Senior Principal Process Integration Engineer: Yield & Optimization

Nexperia; Nijmegen; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexperia Nijmegen is seeking a Senior Process Integration / Yield Engineer to drive transfers, DOE studies, and process improvements for Front-End technologies. You will monitor the processes, perform data analysis, root-cause issues, and lead cross-functional teams to enhance quality, yield, and cycle time.

This role involves close collaboration with external foundries and internal teams to optimize semiconductor production and scalable yields across technologies.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in applied science, Physics, Chemistry, Electronics or other relevant technical area.
• 5–10 years of relevant Process integration/Yield Engineering working experience in semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor process, process optimization, FMEA, SPC, DOE (Design of Experiments), and process control techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to lead 8D team for corrective actions, 8D Fishbone Diagram, FMEA, Six Sigma tools.

Responsibilities

• Transfer processes for our own technologies to external Foundries and ensure consistent performance at the foundry.
• Conduct DOE, SPC, and process capability analyses for quality and yield improvements.
• Review process and product yield, perform DOE for optimization and implement yield improvement measures.
• Lead cross functional team on continuous process improvement projects.
• Collaborate with product engineers on product sensitivity to process parameters and plan product-specific process tuning.

Skills

Process integration

Yield engineering

DOE

FMEA

SPC

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in applied science or related technical field

Tools

Statistical analysis tools

DOE software

FMEA tools

Job description

Nexperia Nijmegen is seeking a Senior Process Integration / Yield Engineer to drive transfers, DOE studies, and process improvements for Front-End technologies. You will monitor the processes, perform data analysis, root-cause issues, and lead cross-functional teams to enhance quality, yield, and cycle time.

This role involves close collaboration with external foundries and internal teams to optimize semiconductor production and scalable yields across technologies.