The Senior Process Engineer will develop and optimize processes for thin-film applications, troubleshoot production issues, and standardize operations, focusing on deposition techniques and equipment qualifications.
Summary
Atomica is seeking a driven Process Engineer to join our Surface Engineering, with a primary focus on deposition. We are looking for someone who can support existing production processes and develop processes for new programs (20+) focusing on product quality and manufacturability. Collaboration is a must as you work closely with the integration, manufacturing engineering, maintenance and production teams on development of new processes, selection of new equipment/technology, standardization and problem resolution. This role is designed for a technical leader who thrives at the intersection of advanced materials and complex vacuum hardware.
- End-to-End Development: Design and execute recipes for new thin-film applications, ensuring strict adherence to required material properties (mechanical, optical and electrical characteristics).
- Integration Collaboration: Partner with the integration team to ensure surface engineering solutions meet functional requirements for complex devices
- Tool Qualification: Lead the technical evaluation, installation, and testing of new capital equipment to meet production-ready standards.
- DOE & Optimization: Design and execute Design of Experiments (DOE) to determine process windows and optimize results. Strong fundamentals in data analysis and demonstrated critical thinking skills
- Early-Stage & Production Support: Identify and resolve fundamental process instabilities during early-stage R&D while maintaining the discipline to lead "Task Force" efforts for chronic production excursions.
- Hardware-Process Mastery: Act as the primary technical expert for resolving complex process-hardware interactions.
- Tool Troubleshooting: Help perform diagnostics on vacuum systems, RF power delivery, and gas flow controllers. Hands-on experience is highly valued.
- Statistical Process Control (SPC): Implement and monitor SPC charts in JMP to identify trends, prevent excursions, and ensure long-term process stability.
- Standardization: Author and maintain high-quality Standard Operating Procedures and technical documentation to ensure cross-shift consistency.
- PVD: Experience with RF, DC, and Pulsed DC Magnetron Sputtering, Ion Beam Deposition (IBD) and E-beam evaporation
- CVD & ALD: Deep knowledge of PECVD, HDPCVD, ALD, and LPCVD.
- Thermal: Proficiency in oxidation furnaces, annealing, and RTP/RTA.
- Plasma Processing: Hands-on experience with Bosch process (DRIE), dielectric etching, plasma ashing, and Ion Beam Etching (IBE)
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or other engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in a semiconductor microfabrication manufacturing environment.
- Deep understanding of material properties and the specific process knobs required to obtain them.
- Expert-level proficiency in JMP for data analysis, statistical modeling, and DOE.
- Proven track record of "hands-on" hardware troubleshooting. Ability to diagnose mechanical, electrical, and vacuum-related failures.
The base pay range for this role is $120,000 – $145,000 per year.
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