Applied Materials · 4 days ago
Etch process engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$147K/yr - $202K/yr
10+ years expApplied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor and display industries. As an Etch Process Engineer, you will design and optimize manufacturing processes, analyze data, troubleshoot engineering issues, and engage with customers to resolve concerns while collaborating with R&D teams on innovative projects.
ElectronicsManufacturingSemiconductorSoftware
Responsibilities
Perform plasma etch (SYM3/ICP etch) process development on a variety of difficult systems
Perform Root Cause Analysis and resolve a variety of difficult process engineering issues
Generate internal and external documentation for products, presentations and technical reports
Interact with internal modules (WET/CMP/Lithograph/Deposition/Integration) to resolve a variety of process engineering issues/problems with limited supervision
Design and implement new technology, products and analytical instrumentation. Utilize techniques to characterize hardware, define methods and apply new technologies to characterize hardware, and/or perform hardware characterization on a wide range of complex systems for multiple products, within safety guidelines
Implement new technology, products and analytical instrumentation. Travel may be required
Qualification
Required
PhD's degree or foreign equivalent in Materials Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physical Chemistry, Physics related field and 10 years of experience in job offered or related process engineering position
Plasma etch, including Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and Capacitively Coupled Plasma (CCP) etch tools
Strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes and industry standards including deposition, etch, lithography and metrology
Design of experiments (DOE) to resolve complex materials analysis problems
Statistical analysis methods and tools
Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field
Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies
Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Participation in a bonus and a stock award program
Company
Applied Materials
Applied Materials is a semiconductor and display equipment company that offers materials engineering solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.1BKey Investors
Stonnington GroupUS Department of Energy
2025-02-24Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2023-06-27Post Ipo Equity· $0.38M
2022-10-19Grant· $100M
Leadership Team
Omkaram Nalamasu
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Tony Chiang, Ph.D
VP, CTO Applied AI
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