Business line description: Front End Operations plays an essential role in the company’s success by ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, cost-competitive technologies and supply capability that create a winning advantage for customers.

Senior Cleans Process Engineer

Job summary:

The Cleans Process Engineer is responsible for supporting multiple Cleans processes in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility. This role focuses on improving equipment and process performance, reducing operational losses, supporting development activity, and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing operations.

Role Responsibilities

• Reducing defectivity
• Reducing cycle time
• Improving tool utilization and availability
• Identification and reduction of recurrent machine faults
• Reducing cost
• Scrap reduction and yield improvement
• Supporting development activities
• Developing and writing specifications
• Implementation of Six-Sigma statistical process control methods
• Capacity planning and modeling
• Participating in and/or leading cross-functional and lean activity teams
• Training others

Key challenges

• Ability to work in a high volume 24x7 manufacturing environment
• Ability to work individually, in small work groups or larger teams
• Ability to deal with multiple issues and sliding priorities
• Must be self-motivated; able to take initiative, self-generate projects, and effectively prioritize work
• Willing to adjust work schedule as needed to support factory priorities 24x7
• Be responsible for multiple tools across multiple platforms

Cross-functional aspects

• Collaborate with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Facilities, Analytical Lab, and Device Engineering teams.
• Collaborate with peers in other factories to implement Best Known Methods (BKMs).
• Collaborate and work with OEM and second source vendors

Job qualifications

• BS or MS in an engineering or science discipline
• 7+ years of experience in process engineering in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment preferred
• Previous experience in Cleans process role preferred
• Previous experience with the following toolsets is highly desirable:
  • SCP9400, WS-820L, Akrion GAMA wet benches;
  • Semitool SST, SAT, RADR batch solvent cleaning systems
  • Screen 80B/80EX spray tools
  • FSI Mercury/Zeta
• Ability to generate, analyze, and interpret equipment and process performance data and produce timely action plans to resolve recurring failures.
• Demonstrated presentation skills, including the ability to train others and present complex datasets, process issues, and solutions to diverse audiences.
• Competent in troubleshooting problems and capable of applying logic to isolate and resolve them.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact professionally with manufacturing and equipment engineering to deal with issues and priorities.
• Good foundational problem-solving skills with creative solutions and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Self-motivated; able to take initiative and effectively prioritize work for self.
• A strong desire to help create a positive, winning, world class working environment.
• Previous experience in Lean Manufacturing methods is highly desirable.

Job location

• Chandler, AZ

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