Process Technician

Schedule: RGSW - Regular Swing, Mon-Fri,40

Hrs

Duration: 24 Months

Pay rate: $35-$38/hr.

Performs technical tests and experiments for process engineering within R&D. Performs set up of processing equipment. Monitors, audits and provide guidance to line operators. Processes test runs and prepares records, charts, and graphs of results for presentation to engineering to identify yield problems or test new products. Provides technical assistance to process development and engineering personnel.

• 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 Lam tools.
• Performs measurements on metrology tools to collect experiment results including thin film measurement, CD measurement and SEM imaging.
• Understands process requirements and works 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 Lam 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 Lam 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

• BS degree in electronics, material science, computer science, chemistry, physics
• 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)
• Willing and able to install components from a working height between 12
  -71  and reach into machines to perform tasks
• Operate computer interface and navigate diagnostic software
• Proficient with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams)
• Effectively read, write, and communicate with others in English

Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates:

Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.