Staff Engineer, Chemical & Cleaning

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Drive cleaning capability development and improvement, lead cleanliness solutions delivery and manufacturing transfer in multiple projects related to various chemical processing, working scope includes but not limited to:   

• Focus on chemical cleaning and processing to
  • Maintain deep knowledge of chemical principles and their implementations for wafer-scale or larger panels in semiconductor or related processing, for example, 
    • Shape and dimensions (edge and surface profile, bow/warp, thickness and variations, 3D via/hole), 
    • Physical properties (refractive index, absorption, birefringence, scattering, stress, hermiticity, strength, surface/interface characteristics), and 
    • Defects (particle, scratch, dig, bubble inclusions).
  • Improve wafer cleanliness through implementation of new processes and improvement of existing processes.
  • Support new product introduction (NPI). Determine or improvise appropriate tools, fixtures, processing, and related integration flows. 
    • To provide data to ensure processes are in control and capable to meet customer specifications and requirements. 
    • Define requirements for equipment calibration, maintenance, and process flow integration of chemical processing tools.
  • Design experiments and analyze data to identify and implement improvements to the cleaning equipment or process. 
    • Support process issue mitigation and improvement through data analysis, experimentation, and collaboration with other SMEs.
    • Provide trend analysis of key metrics and implement response plans. Identify chronic issues and recommend corrective actions.
    • Recommend/implement improvements to processes and equipment.
• Provide chemical engineering and advanced surface chemical processing support to the glass products throughout the entire business unit.  
  • Provide technical leadership and support for chemical processing, including to invent, design, select, modify, or repurpose equipment and/or facility. 
    • Equipment deployment, maintenance, commission, and decommission projects. 
    • Develop and update engineering processes. Formulate, document, and train team with standard operation procedures regarding operations changes.
  • Understand and apply the quality architecture. Clearly articulate and document internal/external risks. You may conduct data collection, retrieval, plotting, modeling, interpretation, and other analysis with a talented team.
  • Lead or support development and technology transfer throughout development, engineering, production, and all the way to Contractor Manufacture (CM) management. 
  • Lead and/or provide support for projects involving cost reduction, process optimization, new product, and process introduction.
• This position works closely with program managers, supply chain, contract manufacturers, operation management, manufacturing engineering, functional leaders, other engineering, and commercial organizations to establish work priorities and assignments. 

Requirements: Education & Experience

• Required Education: BS/MS degree with the following order of preference: Material science/engineering; Chemical engineering; Physical Chemistry. Candidates with PhD are encouraged to apply.  
• Work experience in chemical processing and/or precision wafer processing is highly preferred.  Willingness to learn and explore new areas.
• Experience working in a wafer processing clean room setting is required.
• Work experience in an engineering or other technical role in a new product or equipment development. Preference will be given to candidates in semiconductor (Si, SiC or compound) or glass/sapphire wafer clean processing, semiconductor precise cleaning equipment development or application, and/or related manufacturing. 
• Desired Years and Area of Experience: >10yr work experience, including >5yr experience in manufacturing environment of semiconductor related industry is desired.
   

Requirements: Required Skills

• Critical thinking to rapidly solve problems. 
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Chinese. 
• Desire to solve problems by leveraging Statistical/6-Sigma/DOE, Hypothesis Testing, root cause analysis and Hypothesis Tree problem solving methodologies. 
• Confidence in interaction with all levels of the organization, especially the communication to operation, commercial and division engineering. 
• Ability to function on a product development team of multi-disciplinary engineers. 
• Ability to deliver process statistical analysis via Minitab/JMP. 
• Ability to work cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, commercial and other functional leader as good team player. 
• Ability to transfer and integrate new technology into a manufacturing environment including process startup and technical knowledge transfer. 
• Ability to solving problem through troubleshooting on product or process related issues. 
• Confident presentation skills and ability to tailor message to audience.

Requirements: Optional Skills as a plus

• Knowledgeable in material science and material analysis skill.
• Knowledgeable in chemistry and chemical analysis skill.
• Semiconductor CMP process control & development skill.
• Finite Element Analysis or Computational Fluid Dynamics experience.