Backend Process Optimization Engineer

Intel Corporation; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 104,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Stock bonuses

Health benefits

Retirement plans

Vacation

Job summary

Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon is seeking a College Grad to help define and optimize process flows for new technology nodes, spanning front-end and back-end operations.

You will coordinate across lithography, etch, deposition, diffusion, and metrology teams while driving RC performance enhancements and process window optimization. This role supports ramp from R&D to high-volume manufacturing with rigorous data analysis and SOP documentation.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Hands-on cleanroom experience in interconnect process development and BEOL integration.
• Electrical characterization of interconnect stacks and reliability testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and define integrated front-end and back-end process flows for new technology nodes.
• Coordinate across lithography, etch, deposition, diffusion, wet clean, CMP, dielectric, and metrology teams.
• Optimize RC (resistance-capacitance) performance.
• Establish process windows and integration schemes.
• Analyze yield loss and parametric failures.
• Perform root cause analysis using statistical tools (SPC, DOE, FMEA).
• Drive corrective actions to improve yield and cycle time.
• Implement control plans and process monitoring strategies.
• Use statistical tools such as: Cpk / Ppk, Control charts, Capability analysis
• Ensure margins for electromigration, stress migration, TDDB, time dependent via degradation.
• Evaluate impact of process window shifts on reliability.
• Support ramp from R and D to high-volume manufacturing (HVM).
• Document process specifications and SOPs.

Skills

RC delay understanding

Electromigration

TDDB

Data analysis

Experiment design

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

JMP

Python

SQL

MATLAB

JSL

TCL

KLA tooling

Applied Materials tools

ALD

PECVD

CMP

Job description

Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon is seeking a College Grad to help define and optimize process flows for new technology nodes, spanning front-end and back-end operations.

You will coordinate across lithography, etch, deposition, diffusion, and metrology teams while driving RC performance enhancements and process window optimization. This role supports ramp from R&D to high-volume manufacturing with rigorous data analysis and SOP documentation.