Advanced 3D Packaging – Platform Integration Lead

Advanced 3D Packaging – Platform Integration Lead IC-Link by imec is a complete solutions provider that can manage the full product lifecycle – serving start-ups, SMEs and established OEMs as well as universities. Our highly experienced ASIC development team realizes over 600 successful tape-outs per year across all our supported technologies (CMOS, GaN-on-SOI and Si photonics).  We are enriching this offering by adding IMEC’s technologies such as Photonic Integrated Circuits and 3D packaging to our portfolio of solutions. Backed by imec, one of the world’s leading R&D labs in nanoelectronics, IC-Link offers tailored services adapted to customer needs – from ASIC design including radiation-hardened designs to package development, testing and qualification.  What you will do Our 3D packaging technologies are offered through prototyping and manufacturing services to our customers, either in IMEC’s fab or at volume manufacturing partners. Your mission is to lead the development of the IMEC’s 3D Packaging Integration platform in IMEC’s (future) fabs. You make sure that the process modules, integration flow and test solutions needed to realise key building blocks such as, Silicon Interposer, scaled microbumps, Redistribution layers, Trough Silicon Vias, Die to Wafer and Wafer to wafer, are developed towards manufacturing purpose In order to do so, you follow-up on test vehicles and customer’s fab’s program. You make sure that PDK and ADK are created and regularly updated according to our industrialisation plans You ensure that those items are compatible with a broader supply chain: Testing and OSAT, with whom we operate in our ecosystem. You make sure that our platform technology is compatible with manufacturing practices You are familiar with wafer scale 3D integration and unit steps. You are experienced in discussing technical issues with the fab engineering teams (internal and external), while at the same time being capable of presenting our roadmap externally. You keep your level of technical know-how up to date and benchmark imec’s expertise and performance in your domain with the rest of the world.   You join the IC-Link sector as part of IMEC’s silicon Technology office. Good communication and interaction with the supporting expertise centres and supply chain (Fab, Integration, Design and Tape Out, test and reliability).   You represent imec in contacts with third parties and representatives for semiconductor players from around the globe for matters that relate to your field of expertise. You are involved in technology transfers to 3rd parties. You operate from imec’s HQ located close to Brussels in the heart of Europe.  What we do for you We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth. We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits. Who you are You are a seasoned semiconductor technologist/engineer (with a master degree or a PhD) with >10 years relevant experience in a semiconductor foundry environment. A background in 3D/Advanced packaging wafer integration flow is a requisite; a good knowledge of EDA systems is a plus. You are familiar with OSAT and can interface with them. You are able to adapt to imec’s fast evolving environment where different TRL of different technologies co-exist in the same manufacturing line. You have excellent communication skills and can represent imec in customer meetings.  You are an enthusiastic team player with project management capabilities and show a high level of initiative taking.  You have excellent English communication skills.  You enjoy working in a dynamic and multicultural environment.   We seek a candidate who thrives in a dynamic work environment, showcasing an adaptability to diverse projects or research topics. You’ll be a key team player, ready to support colleagues and tackle impactful projects within the timelines of our trusted global partners. IMEC and its affiliates will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. IMEC will consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes submitted by vendors such as search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies (hereafter “Agency”) to have been referred by the Agency free of charge. IMEC will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have a prior written agreement with IMEC, validated by its HR department, in place regarding a specific job opening and allowing to submit resumes