Process Engineer

Position: Process Engineer 3
From smartphones to solar panels, innovative technology is needed to create the devices we use every day. Silfex’s silicon components help make that technology a reality.

Silfex Inc., A Lam Research Company is the leading provider of precision silicon components used to make and operate semiconductor tools, which enable the trillion-dollar global electronics industry. Our company’s products are integral to the semiconductor equipment and optical markets. The outstanding team at Silfex makes that possible – through our people, we are advancing the world.

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Job Description:

Essential Function:

Position is responsible for developing, optimizing, and controlling critical chemical etch processes of Silicon and other brittle materials to meet semiconductor grade cleanliness for dielectric etch and deposition applications. The primary focus is on managing and controlling the process to meet customer requirements with a strong emphasis of safety and quality. The position is the subject matter expert for Silicon etching for Semiconductor components in the company;

and leads and establish required etch processes to customers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible to develop and implement wet etch chemistry processes in manufacturing.

Evaluate new tool capabilities and modify existing tool for new product processing to meet customer requirements

Define process conditions to achieve safety standards, quality, cost, and capacity for the chemical etch processes

Establish critical to quality process parameters and work with manufacturing to define process controls ensuring etch processes operate at optimum performance

Partner with Research and Development Team to receive new etch technologies, implement the new technologies for manufacturing success.

Evaluation of current processes to establish capability and implement improvements to enhance processes and products

Responsible for developing and establish process capability and process control, repeatability, and stability through SPC, engineering controls, and other effective process management methods.

Responsible for project planning, creating budgets, and Return on Investment to ensure you meet Annual Operating Plans. Commits to deliverables and is accountable for executing projects on-time and within budget.

Collaborate cross functionally to support business requirements for chemical etch process.

Develop and maintain a working knowledge of the Silfex Quality Management System and properly apply Quality Procedures and Operating Procedures.

Application of Lean manufacturing concepts, including 5S, SMED, Single Part Flow.

Carries out special projects and all other additional duties per business needs in etch clean area.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, the candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily through knowledge, skill, and/or ability.

Bachelor or Master of Science in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering5 years of relevant experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment or Semiconductor industry

Knowledge of wet chemistries focused on Silicon etching with interaction of chemistries and impact of product parameters

Knowledge of Si – surface cleaning

Proficient in reading part drawings and in interpreting geometric dimensions and tolerances (GD&T)
Experience in Lean technologies in a manufacturing environment including advanced problem solving/6-sigma skills

Demonstrated skills in process control and process optimization

Must be able to work effectively individually and in a team…