Process Engineer - TFF

Tokyo Electron; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TOKYO ELECTRON AMERICA, INC. seeks a skilled process development engineer to work at customer sites, developing and characterizing TEL equipment processes for logic and memory applications.

You will support process optimization, collaboration with sales/marketing, and cross-functional teams to enable successful customer adoption. The role requires strong communication, problem-solving, and domestic/international travel as needed, with a focus on delivering high-quality demonstrations and

Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor device manufacturing preferred.
• Thin films deposition experience: ALD, CVD, PECVD, PE-ALD preferred.
• Direct experience on TEL single wafer and/or batch deposition equipment preferred.
• Understanding of characterization and surface analysis techniques like TEM, XRD, XPS, SIMS, Ellipsometry, AFM and others preferred.
• Understanding and working experience of statistics for Hypothesis Testing, SPC, and DOE.
• Project management experience or strong self-directed skill set preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills a must.
• Ability and desire to work in a multicultural team.
• Ability for domestic or international travel.

Responsibilities

• Develops processes on TEL equipment at customer site and characterizes them.
• Develops processes for semiconductor logic and memory applications.
• Performs maintenance on the equipment as needed.
• Designs and executes process optimization experiments; analyzes data to set specs.
• Collaborates with sales/marketing and other functions to facilitate customer adoption and improve quality of equipment.
• Provides applications development support; may require international travel for start-up and support.
• Ensures quality processing of all material through the machine; includes internal development and customer demos.
• Coordinates machine activities with the customer including development work, maintenance, troubleshooting.
• Provides input for customer demo experimental design; acts as a technical customer interface.
• Gives input to TEL factory on process/machine issues and works with factory on solutions.
• Conducts integration activities with internal business units.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Master’s Degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

TEM

XRD

XPS

SIMS

Ellipsometry

AFM

DOE

Job description

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Primarily responsible for development and characterization of processes on TEL equipment at customer site.
• Develops processes related to semiconductor process equipment in the advanced logic and memory applications space.
• Performs simple maintenance on the equipment as needed.
• Designs and executes process optimization experiments. Characterizes, compiles, and analyzes test data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process or material specifications.
• Works with sales and marketing groups, along with other functional areas, to prepare changes, additions, and modifications, which will facilitate customer adoption and improve quality of process equipment.
• Provides applications development support to our various customers in the field. May require international travel for process start up and support of process tools at customer sites.
• Responsible for quality processing of all material processed through the machine, including internal process development activities and customer demonstrations.
• Coordinates machine activities with the customer including process development work, maintenance activities, troubleshooting, etc.
• Provides input for customer demo experimental design; acts as a technical customer interface.
• Provides input to TEL factory on process and machine issues and works closely with the factory on solutions.
• Conducts various integration activities with internal business units.

Typical Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years of related experience; or Master’s Degree with 3 years of related experience; or PhD with 2 years of related experience.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor device manufacturing preferred.
• Previous ALD, CVD, PECVD, PE-ALD or other thin films deposition experience is preferred
• Direct experience on TEL single wafer and/or batch deposition equipment is preferred
• Understanding of characterization and surface analysis techniques like TEM, XRD, XPS, SIMS, Ellipsometry, AFM, and others preferred.
• Understanding and working experience of statistics for Hypothesis Testing, SPC, and DOE.
• Project management experience or having previously demonstrated a strong self-directed skill set is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills a must
• Ability and desire to work in a multicultural team
• Ability for domestic or international travel

Physical Demands and Work Conditions

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This job operates in an office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. This is a largely sedentary role; however, some filing is required, which would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand as necessary. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 35 pounds. This position also requires 4 to 6 hours per day at a computer screen/keyboard.

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Subsidiary

TOKYO ELECTRON AMERICA, INC.