NPI Process Integration Engineer - Photomask

Photronics; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Equity eligibility

Health and welfare benefits

401k with company match

Job summary

Photronics is hiring a Process Integration (NPI) Engineer for our Boise, ID site. This on-site role leads end-to-end integration of new photomask products from development through high-volume manufacturing, coordinating data prep, writing, etch, inspection, repair, and final QA to meet CD, overlay, defectivity, cycle time and cost targets.

The ideal candidate has hands-on lithography process development experience, strong data-analysis skills, and thrives in a high-mix, low-volume, precision

Qualifications

• Hands-on lithography process development and troubleshooting experience in a cleanroom/manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of photolithography and patterning processes.
• Ability to interpret large datasets and drive actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end process integration for new photomask products across logic, memory, analog, and test applications.
• Serve as the primary technical owner from customer tape-in through qualification and production ramp.
• Optimize process flows, window specifications, and control strategies.
• Drive first-time-right execution for new nodes, layers, and mask architectures.
• Interface across all mask fabrication modules including MDP/OPC/fracture, writing, resist processing, etch, metrology, inspection, repair, and final QA/shipment.
• Identify and resolve cross-module handoff gaps that impact yield, quality, or cycle time.
• Lead root cause analysis for NPI yield loss, CD errors, registration issues, and defect excursions.

Skills

Lithography experience

Data analysis

Cleanroom operations

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Scripting

Automation tools

Job description

Photronics is hiring a Process Integration (NPI) Engineer for our Boise, ID site. This on-site role leads end-to-end integration of new photomask products from development through high-volume manufacturing, coordinating data prep, writing, etch, inspection, repair, and final QA to meet CD, overlay, defectivity, cycle time and cost targets.

The ideal candidate has hands-on lithography process development experience, strong data-analysis skills, and thrives in a high-mix, low-volume, precision