Lead SIMS Engineer - Advanced Materials & Failure Analysis

The Hiring Method; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

16% annual bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

The Hiring Method is seeking a Principal Materials & Failure Analysis Engineer (SIMS) to help establish and operate a new SIMS laboratory supporting advanced semiconductor manufacturing and R&D in Sherman, TX. This is a highly hands-on role requiring direct SIMS operation experience, with Dynamic SIMS highly preferred.

You'll work with Manufacturing, Epitaxy, Product Engineering, Quality, and R&D to develop workflows, validate methods, and deliver reliable materials characterization

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
• At least 1 year of direct, hands-on SIMS experience.
• Experience operating SIMS instrumentation, not just interpreting results.
• Dynamic SIMS experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of materials characterization and data interpretation.
• Experience supporting process development, qualification, or failure analysis.
• Ability to communicate analytical findings to multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on SIMS analysis and operate sophisticated instrumentation for materials characterization.
• Help establish, qualify, and launch a new SIMS laboratory and equipment.
• Develop and optimize SIMS methods, workflows, calibration procedures, and standards.
• Perform depth profiling, dopant analysis, contamination analysis, and other SIMS tasks.
• Interpret SIMS results and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Support failure analysis and root cause investigations using SIMS and other techniques.
• Collaborate with Epitaxy, Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Quality, and R&D teams.
• Develop procedures and train technicians on laboratory workflows.

Skills

SIMS operation

Dynamic SIMS

Materials characterization

Analytical methods

Data interpretation

Cross-functional communication

Education

Ph.D. in Materials Science / Chemistry / Physics / Chemical Engineering / Electrical Engineering

Tools

SEM

FIB

TEM

EDX

XPS

Job description

The Hiring Method is seeking a Principal Materials & Failure Analysis Engineer (SIMS) to help establish and operate a new SIMS laboratory supporting advanced semiconductor manufacturing and R&D in Sherman, TX. This is a highly hands-on role requiring direct SIMS operation experience, with Dynamic SIMS highly preferred.

You'll work with Manufacturing, Epitaxy, Product Engineering, Quality, and R&D to develop workflows, validate methods, and deliver reliable materials characterization