Senior CMP Process Engineer

Primary Duties and Responsibilities



* Control, optimize, and develop substrate CMP manufacturing processes.

Contribute to ideas, concepts, approaches, and engineering solutions.



* Focus on specific technological elements with the goals of improving yields, throughput and meeting the requirements of customers and R&D contracts.



* Ensure that each technological step is properly documented, reviewed, validated, approved and provides feedback to the R&D Center that will help improve manufacturing processes, improve yield and lower cost.



* Use statistical tools such as SPC, DOE or similar for process development and data analysis.



* Adhere to project timelines and effectively communicates project progress and challenges.



* Provide technical and engineering support to the manufacturing team.

Instruct and train process operators and technicians.



* Establish the technological process steps of commercial substrate CMP.

Ensure that each operational process step is performed in accordance with our standard procedures.



* Perform process and equipment troubleshooting, problem identification, and corrective action activities.



* Assist with planning, scheduling, and resource allocation for all CMP related items.



* Participate in R&D Programs by organizing and carrying out project activities.

Adhere to the project timelines and milestones



* Summarize experimental results in formal or informal written and oral reports.

Participate in R&D meetings by providing reports, plans, meeting minutes, action items and other requested documentation.



* Perform characterization of technological processes using statistical tools to determine process reliability and bottlenecks.

Analyze process/product failure modes.



* Characterize the CMP processes to determine process reliability and "bottlenecks".

Analyze process/product failure modes and provides feedback for process optimization.



* Contribute to the work of the quality assurance team by providing expertise in process characterization.

Serve as a resource to the QA personnel with respect to the characterization techniques, equipment, and procedures.



* Actively participate in characterization of substrates.

Analyze the obtained characterization data to establish fundamental trends and correlations and to develop scientifically sound conclusions.



* Use the results of characterization to establish factors that affect wafer quality and make recommendations for technology optimization.



* Communicate experimental and analytical results to the SiC substrate team in a timely manner to accelerate technological progression.

Education and Experience



* BS or MS (preferred) in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or related STEM disciplines.



* 2 to 5 years of hands-on experience with process control and development in an industrial manufacturing setting.

Experience requirements scale with degree relevanc...