Key Job Accountabilities
- Develop and optimize PVD processes for interconnect metals and barrier layers in alignment with technology roadmap
- Evaluate and introduce new PVD tools and hardware platforms in collaboration with leading equipment vendors
- Propose tailored PVD solutions based on customer product and integration requirements
- Install and optimize PVD equipment for production and development use
- Support technology transfer and process ramp-up in new fab locations (e.g., Singapore)
- Collaborate with integration, yield, equipment, and process module teams to implement new materials and capabilities
- Apply deep fab-level process knowledge, particularly in BEOL/FEOL metallization and advanced logic node integration
- Directly impacts advanced packaging reliability and electrical performance through development of PVD interconnect and barrier/liner layers
- Influences equipment selection, material integration, and yield improvement in high-volume production
- Key contributor to fab startups and technology enablement in global manufacturing sites
Required Experience and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience in semiconductor fabs, with focus on PVD process development
- Strong understanding of deposition of Ti, TiW, NiV, Au, Cu and barrier/liner materials for logic nodes
- Practical experience with PVD tools (AMAT, ULVAC, LAM) including recipe tuning and hardware optimization
- Proven track record in process qualification, technology transfer, and yield improvement
- Strong project management, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills
- Experience in metallization for Bumping and MEOL in advanced packaging
- Excellent communication and leadership skills for team alignment and mentoring
- Experience in process development for 2.5D/3D, TSV, CoWoS, or fan-out packaging technologies (Preferred)
- Hands-on experience operating PVD equipment (Preferred)
- Proven capability in cross-process integration and optimization (Preferred)
- Familiarity with reliability evaluation and qualification criteria (Preferred)
- Proficiency in technical documentation/reporting and English communication with global customers (Preferred)