Manufacturing Process Engineer II

Position summary

Location and work arrangement

• The position is based in Boise, Idaho, and is on-site; remote candidates are not accepted.
• Travel is less than 5%.

Process engineering responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and sustain photoresist coat and develop processes; establish process specifications, operating windows, control plans, and documentation.
• Monitor process performance with SPC, process capability analysis, and data-analysis techniques; analyze metrology and inspection data for trends and improvement opportunities.
• Troubleshoot excursions, defects, and yield issues using root-cause analysis and corrective-action methods; conduct designed experiments to optimize process parameters.
• Partner with equipment engineers on coat/develop equipment, process hardware, chemical delivery systems, and related subsystems.
• Support qualification of new materials, equipment, recipes, and process technologies; develop and execute process qualification and validation plans.
• Drive yield, defect, capability, cost, and cycle-time improvements; support manufacturing with production issues.
• Evaluate, document, and implement process changes under quality and change-control requirements.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and recommendations; follow company safety, environmental, quality, and operational requirements.

Qualifications and experience

• 2–5 years of hands-on experience in semiconductor manufacturing, photolithography, or photomask engineering.
• Photoresist coating and/or developing experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with photolithography, photoresist processing, or photomask manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience with spin coating, resist dispense, baking, developing, or related wet-process technologies is preferred.
• Familiarity with CD, defect, overlay, film-thickness, and other lithography metrology is preferred.
• Experience with statistical software, data-analysis tools, or root-cause methods such as 8D, Fishbone, or FMEA is preferred.
• Candidates need process-data analysis and complex manufacturing troubleshooting ability, knowledge of SPC, DOE, process capability and statistical analysis, and understanding of process control and continuous improvement.
• Candidates must work effectively in a cleanroom or manufacturing environment, communicate well, and collaborate across teams while working independently.

Education

• A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or a related field is requested.
• A combination of relevant education and experience related to etch will be considered.

Benefits and company

• Photronics describes itself as a global photomask technology leader with more than 50 years of history.
• The posting lists competitive salary and annual bonus, equity eligibility, health and welfare benefits, and a 401(k) with company match.