Wafer Fab Technician

Applicantz, Inc; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Applicantz, Inc. is hiring for an onsite process engineering lab specialist in Fremont, CA. The role focuses on performing experiments, sample preparation, and metrology to validate process performance in a cleanroom environment.

The candidate will work with diagnostic software and waferflow tools, maintain safety standards, and communicate findings effectively in English. Shifts are Mon-Fri, 40 hours per week, with overtime as needed.

Qualifications

• Four+ years in semiconductor industry building or troubleshooting.
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Responsibilities

• Performs lab activities for process experiments and sample preparation.

Skills

Semiconductor industry experience

Cleanroom PPE

Adaptable to priorities

MS Office proficiency

English communication

Diagnostics software interaction

Tools

Metrology tools

Diagnostic software

Waferflow tools

Job description

This is an onsite role in Fremont, CA 94538. Shift Schedule, Mon-Fri, 40 hours/week.

Qualifications:

• Four+ years’ experience in semi-conductor industry building or troubleshooting role
• Able to work up to shifts in a clean room environment wearing PPE (bunny suit, shoe covers, safety glasses, masks, shields, gloves). Closed-toe shoes required in clean room.
• Consistently demonstrate ability to be flexible and responsive to changing priorities (ex., rework, overtime)
• Operate computer interface and navigate diagnostic software
• Proficient with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams)
• Effectively read, write, and communicate with others in English.

Responsibilities:

• Performs process engineering lab activities for customer demo and/or C&F process experiments. This includes sample preparation, sample chemical treatment and running waferflows on tools.
• Performs measurement on metrology tools to collect experiment results including thin film measurement, CD measurement and SEM imaging.
• Understand process requirement and work with minimal supervision for execution of experiments. Create process recipes from scratch and tunes process recipes for robustness. Provide suggestions for process recipe improvement
• Understands tools operations, able to clear basic alarms and apply troubleshooting skills to reduce tool downtime
• Conducts statistical process control (SPC) and etch rates including measure, execution, analysis and reporting to ensure chamber performance is under control and in-spec. Alert for any trend or out-of-spec issue and come up possible causes and troubleshooting actions
• Works from customer instruction to determine target pattern feature and perform first sample cleaving using microscope / top-down SEM and micro-cleavers. Creates or modifies ppt instruction for others to follow
• Provides process activities and lab protocol training for new process engineers, new process technicians or field service engineers on running the lab equipment, performing sample preparation and following all the lab protocols
• Assists others as first level of contact person on clearing alarms, lab operation and lab protocol questions
• Works with demo engineers and metrology team to develop metrology recipes
• Recommends improvement of experiment execution for quality and efficiency
• Works with lab operation team to improve lab safety, customer IP and lab protocols