mid operations Manufacturing Engineer ic · Posted Mar 13, 2026

This is a full-time lithography process development engineer position.
The process engineer will have significant day-to-day responsibilities in the process development fabrication facility, working closely with technicians and equipment engineers to understand, resolve, and improve uptime, yield, and performance as needed. They will collaborate with the integration team and other process modules in cross-functional activities to complete seamless handoffs from the process development phase to potentially transfer the process to foundry partners and provide support to foundry partners as needed.
<h3>Minimum Qualifications</h3>BS and a minimum of 5 years hands-on experience in semiconductor lithography process engineer
Experience in optoelectronics, III-V semiconductor devices or III-V materials
Experience in Design of Experiments (DOE) methodology that can be applied to photolithography processing
Experience with generating, analyzing and interpreting data
Must be comfortable working in a fab environment as well as with chemicals such as photoresists, solvents and resist developers
<h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3>MS in an engineering degree (Chemical, Electrical, Materials Science, or Chemistry preferred)
Strong photolithography knowledge and hands-on experience of photolithography equipment’s in steppers/scanner, contact aligners, photo tracks and metrology tools (CDSEM and Overlay Tool)
Experience with failure analysis characterization techniques like SEM, XRD etc
Experience with data analysis tools and principles of statistically designed experimentation (JMP, Matlab, Excel etc)
Ability to deal with multiple issues and shifting priorities
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to interact professionally with multiple disciplines and work together to prioritize issues and solve problems
Good foundational problem-solving skills with creative solutions and out-of-the box thinking

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