Semiconductor Defect & Metrology Engineer

Ao Inc; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Ao Inc. is seeking a semiconductor Defect/Metrology Engineer to fabricate compound semiconductor lasers on InP wafers in a cleanroom, ensuring production tools run with maximum uptime and analyzing process data with SPC charts to drive quality improvements.

The role covers tool qualification, vendor coordination, and participating in improvement projects, with hands-on metrology and defect analysis across production lines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related discipline is required.
• Minimum 1-year experience in the laboratory environment is required.
• Robust analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented; committed to quality and safety.
• Self-sufficient learner, work well in the fast-paced work environment.
• Comfortable to work under cleanroom hood and PPE and handle chemicals with PPE.

Responsibilities

• Maintain production line to reduce downtime.
• Improve production process by analyzing correlations between defects and process.
• Establish or analyze SPC, process yield, and tool performance/uptime metrics.
• Generate SOPs, work orders, drawings, 5S documentation, and other production-line documents.
• Analyze equipment and production data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Analyze and compile experimental data into reports for process improvement projects.
• Maintain and calibrate production tools including microscopes, SEM, AFM, etc.
• Verify process conformance using inspection tools such as optical microscopes, profilometers, ellipsometers, SEM, AFM, wafer inspection tools.
• Perform failure analysis, defect analysis, and metrology analysis.
• Overtime might be required during ramp-up or line setup activities.
• Respond to line requests for wafer disposition, maintain workflow, and address tool issues to resume production quickly.
• Be on-call after-hours and weekends for issues affecting the production line; willing to work overtime for urgent projects.

Skills

Analysis

Problem solving

Detail oriented

Self-sufficient learner

Cleanroom work

Safety awareness

Chemical handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics

Tools

SEM

AFM

Profilometers

Ellipsometers

Wafer inspection tools

Job description

Ao Inc. is seeking a semiconductor Defect/Metrology Engineer to fabricate compound semiconductor lasers on InP wafers in a cleanroom, ensuring production tools run with maximum uptime and analyzing process data with SPC charts to drive quality improvements.

The role covers tool qualification, vendor coordination, and participating in improvement projects, with hands-on metrology and defect analysis across production lines.