Process Integration Engineer Job Description
Process integration engineer
provides technical expertise in areas such as semiconductor materials, device physics and design, and/or device fabrication, test and reliability.
Process Integration Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Design, develop and qualify semiconductor wafer fabrication processes
Lead development efforts in current processing modules utilizing industry standard techniques for characterization and analysis
Work with outside wafer foundry partners, performing a variety of R&D driven platform investigations including new developments and process corner margin evaluations
Develop techniques and strategies for analyzing large data sets
Perform a variety of physical, electrical, acoustical, and optical characterization activities on MEMS devices
Design critical experiments, analyze data, develop meaningful conclusions, and produce written summaries of results
Identify, quantify key module deficiencies/technology gaps and drive cross-functional teams to address
Coordinate activities at the manufacturing side towards starting up Rnd test vehicles for future node development
Assist in the transfer of a new technology from R&D to manufacturing and contribute towards ensuring successful ramp & qualification
Develop, maintain and improve process modules including design rules, structural and electrical specifications for alternative flows
Process Integration Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Process Integration Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: FE, DFSS, RMF
Education for Process Integration Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the process integration engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Physics, Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Technical, Education, Manufacturing, Electronics
Skills for Process Integration Engineer
Desired skills for process integration engineer include:
Semiconductor device physics
Etch
Probe
Diffusion
Lithography
Backend and reliability implications
CMP
Fabrication processes
NAND
NOR
Desired experience for process integration engineer includes:
Strong knowledge of SPC/DOE principles and analytical skills
Understanding the relationship between processing, microstructure, mechanical and physical properties of materials
MS or Ph
Excels at cross-functional innovation working with process, product, design, reliability, and system engineering
Fundamental Knowledge of Process Design and Process Engineering
Awareness of nuances of hydraulics creation
Process Integration Engineer Examples
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Process Integration Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a process integration engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for process integration engineer
- Lead technical investigations and module development, including vehicle selection, to meet performance metrics for sub 20 nm devices
- Design, manage and execute experiments run in the R&D Fab
- Develop, maintain and improve process module including design rules, structural and electrical specifications, help develop and document alternative integration flows
- Set goals and objectives for the local team, and assist in the evaluation of the team against these metrics
- Track and disposition experimental material in the Fab
- Establish and maintain high quality technical reporting, documentation, methodologies for process transfer, and external journal and conference publication
- Drive improvements in FEoL Defectivity yield and manufacturability across the FEoL
- Lead cross functional teams to address and solve complex issues
- Interact directly with customers, providing technical guidance and reports
- Develop and implement technological enhancements to existing baseline flows to meet our customer’s needs and our internal goals (cost reduction, synchronization etc)
Qualifications for process integration engineer
- Demonstrated experience in technical problem solving and good teamwork, leadership and communication skills
- Experience in process integration for new memory technologies from development through transfer into production
- Basic Engineering Design package and detail engineering reviews
- Value Engineering and optimisation techniques
- Broad and in-depth knowledge of silicon processing techniques at 90nm node or below
- Knowledge of MEMs style silicon processing an advantage
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Process Integration Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a process integration engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for process integration engineer
- Drive improvements in FEOL RX/STI (Shallow Trench Isolation) integration module, especially yield improvement and manufacturability across the module
- Interact directly with customers, providing technical guidance and report
- Develop and implement technological enhancements to existing baseline flows to meet our customer’s needs and our internal goals (cost reduction, synchronization )
- Interact with a number of Fab1 teams (Integration, CFM, OPC, Module Engineering, Yield Engineering, Device Engineering) to continuously increase yield, improve manufacturability and quality
- Integrate various processes and develop wafer fabrication process flows for new product introductions
- Improve various wafer Fab processes for manufacturability and yield improvement
- Acquire, customize and qualify new semiconductor process equipment
- Sustain various wafer Fab processes with emphasis on statistical process control (SPC)
- Conduct process capability analysis, failure mode analysis, and SPC review for continuous design and process improvement
- Review process and product yield, propose and implement yield improvement measures
Qualifications for process integration engineer
- Experience in photonics an advantage but not essential (focus is on silicon processes and equipment)
- Good knowledge of statistical techniques
- Understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing alternative memory technologies is expected
- Expertise in leading edge memory or logic process integration and module development is required
- Deep understanding of fundamental device physics including band structure, charge transport , film conductivity and contact resistance challenges
- Sufficient understanding of materials science to enable highly successful interaction with process and materials experts
