Process Development Engineer; Photonics

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Position Summary, Process Development Engineer (Photonics)

AIM Photonics is looking for a Process Development Engineer who will be hands‑on working with advanced solder interconnect equipment and materials for the assembly of optoelectronic packages.

AIM Photonics is one of nine United States Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institutes which are industry‑driven, public‑private partnerships that focus on the nation's premiere capabilities and expertise to capture critical global manufacturing leadership. AIM Photonics is headquartered at NY Creates in Albany, NY. The AIM Photonics Test, Assembly, and Packaging facility (TAP) is a new state‑of‑the‑art electronic photonic packaging facility in Rochester, NY.

Photonics packaging is 90% of the cost of photonic products and can be a differentiator in the success of the final product.

• Develop interconnect processes and build heterogeneously integrated electronic and optoelectronic packages using state of the art equipment at TAP.
• Run DOE experiments to find best machine parameters to achieve successful builds of advanced packages. Such processes include flip chip, solder, attach, plasma cleaning, thermal compression bonding, additive printing, and dispensing.
• Evaluate and qualify materials including solders used in electronic and optoelectronic packages as required by customers' application.
• Work with high precision equipment to build parts with good solder interconnect integrity and reliability.
• Perform continuous inspection, characterization, and metrology of a process to make sure process is robust.
• Serve as a liaison with marketing, vendors, purchasing and customer on technical information
• Interpret failure analysis reports and cross-sections to understand solder joint integrity.
• Gather and analyze data:
  Conduct root cause and failure mode analysis to efficiently improve yields and device performance.

• Active alignment fiber attach
• Optical component alignment
• Wafer Dicing
• Die pick/sort
• Other reasonable duties assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, materials Science, engineering physics, or equivalent from a college or University accredited by the USDOE or internationally recognized accrediting organization.
• 3+ years of experience in fabrication, packaging, or semiconductor devices as well as experience in fiber attach, dicing, or wire bonding.

This position is contingent on the satisfactory completion of a background check.

• Master's Degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineer, Materials Science, Engineering, Physics or equivalent from a college or University accredited by the USDOE or internationally recognized accrediting organization.
• Strong understanding of engineering and materials science fundamentals and a demonstrated aptitude to learn.
• Experience in cleanroom, high precision equipment, inspection, and characterization equipment in semiconductor assembly line.
• Experience in back-end assembly process including flip-chip bumping, thermal compression bonding, and solder reflow will be highly desirable.
• Experience with flux and fluxless soldering of eutectic solder alloys and intermetallic formation.
• Experience with failure analysis of solder joints
• Strict discipline to follow rules, specifications, have good attention to details as well as have good organization skills.
• DOE experience is a plus.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental
• Competitive Pay and PTO
• Flexible Heath Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
• Basic / Optional…