AI-Driven Visual Inspection Engineer for Semiconductors

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) employer match

PTO payout

Relocation package within US

Immigration sponsorships

Job summary

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. in Sugar Land, TX seeks a Shift Inspection Engineer to lead visual inspection of wafer and chip production in a cleanroom, advancing defect-detection systems.

You will develop inspection recipes, monitor yields, train operators, and qualify new tools, with a focus on uptime, cycle time, and quality metrics, while supporting AI model retraining with production photos. Relocation assistance is available within the US, and immigration sponsorships may be provided for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science required.
• DOE and data analysis capability.
• Troubleshoot capability.

Responsibilities

• Learn current inspection system and implement improvements for defect inspection overkill and escape.
• Develop visual inspection recipes for new products.
• Perform sampling review of chip photos and collect escaped/overkilled photos for AI model building and retraining to reduce misdetection rate.
• Review work orders rejected by Outgoing Quality Control.
• Troubleshooting for inspection issues on work orders.
• Ensure production line uptime, cycle time and quality metrics, with urgency in issue resolution.
• Inspection yield report analysis weekly.
• Routine maintenance and new tool qualification for inspection hardware.
• Document process changes/updates as SOPs.
• Provide technical training for operators and technicians.
• Communicate status of activities and project updates with colleagues.
• Overtime may be needed for production line needs.

Skills

Imaging systems

DOE analysis

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

Microsoft Access

SQL

Job description

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. in Sugar Land, TX seeks a Shift Inspection Engineer to lead visual inspection of wafer and chip production in a cleanroom, advancing defect-detection systems.

You will develop inspection recipes, monitor yields, train operators, and qualify new tools, with a focus on uptime, cycle time, and quality metrics, while supporting AI model retraining with production photos. Relocation assistance is available within the US, and immigration sponsorships may be provided for