SEM Process Technician III; T3

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world.

The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips.

Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the world’s technology.

Salary: $29.00 - $39.60

Location:

Santa Clara,CA

You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers.

We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company.

At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go.

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you’ll be responsible for preparing wafers for experimentation, operating reactors to perform thin film processes, and using scanning electron microscopes for analyses and imaging.

You’ll record process conditions and experimental observations, perform routine maintenance procedures, and evaluate wafers and thin films.

Process Technicians are tasked with preparing cross-section samples for analysis, identifying patterns of interest in imaging, and operating laboratory process equipment and instrumentation.

Your expertise in troubleshooting, equipment maintenance, and process optimization drives higher levels of productivity, quality, and efficiency in our manufacturing processes.

• Prepares wafers for experimentation to include cleaning. Loads wafers, prepares reactor for experimentation and cleans reactors. Evaluates performance of process system.
• Prepare cross section samples for scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis and help / guide requestor to optimize sample prep procedure and conditions, identify cutting location based on pattern instructions. Operates reactor to perform thin film process, under limited supervision.
• Operate scanning electron microscope (SEM) for cross section and top view or critical dimension (CD) or energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analysis / imaging pending on job assignment, identify all of patterns of interest, understand image quality requirement and sample/beam interaction to determine optimized condition. Records process conditions and experimental observations.
• Understand basic scanning electron microscope (SEM) principle. Responsible for multiple technology products.
• Perform scanning electron microscope (SEM) system software alignment functions. Perform routine maintenance procedures, flash, plasma clean etc. Evaluates wafers and thin films. Prepares graphs and tables summarizing results.
• Interface with requestors, understand their detail requirement, and communicate on results; help lab on monitoring wafer in process (WIP) and maintaining throughput. Checks performance of process system. Orders equipment and supplies, and coordinates with vendors and purchasing.
• Perform routine shut down procedure. Identify problem put tool down and call for service. Coordinates instrument repair and maintenance. Coordinates with engineering on wafer evaluations. Sets up equipment for experiments. Uses quantitative wafer evaluation and process instrumentation knowledge.

Has developed proficiency in a range of analytical processes or procedures to carry out…