Senior Semiconductor Equipment Engineer — Tooling Leader

SkyWater Technology; Kissimmee (FL); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Life insurance

Stock purchase plan

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

On-site fitness facility

Disability insurance

Job summary

SkyWater Technology is seeking a Sr. Staff Equipment Engineer to own all assigned toolsets for 200/300MM semiconductor processing. The role requires troubleshooting across mechanics, electronics, and process, using tool knowledge, SPC, schematics, and collaboration with maintenance and process engineers.

The successful candidate will lead root cause actions, drive continuous improvements, and support tool startups and upgrades with vendors and other teams to boost fab capability and yields.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering or Materials Science, Physics or other relevant Engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience within respective area of expertise.
• Experience with application of structured problem-solving methodology.
• Positive interpersonal skills, highly energetic and self-motivated.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to meet requirements and deliver results.
• Ability to manage and execute multiple projects simultaneously and shift priorities to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and management of 200/300MM Semiconductor processing equipment in at least one of the following areas: C4 Bumping (or similar), PVD and CVD Thin Films, Dry Etch, Diffusion, Bond, or Metrology, Wet Etch /Wafer Clean, Electroplate (ECD), CMP (some areas may be combined).
• Work with process engineering and equipment maintenance technicians to drive root cause corrective actions of equipment failures, implement permanent solutions and eliminate chronic and long-term down events.
• Lead continuous improvement teams to drive tool matching, availability, throughput improvements and reduce risk.
• Complete new tool start-up and tool upgrades to increase fab capability, capacity, lower costs and improve yields.
• Work with minimal supervision, balancing competing priorities, to serve the needs of the Maintenance, Production, and Development organizations.
• Participate in cross-functional teams that create efficiencies across all layers of the organization.
• The job also requires performing other duties as assigned. Percentages of time spent on job duties are estimates and may vary for each position.

Skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Written & verbal communication

Project management

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering or Materials Science, Physics

Tools

Maintenance Management Software

Job description

SkyWater Technology is seeking a Sr. Staff Equipment Engineer to own all assigned toolsets for 200/300MM semiconductor processing. The role requires troubleshooting across mechanics, electronics, and process, using tool knowledge, SPC, schematics, and collaboration with maintenance and process engineers.

The successful candidate will lead root cause actions, drive continuous improvements, and support tool startups and upgrades with vendors and other teams to boost fab capability and yields.