Process Engineer, Senior

Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

Job Description:

In this critical role you will be responsible for supporting, improving, and developing photolithography processes for compound III-IV semiconductors at the fab in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This work will be done in close partnership with Process Engineers, Device and Integration Engineers, Design Engineers, and the Fab production team. A strong knowledge of compound semiconductor processing, exceptional communication skills, and an optimistic, can-do approach are essential to success in this role. The Ann Arbor fab is a hybrid (R&D and Production) product mixture and dynamic fab, requiring good prioritization and excellent judgement. You will be expected to set deliverables and achieve desired results. The position reports to the Process Engineering Manager.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Develop, characterize, and sustain photo processes on Rite Track and photolithography tools.
• Driving improvements on quality, reliability, cost, yield, process stability, productivity, and safety.
• Operate and maintain metrology tools such as CD, defect scan and review tools for process characterization and sustaining.
• Support manufacturing with spec updates, SPC control, and new product introduction and ramp-up.

Job Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, or equivalent with 5 years of fab experience or PhD.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the programming and operation of lithography tools like tracks, contact aligners, steppers, SEMs, and/or overlay measurement tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge in compound semiconductor processes.
• Strong understanding of data mining and statistics, SPC, DOE, Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and structured problem solving.
• Must have a proven track record of project ownership, meeting deadlines, and multitasking.
• Must display a strong sense of ownership, drive, and dedication to continuous improvement.
• Must display an enthusiastic boldness for taking on aggressive goals and a commitment to achieving them.
• Must possess the ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams to improve processes.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, including technical writing for summarizing data and findings, creating process and equipment specifications and work instructions for other engineers and for technicians in the Fab.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Experience of evaporators and RIE tools is a plus.