US Applications Engineering Team Leader

Qnity Electronics, Inc.; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Qnity Electronics is seeking an Applications Engineering Team Leader in ACST to guide a team of application engineers in advancing CMP slurry product development for semiconductor fabrication. The role focuses on technical leadership, customer engagements, and driving winning solutions for US clients.

The candidate will lead advanced R&D projects, develop technical expertise in CMP technology, and collaborate with internal and global teams to translate market needs into development activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum BS in chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science/eng or related field with 10+ years of related experience. MS or PhD with 5+ years preferred.
• Understanding of semiconductor fabrication and fab metrology & procedures.
• CMP process knowledge and experience, especially on CMP pad, CMP slurry, or post-CMP cleaning development.
• DOE, statistical data analysis, and technical reporting expertise.
• Demonstrated highly effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead R&D and application projects; manage and train the team; set performance metrics; grow CMP expertise.
• Serve as primary technical liaison to US semiconductor clients; present CMP slurry solutions; enable design wins.
• Design experiments (DOEs) to support development, scale-up and commercialization of slurry and post-CMP cleaning.
• Collaborate with R&D, sales, and global product teams to align product strengths with customer needs.
• Troubleshoot internal/external problems; optimize processes with customer engineers.
• Some travel up to 15%.
• Participate in safety activities and meet safety requirements.

Skills

Team Leadership

Technical SME

DOE

Customer Engagement

Communication

Problem-Solving

Education

BS in chemistry/related field

MS/PhD preferred

Job description

先端エレクトロニクスの世界で、次の飛躍 ‘Next Leap’ を実現しませんか？

急速に変化するテクノロジーとコネクティビティの分野で、成功への原動力となる課題解決に挑戦しませんか？あなたの発想力、熱意、そして問題解決力で、エレクトロニクスのさらなる飛躍を形にしましょう。

Qnityは、先端エレクトロニクスやハイテク産業向けの材料・ソリューションを提供するグローバルリーダーです。しかし、私たちの強みは製品だけではありません。新しい可能性に挑戦し続け、常にチャレンジを楽しむ結束力のある仲間が集まっています。すべてのメンバーが、最先端技術の実現に貢献しています。

Qnityは、未来を見据えて挑戦する人、既成概念を打ち破る人、そして多様な視点を歓迎します。なぜなら、私たちは世界の進歩を加速させる重要な役割を担っているからです。Qnityで、あなたのキャリアをスタートさせる、または次のステージへ進めるチャンスを見つけてください。

Qnity Electronics has an exciting opening for Applications Engineering Team Leader in the Advanced Cleans and Slurries Technology (ACST) business. This managerial position is focused on leading a group of App. Engineers to advance new slurry product development used in the Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) process of semiconductor fabrication. The successful candidate will be a key contributor to helping our business grow customer market share in advanced nodes in the semiconductor industry with career growth opportunities within an industry leader.

RESPONSIBILITIES DESCRIPTION

Your key responsibilities will be/what you’ll do:

• Team Leadership & Technical SME: Initiate, plan, execute, and lead advanced R&D and application development projects. Manage and train a team of applications engineers. Oversee career development, establish performance metrics, and assign technical resources for customer engagements. Develop technical expertise in CMP technology and related Qnity Slurry products.
• Customer Technical Support: Act as the primary technical liaison between Qnity and key US-based semiconductor clients. Present CMP slurry solutions, assist in "design wins". Engage in face-to-face customer interactions to support customers in their product/application development efforts. Lead customer engagements and drive technical wins by transferring product expertise to the customer and/or local technical support teams.
• Process Optimization: Guide the team in designing experiments (DOEs) to support the development, scale-up, and commercialization of new slurry and post-CMP cleaning products.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work directly with internal R&D, sales/account management, and global product teams to align product strengths with customer needs. Translate innovation opportunities and market needs into development activities.
• Problem-Solving: Troubleshooting internal and external problems, including optimizing internal processes and working with customer engineers to optimize/customize processes to their specific requirements.
• Some travel expected (up to 15% of time).
• Participate in safety activities, and meet all safety requirements

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Requirements:

• Minimum B.S. in chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science/eng, or related field with 10+ years of related experiences. M.S. or Ph.D. with 5+ years of related experiences preferred
• Understanding of semiconductor fabrication and fab metrology & procedures.
• CMP process knowledge and experience is highly desirable, particularly at least one of past experience on development of CMP pad, CMP slurry, or post-CMP cleaning process.
• Expertise in Design of Experimentation (DOE), statistical data analysis, and technical reporting.
• Demonstrated highly effective communication skills.

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