Thin Film Process Engineer: Yield & Efficiency

SupportFinity™; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target

Job summary

Headway Technologies in Milpitas, California, seeks a Thin Film Manufacturing Engineer to monitor and optimize day-to-day thin film processes. You will analyze deposition and etch steps, design experiments to verify process robustness, and drive improvements in yield and efficiency.

Requires a Master’s degree plus 3 years in magnetic thin film fabrication or semiconductor processing, SPC/DOE experience, and strong data skills. Full-time role with bonus target and benefits.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical or Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or Physics, or equivalent.
• Three years of hands-on magnetic thin film fabrication or semiconductor manufacturing experience.
• Hands-on experience with SPC and DOE; proficient with MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Monitors, sustains, and supports day-to-day thin film manufacturing processes.
• Improves deposition and/or dry etching efficiency by data analysis and experimentation.
• Designs experiments to verify process robustness with latitudes characterization.
• Conducts root cause analysis and implements corrective actions.
• Uses SPC to analyze quality data and presents findings to teams.
• Ensures safety policies and procedures are followed.

Skills

SPC

DOE

Thin film deposition

Ion Milling

Materials characterization

JMP/Excel macros

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical or Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or Physics

PhD preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Headway Technologies in Milpitas, California, seeks a Thin Film Manufacturing Engineer to monitor and optimize day-to-day thin film processes. You will analyze deposition and etch steps, design experiments to verify process robustness, and drive improvements in yield and efficiency.

Requires a Master’s degree plus 3 years in magnetic thin film fabrication or semiconductor processing, SPC/DOE experience, and strong data skills. Full-time role with bonus target and benefits.