Yield Excellence Engineer

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

$90K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or Material Science.
  • Experience with bright field, darkfield, and Ebeam defect metrology tools.
  • Experience in inline monitoring of defect detection in high-volume manufacturing.
  • Demonstrated collaborative skills with process integration equipment.
  • Strong communication skills for cross-functional teamwork.
  • Ownership mentality for problem-solving and issue escalation.
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Identify yield-limiting defect sources and define a defect reduction roadmap.
  • Utilize statistical process control to maintain production health and prevent defects.
  • Design and execute experiments to analyze complex data for timely solutions.
  • Install and qualify inline inspection tools for defect detection enhancement.
  • Collaborate with integration and process teams to address technology gaps.

Benefits

  • Standard Monday through Friday work hours.
  • Opportunities for professional development in advanced technology.
  • Inclusivity in the workplace and commitment to diversity.
Full Job Description
Company

TSMC Arizona Corporation

Location

USA-Arizona

Employment Type

Regular

Posted

May 27, 2026

TSMC Arizona's Yield Enhancement Department is responsible for Defect reduction, Yield improvement, and Inspection methodology excellence.

Job Description:

Your main responsibilities include:
  • Identifying potential yield-limiting defect sources; defining an aggressive defect reduction roadmap for the program and related modules; owning the results.
  • Using statistical process control principles to sustain production line health and prevent defect induced excursion events; working with module engineers to identify and eliminate process and station defect source; designing and executing experiments; interpreting and extracting insightful results from complex data sets to implement solutions in a timely manner.
  • Installing, qualifying and sustaining inline inspection and reviewing equipment to expand capability for inline defect detection.
  • Collaborating effectively with integration and process organization partners to identify technology gaps and deficiencies, evaluate and qualify mitigation and continuous improvement solutions.


Minimum Qualifications:

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States and have:
  • Bachelor's or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Material Science.
  • Experience in bright field, darkfield and Ebeam defect metrology tool usage
  • Experience in inline usage of above tools to monitor/detect integrated and process tool shifts in a high volume 24/7 advance manufacturing fab
  • Passion for collaboration with process integration equipment in driving improvements
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Able to work on cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams with diverse backgrounds.
  • Must take ownership for solving issues and ensures escalations take place.
  • A team player that can multitask and thrive in a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.


Interpersonal Skills:
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills that enable you to work on cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams.
  • Able to take initiatives, adapt priorities and responsibilities to support business needs.
  • Hands-on participant with a strong sense of ownership.
  • Goal driven with demonstrated ability of working in a high performing team culture.
  • Quick assimilation to new technology.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex problems and to own the efforts to address and resolve root causes.


Interpersonal Skills:
  • Standard work hours: Monday through Friday


Work Location: Phoenix, AZ

Travel: May require travel dependent on business needs.

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