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Process Integration Engineer Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a process integration engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for process integration engineer
- Designing and Developing Services using various BPM Adapters like Web Services, MQ, File & eMail adapters
- Define device architecture, technology design rules and electrical target specifications
- Create technology process flows with process specifications
- Process module development and characterization
- Define test structures for process integration and process module development
- Design statistical experiments and analyze results to optimize device architecture and/or process modules
- Coordinate process unit and process module development
- Drive process and device optimization
- Facilitate process improvements and/or fixes for problems of poor reliability or low yield
- Support Process Engineering and Yield Engineering groups to improve process quality and yield of technologies released to manufacturing
Qualifications for process integration engineer
- Ideally, the candidate will have a thorough knowledge of mainstream memory technologies and understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing alternative memory technologies
- Minimum of three plus years of related experience, including developing advanced processes and pixel technology
- MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, related field or equivalent work experience
- MS or PhD in Engineering, Chemistry, or Physics
- Expertise in metrology and process control schemes for planarization
- Experiences with systems and tool set in wafer line
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Process Integration Engineer Job Description
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of process integration engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for process integration engineer
- Leading and managing a direct and matrix reporting group of engineers responsible for developing the etch process technology roadmap, including process architecture, process capability, process roadmap, tool capability and roadmap and extendability, silicon experimentation and analysis
- Develop expertise in parametric tests, probe flow, circuit operation
- Design, develop, and improve wafer fab process for new product development and implementation
- Work with R&D and Fab engineering teams closely to integrate wafer fab processes to generate and validate wafer process flows for new product developments
- Set up various wafer Fab processes with emphasis on statistical process control (SPC)
- Optimize wafer process for manufacturability and device performance and yield improvement
- Definition of the pixel architecture and corresponding process integration schemes
- Working closely with other teams to define the specs and requirements, run feasibility study, improve the existing processes, design, implement, and analyze the electrical data of DOEs (Design of Experiment) to recommend the best possible methods for the existing and future products
- Work closely with global partners to stay current on module related topics and process alignment projects
- Partner with IE, PEE and Production to better forecast and balance yield, output and process issues
Qualifications for process integration engineer
- Thin film deposition/characterization experience a plus
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to or lead local team activities virtual, global cross-functional teams
- Several years of semiconductor process experience in process integration, lithography or OPC/DFM
- You should have a solid working knowledge of modern CMOS process integration, with some exposure to Front-end-of-line (FEOL) integration
- Ideally your profile is rounded up by your knowledge in programming languages, SVRF, TCL or SQL
- Several years of semiconductor process experience in multiple process modules, Defect Inspection or process integration desired, experience in advanced technology is preferred
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Process Integration Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a process integration engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for process integration engineer
- Model Based Problem solving knowledge
- Integrate various processes and develop wafer fabrication process flows for new semiconductor product introductions
- Work with other PI engineers to define pixel architectures and corresponding process integration schemes
- Communicating information effectively to multiple teams across various time zones
- Collaborate with partner engineers and participate in joint research and development of advanced BEOL/MOL integrated modules for 7nm technologies and beyond
- Drive research and development of advanced BEOL/MOL integration by planning, executing and analyzing experiments in Albany NanoTech research facility
- Coordinate with unit process teams to define required processes and their integration to meet target specifications
- Establish and maintain high quality technical reporting, documentation, methodologies for process transfer, generation of intellectual property, and external journal and conference publication
- Training with the new operators
- Make the necessary Non-Conforming Product report for all boards found in the area "Awaiting for decision of repair engineer"- good boards, sent to repair, scrap boards, complete Root cause analysis and necessary corrective action (even when the cause is not rework process, but printing, placement)
Qualifications for process integration engineer
- 8 years of experience working in the areas of semiconductor technology, semiconductor device physics, and memory
- You should have a solid working knowledge of modern CMOS process integration, with some exposure to Front End of Line (FEoL) integration, Defectivity Inspection methodologies and Yield Engineering
- Solid foundation in statistics, data analysis techniques and tools (JMP, Exensio)
- Exposure to technology transfer methods, external customer interactions and multi-culture working environments would be very beneficial
- In addition to technical proficiency, all candidates must have proven project management, peer leadership skills the interpersonal skills required to work in high-performance cross-functional teams
- The ability to work independently is a prerequisite