Yield Defect Metrology Technician

Yield Defect Metrology Technician

As the Yield Defect Metrology Technician, you will be instrumental in supporting defect review activities, including defect classification, validation, and hold lot disposition. You will help maintain quality excellence standards while contributing to the delivery of standardized, high-quality execution. Your primary focus will be the accurate classification of defects captured by multiple inspection systems. Through precise defect classification and systematic analysis, you will play a vital role in minimizing defect noise that can obscure true yield-limiting issues, drive data-driven systematic defect reduction initiatives, and maintaining the optimal balance between rigorous quality control standards and manufacturing efficiency requirements.

Your work will directly contribute to yield improvement efforts, cost reduction initiatives, and overall manufacturing excellence.

• Defect Classification and Analysis:
  Review and analyze defect images captured by diverse metrology tools. Accurately classify defects based on documented defect specification. Distinguish between true defects requiring disposition action and false positives or nuisance defects. Maintain proficiency across multiple inspection platforms and adapt classification criteria to different tool capabilities and imaging conditions.
• Defect Validation:
  Verify defect classifications against established criteria and specifications. Partner with Layer Owner to ensure consistent defect categorization approaches. Prevent over-rejection scenarios by accurately identifying non-critical defects and cosmetic variations that do not impact product performance. Avoid under-rejection situations by ensuring killed defects are properly identified and flagged for disposition. Feed manually classified data to improve Automatic Defect Classification (ADC) accuracy.
• Hold Lot Disposition:
  Ensure strict compliance in review and disposition of hold lots based on documented Out-of-Control Action Plans (OCAP). Ensure proper documentation and traceability of all disposition decisions. Collaborate with Layer Owner to update and refine OCAP procedures based on emerging defect patterns.
• First Level Defect Analysis:
  Perform comprehensive first level defect analysis as the initial point of technical review for all flagged defects. Document initial findings and recommendations to support Layer Owner analysis and decision-making processes.

Requirements:
Good communication and teamwork abilities. Willingness to learn and adapt to new functions. Attention to detail and commitment to quality standards. Ability to work at a desk workstation for extended periods while maintaining focus and accuracy. Ergonomic awareness and ability to maintain proper posture during extended computer-based work sessions. Adaptability to rotating shift patterns to provide continuous coverage across multiple time zones.

Minimum Qualifications:

Diploma in Engineering or Technical discipline (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Semiconductor-related fields). Minimum 3 years working experience in semiconductor industrial, possess semiconductor HVM manufacturing process flow knowledge.

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior experience in semiconductor manufacturing, yield engineering, defect reduction, or defect metrology, preferably in a high-volume production environment.

Experienced Hire

Shift 14 FW (Malaysia)

Malaysia, Penang

Intel Foundry strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art while delighting our customers -- from delivering cutting-edge silicon process and packaging technology leadership for the AI era, enabling our customers to design leadership products, global manufacturing scale and supply chain, through the continuous yield improvements to advanced packaging all the way to final test and assembly. We ensure our foundry customers' products receive our utmost focus in terms of service, technology enablement and capacity commitments.

Employees in the Foundry Technology Manufacturing are part of a worldwide factory network that designs, develops, manufactures, and assembly/test packages the compute devices to improve the lives of every person on Earth.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

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