Process Engineer – Photolithography

**Job Title** Process Engineer – Photolithography **About the role** - Responsible for developing, optimizing, and maintaining the photolithography process used in semiconductor manufacturing - Design of Experiments for process performance, yield, and efficiency. - Mask layout for various lithography tools such as contact aligners, steppers, or direct-write laser. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new processes. - Characterize processes and components using semiconductor metrology tools, profilometers, interferometers, SEM, electrical testers and optical testers. - Work with outside laboratories to characterize processes and devices, conduct failure analyses and model optoelectronic devices - Regularly interface with other engineers in Process Engineering and Equipment Engineering. - Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with photolithography equipment and processes. - Indirectly manage engineering technicians and operators. **Requirements** - BS in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field. - 5+ years of related industrial experience and managing semiconductor or MEMS foundries - Hands-on experience with thick and thin positive photoresists, lift-off photoresists, negative photoresists, and the interaction of sidewall profiling with etch profiles. - Hands-on experience with steppers, contact aligners, maskless exposure, spin coaters, HMDS prime, and related photolithography equipment. - Proficiency with layout design software tools (e.g., Tanner L-Edit) - Strong knowledge of photolithography and its interaction with wet and dry etch chemistries. - Strong familiarity with a clean room environment and other semiconductor processing equipment, including wet etch, plasma etch, plasma ashing, ICP, CVD, PVD, ALD. - Proficient in Design of Experiments and Statistical Process Control methodologies. - Extremely organized, data-driven, and detail-oriented, with a strong desire to maintain thorough documentation and a baseline. - Ability to identify, troubleshoot, and communicate significantly complex engineering problems through documentation and regular presentations to senior and executive staff members - Familiarity with health and safety regulations in a cleanroom environment **Preferred Requirements** - MS or PhD in Engineering - 10+ years of related industrial experience - Strong knowledge of semiconductor device physics. - Proficient with JMP software. - Proficient with database queries using SQL