Apple

TFT Process Engineer

Apple$120K — $145K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science or Physics
  • TFT industry experience required
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Preferred Ph.D. in relevant field
  • M.S. plus 4 years of TFT experience is also acceptable
  • Proficiency in technical knowledge of various TFT technologies
  • Solid understanding of display manufacturing and reliability standards

Responsibilities

  • Develop AI-driven workflows for device physics and mechanical analysis
  • Conduct virtual prototyping and process-device co-optimization
  • Perform AI-integrated failure analysis and characterization
  • Deploy AI-enhanced compact models for complex TFT behaviors
  • Manage TFT process for diverse backplane designs
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on display technology
  • Research future candidate TFT technologies

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Retirement savings plan with company match
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work arrangements
Full Job Description
Description

AI-Driven Automated Simulation & Mechanical Analysis to develop agentic AI workflows integrated with commercial TCAD and FEA tools to automate device physics and mechanical property analysis for accelerating pixel architecture development and panel-level performance evaluation

Virtual Prototyping & Process-Device Co-Optimization to construct realistic virtual stack-ups through process simulation to enable faster DFMEA/PFMEA and provide design guidance on film characteristics and reliability

AI-incorporated failure analysis and characterization to quickly identify the root cause and corrective action

Advanced Modeling & Strategic EDA Integration to deploy AI-enhanced compact models (SPICE/Verilog-A) to capture complex TFT behaviors and lifetime degradation

Responsible for TFT process of various TFT backplanes

Work with various display manufacturers from development to mass production stage

Fundamental study to seek future candidate of TFT technologies

Collaboration with cross-functional teams including, but not limited to: Display Optics, Touch, Display EE and Mechanical Engineering and so on

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Physics

TFT industry experience

Proficiency written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Physics

M.S degree in above mentioned disciplines plus 4 years of TFT industry experience

Hands-on, in-depth technical knowledge, and proven track record on development of various TFT technologies

Strong device physics background on various TFT technologies: a-Si, oxide and LTPS

Sound understanding of overall display manufacturing control, yield improvement and reliability requirements

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