOE planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Outils

XRD

XRR

SEM/TEM

XPS

AFM

Four-point probe

Stress and adhesion measurements

Ellipsometry

Description du poste

What you will do

We are seeking a highly motivated (Senior) PVD Process Development Engineer to join our advanced semiconductor thin film deposition and diffusion technology development team (DDDEV). The successful candidate will play a key role in developing next-generation Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) processes for advanced CMOS technology nodes, supporting cutting-edge logic, memory, and heterogeneous integration applications.

This position offers the opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art 300/200mm semiconductor fabrication environment, collaborating with integration, process, equipment, metrology, and reliability experts to enable future semiconductor technologies.

As a PVD process development engineer, you will be responsible for tools and processes:

• Tool selection and take part in tool procurement process for advance semiconductor technology development.


• Develop and optimize advanced PVD processes for CMOS, Logic, Memory and other cutting-edge technologies which includes:
  
  
  
  • Metal deposition (standard and emerging materials)
  
  
  • Barrier and liner layers
  
  
  • Contacts and interconnect applications.
  
  
  • Advanced gate stack and BEOL metallization schemes
  
  
  
  


• Lead process development activities from concept through technology qualification.


• Design and execute DOE (Design of Experiments) to establish process windows and achieve target performance metrics.


• Characterize deposited films using advanced metrology techniques including:
  
  
  
  • XRD
  
  
  • XRR
  
  
  • SEM/TEM
  
  
  • XPS
  
  
  • AFM
  
  
  • Four-point probe
  
  
  • Stress and adhesion measurements
  
  
  • Ellipsometry
  
  
  
  


• Analyze experimental data and derive physical understanding of film growth mechanisms, nucleation behavior, and plasma-material interactions.


• Collaborate with process integration teams to ensure successful implementation of developed processes into device process flows.


• Interface with equipment suppliers, material vendors, research partners, and customers as required in a dynamic multidisciplinary and multicultural environment.


• As opportunities arise, innovate new techniques of characterization that align with the Imec's technology roadmap.