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Sr. Equipment Engineer - Thin Films/Magnetics

Full-time

Kforce's client, a growing nationwide semiconductor company is seeking a Senior Equipment Engineer - Thin Films/Magnetics in the Portland, OR area. We are working directly with the hiring manager on this search assignment. The company offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, profit sharing and stock/RSUs. Specific responsibilities will include:

  • Module process ownership: ownership of day-to-day operations, process/equipment monitoring and troubleshooting, sustaining tools to meet tool availability criteria
  • Develop solutions to problems utilizing formal education, statistical knowledge, and problem-solving tools
  • Drive improvements in quality, reliability, cost, yield, process stability/capability, productivity, and safety
  • Technology transfer and matching to Foundry partners
  • Will be involved with Sustaining activities and equipment engineering
  • Occasional travel to headquarters (2 weeks a quarter)
  • B.S. degree or higher in Chemical Engineering or Materials Science or equivalent work experience
  • Exhibit good and open communication skills; Able to work within cross-functional teams
  • Hands-on experience with ultra-high vacuum sputtering systems or Ion Beam systems and/or multi-film stack
  • Experience with Thin Films related metrology equipment such as sheet resistance, x-ray diffraction (XRD), tunneling resistance, and magnetoresistance CIPTech measurements are nice to haves
  • Experience working with ultra-high vacuum sputtering PVD processes and equipment such as Canon Anelva HC7100 and Canon NC7900 equipment is strongly desired (Experience with Tel lexia (Tokyo Electron) or Lexia-EX will also be considered)
  • Experience working with Ion beam deposition processes and equipment such as Nordiko Mnem-iX equipment Is a plus but not required
  • Working experience with Statistical process control SPC) and equipment Fault detection classification (FDC), Design of Experiments (DOE) principles and software (JMP) are plusses but not required
  • Magnetic materials experience is a plus but not required
  • Foundry Technology Transfer experience and Equipment experience is desired
  • Understanding of magnetic principles are a plus but not required
  • Process Engineering experience is a plus but not required
Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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