Photolithography Process Engineer

X-fab Texas Inc; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

X-fab Texas Inc. in Texas is seeking a process engineer to support the photo area, interfacing with manufacturing, equipment engineering, and IT to ensure smooth operations.

The role focuses on disposition of nonconforming material, developing and sustaining processes to meet fab goals, monitoring performance, and creating procedures and documentation; strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of lithography operation including coat, expose, develop, SEM and registration.
• A working understanding of statistical process control (SPC) is useful.
• Ability to design experiments and make recommendations based on results.
• Good written and verbal communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Interface with manufacturing, equipment engineering, IT, and other groups to support the photo area.
• Disposition nonconforming material in a timely and logical manner.
• Develop, sustain and improve processes to achieve fab and area goals.
• Monitor processes and equipment for optimum performance and implement cost-effective corrective/preventive actions.
• Assist in training manufacturing and engineering personnel.
• Create and maintain procedures, specifications, charts, and related documentation.
• Collaborate with integration and process engineering groups to troubleshoot products, processes and process flows; provide customer support as needed.
• Evaluate and specify materials used in wafer fab.

Skills

Lithography knowledge

Experiment design

SPC understanding

Analytical skills

Computer skills

Verbal & written communication

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or related field

Tools

SPC software

Job description

Functions / Duties / Responsibilities:Interface closely with manufacturing, equipment engineering, IT, etc. to fully support the photo area.Disposition nonconforming material in a timely and logical manner.Develop, sustain and improve processes to achieve fab and area goals.Monitor processes and equipment for optimum performance, taking cost effective corrective/preventive action as necessary.Assist in training manufacturing as well as engineering personnel.Create and maintain procedures/specifications/charts and related documentation.Work with integration and process engineering groups to develop and/or troubleshoot products, processes and process flows and provide customer support as needed.Evaluate and specify materials used in wafer fab.Current Skills / Competencies:Knowledge of Lithography operation, i.e. coat, expose, develop, SEM and registration, a positive, but is not requiredMust be able to design experiments and make recommendations/process changes based on resultsA working understanding of statistical process control (SPC) is usefulGood computer skills, & good verbal and written communication skillsGood interpersonal skillsGood problem solving and decision making skillsMinimum Requirements:B.S. degree or higher in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or other engineering field.