Director - Process Integration & Technology Transfer Job Albuquerque area,New Mexico USA,Engineering

Job/Position Summary

The Process Integration & Technology Transfer Director will own the end‑to‑end manufacturing process flow for the company’s advanced substrate fab in India. This role is responsible for translating product and technology requirements into a manufacturable, qualified, and scalable process‑of‑record.

The role bridges technology development, equipment selection, facilities readiness, process module engineering, quality, reliability, and production ramp. The ideal candidate should have strong hands‑on experience in advanced substrates, semiconductor packaging, PCB/substrate manufacturing, glass substrates, ABF buildup, Digital & RF modules, or panel‑level processing.

Primary Responsibilities

End‑to‑End Process Flow Ownership

Own the full substrate manufacturing process flow from incoming core to finished substrate.
Define the process‑of‑record for glass and/or organic‑core substrate manufacturing.
Integrate process modules, including cleaning, via formation, metallization, seed/barrier, plating, dielectric buildup, lithography, etch, strip, surface finish, inspection, reliability, and electrical test.
Ensure all process steps are compatible with panel size, material stack, line/space targets, via density, warpage limits, and customer reliability requirements.
Identify process gaps, yield risks, and integration conflicts before tool installation.

Technology Transfer & Ramp Readiness

Lead transfer of technology from the U.S., partner, or development team into India manufacturing.
Convert R&D recipes and engineering assumptions into production‑capable process flows.
Define process windows, control parameters, qualification plans, and ramp milestones.
Work with equipment engineering to ensure tools are capable of meeting process requirements.
Work with manufacturing to develop SOPs, operator instructions, training plans, and production controls.

Process Module Integration

Own integration across incoming glass or organic core inspection, surface preparation, cleaning, TGV/via processing, PVD/electroless/seed metallization, copper plating and via fill.
Integrate dielectric coating, lamination or buildup, laser drilling/ablation, lithography/exposure, develop/etch/strip, solder mask or final dielectric, and ENEPIG/surface finish.
Coordinate warpage control, routing/singulation, AOI/metrology, electrical test, and reliability testing into the final manufacturing flow.

Design Rule & Product Integration

Work with design, customers, and product engineering to define manufacturable design rules.
Translate customer requirements into process capability requirements.
Support design‑for‑manufacturing reviews for RF IPD, glass substrates, interposers, organic substrates, and advanced packaging substrates.
Define limits for line/space, via diameter, via pitch, dielectric thickness, copper thickness, registration, warpage, surface finish, and panel‑level tolerances.
Support reference coupon design for process monitoring, reliability, and customer qualification.

Yield, Defectivity & Failure Analysis

Own process‑related yield improvement during development, qualification, and ramp.
Lead root‑cause analysis for defects such as opens, shorts, delamination, voids, dendrite growth, seed residue, plating defects, dielectric defects, warpage, adhesion failures, and via resistance variation.
Work with quality and reliability teams to define failure‑analysis workflows and corrective actions.
Use SPC, DOE, FMEA, control plans, and defect Pareto analysis to improve yield.
Establish process monitors and inline control structures.

Equipment & Facilities Interface

Partner with equipment engineering on tool capability, tool selection, FAT/SAT criteria, and qualification requirements.
Review tool specifications from a process capability standpoint.
Provide process input to facilities on utilities, chemicals, exhaust, cleanroom class, vibration, humidity, UPW, waste segregation, and temperature control.
Ensure facility and utility design supports process stability and contamination control.
Participate in tool install, commissioning, and process qualification.

Quality, Reliability & Customer Qualification

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