Litho Principal Process Engineer Research and Development

Litho Principal Process Engineer Research and Development

Requirements

• Education – Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D Degree in electrical / electronic / Mechanical / Microelectronics / Chemical process Engineering / Chemistry / Physics or related field.
• Experience – Minimum 4 year of working experience in Litho Process Development
• Fluency in English Language – written & verbal

Responsibilities

• Define and implement lithography process improvements for new technology insertion to improve process robustness and achieve technology milestones for yield, reliability, etc
• Drive process and technology transfer from customers and other GlobalFoundries fabs to Fab8 and in addition to new technology development across the portfolio of emerging technologies
• Lead, plan and execute continuous improvement projects to increase yield, productivity, and cost effectiveness (including rework improvement)
• Engage in proactive teamwork to support cross functional milestones through collaboration with quality, equipment, integration, and operations engineering teams
• Execute strategy projects for improvement of sustaining of operations through monitoring of statistical process control (SPC) charts and disposition of out of spec material
• Drive process improvements for high volume manufacturing using statistical tools, DOE techniques, data driven decision making and systematic problem-solving skills
• Support the process; planning and quality organizations to ensure the equipment meet the cost, quality and reliability metrics
• Achieve customer on-time delivery and cycle time commitments through tool qualification and runpath management with manufacturing operations
• Use Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to assess and mitigate risk for process changes
• Evaluate new toolsets and upgrades in order to define best selection for Fab 8 capacity expansion.
• Lead troubleshooting task forces and help develop solutions that prevent recurrence for excursion incidents (using such methods as 8D)
• Support Fab8’s efforts in building a world class organization, achieving manufacturing excellence and establishing a team based collaborative culture

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as lithography process engineer or scanner equipment engineer familiar with 193nm, 248nm and i-line processes
• Expertise in one or all of the following: New material selection and evaluation, process characterization (resist, BARC, underlayer), Litho Process and OPC development as part of DTCO (design technology co-optimization), Overlay modeling and scanner alignment including applications experience with ASML and KT Analyzer, Optical Frame Mark Design and simulation (DBO, DBF, alignment)
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, energetic and self-starter
• High integrity and excellent team player.
• Outstanding communication skills – both written and verbal
• Demonstrated ability to communicate well with all levels of the organization and experience in working with external constituencies
• Strong organizational skills along with demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and able to react to shifting priorities to meet business need
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments
• Individuals will be and must be able to understand complex automated systems and human interactions.
• Statistical Data Analysis program experience and or other programing language experience (such as Jump, Matlab, Origin, Python, etc.) is preferred