Inspection Shift Engineer (Night Shift) -(7 PM- 7 AM)

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

We are looking for a Shift Inspection Engineer who will be in charge of our compound semiconductor Laser Wafer and Chip visual inspection to expand the capabilities of our semi-automated defect detection system in a cleanroom environment. Main tasks include visual inspection production line training for variety of product families, product inspection yield monitoring and improvement, inspection algorithm improvement, and regular inspection, maintenance, and optimization of tools/equipment.

Responsibilities

• Learn current inspection system and implement improvement for defect inspection overkill and escape
• Development of visual inspection recipes for new products
• Perform sampling review of chip photos from daily production and continuously collect escaped and overkilled photos for AI model building and retraining to reduce misdetection rate
• Review work orders rejected by Outgoing Quality Control department
• Troubleshooting for work orders with inspection issues
• Ensure production line meet uptime, cycle time and quality metrics, have the sense of urgency on resolution of production issues
• Inspection yield report analysis on a weekly basis
• Current inspection of hardware tool routine maintenance and new tool qualification
• Document process changes/updates in format of Standard Operating Procedure
• Technical training for operators and technicians
• Regularly and effectively communicate status of activities/project updates with colleagues
• Overtime may be needed for production line needs

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science
• Software/ Hardware Knowledge:
• Microsoft Access or SQL preferred
• Skills/ Abilities:
• Knowledge of cameras, lenses, optics, lighting, and others for image capture and processing
• DOE and data analysis capability
• Trouble-shoot capability

Location

This position will be on-site based in Sugar Land, Texas.

Why AOI?

• Flexible and competitive health (medical, dental, vision) plans offer the employee with the right options to meet individual needs
• Employer matching on 401(k) deferrals
• Unused PTO payout at end of the year
• Relocation package available within US
• Immigration sponsorships (Must be currently authorized to work in the US)