R&D Manager: Semiconductor Process Engineering

Overview

The High Frequency Technology Center (HFTC) in Santa Rosa is seeking an R&D Manager to lead the semiconductor fabrication Process Engineering team. This team develops, maintains, and optimizes processes to fabricate passive interposer substrates for Keysight’s Heterogeneous Integration technology.

The Engineering Manager will lead process development and process control to meet NPI and production metrics. Responsibilities include a combination of R&D and manufacturing in partnership with Design, Integration, Test, Operations, Maintenance, Product and Failure Analysis teams. The Process Engineering Manager will be accountable for yield, cycle time, throughput, quality, and execution of overall manufacturing and research goals. This role involves technical depth in semiconductor processing, managing and working alongside teams of scientist and engineers, and leading technical projects.

Success is measured through:

• Maximizing value by providing direction, feedback, and support to employees
• Creating and promoting a culture where everyone is accountable for their deliverables, and overall success and failure is shared by the team members
• Developing staff members with a focus on employee growth and business achievements
• Ability to adapt to rapidly evolving issues and priorities
• Communicating clearly within staff, across functions, and with upper management
• Combining sound judgment with intelligent risk-taking
• Highlighting gaps, opportunities and risks with appropriate justification and urgency
• Demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills
• Leading people and solving problems with emotional intelligence

• Leadership experience required in:
  • Process and NPI development in both R&D and manufacturing
  • Priority and risk management
  • Managing employee objectives and performance
  • Hiring and building a team
  • Delivering results under tight schedules
• Technical experience required in:
  • Design for manufacturing
  • Semiconductor fabrication processes: lithography, deposition, etch, CMP, plating, surface treatment, metrology, automatic inspection, etc.
  • Clean room protocols
  • Material, equipment, process, and supplier qualifications
  • New equipment specification, selection, qualification, and release
  • Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and shopfloor automation
  • Heterogenous integration process requirements
  • Electrical performance and reliability specifications
• BS, MS or PhD in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, or related fields.
• 3+ years of relevant experience delivering results through work done by other people

Keysight is on the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

Our powerful, award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. Diversity, equity & inclusion are integral parts of our culture and drivers of innovation  believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

This position is at our Headquarters in Santa Rosa, CA. At the center of beautiful Sonoma County, just an hour north of San Francisco, you will live close to vineyards, redwood forests, regional and state parks, and a vibrant culinary scene, while developing state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing technologies at our worldclass IC and Heterogeneous Integration fabs.

HFTC is part of Keysight Labs, the core R&D organization that enables Centers of Excellence and other business groups to provide RF, microwave, mmWave, 5G and 6G solutions to customers in various industries, including communications, aerospace & defense, automotive & energy, general electronics, manufacturing, AI, and semiconductor industries. HFTC technologies include InP and GaAs-based HBTs, HEMTs, and…