Description:
Our Client is seeking a Process Technician for an extendable 1-year, W2 only, Contract position in Fremont, CA. This is position is swing shift. This position pays $25-37/hr. W2.
Responsibilities:
- Set up process equipment.
- Perform technical tests and experiments for process engineering within R&D.
- Monitor, audit, and provide guidance to line operators.
- Process test runs and prepare records, charts, and graphs of results for presentation to engineering to identify yield problems or test new products.
- Provide technical assistance to process development and engineering personnel.
- Perform process engineering lab activities for demo and/or C&F process experiments including sample preparation, sample chemical treatment and running wafer flows on company tools.
- Perform measurements on metrology tools to collect experiment results including thin film measurement, CD measurement and SEM imaging.
- Create process recipes from scratch and tune process recipes for robustness. Provide suggestions for process recipe improvement.
- Conduct statistical process control (SPC) and etch rates; including measure, execution, analysis, and reporting to ensure company chamber performance is under control and in-spec. Alert for any trend or out-of-spec issue and come up with possible causes and troubleshooting actions.
- Work from customer instruction to determine target pattern feature and perform first sample cleaving using microscope / top-down SEM and micro-cleavers. Create or modify ppt instruction for others to follow.
- Provide process activities and lab protocol training for new process engineers, new process technicians or field service engineers on running the lab equipment, performing sample preparation and following all the lab protocols.
- Assist others as first level of contact person on clearing alarms, lab operation and lab protocol questions.
- Work with demo engineers and metrology team to develop metrology recipe.
- Operate computer interface and navigate diagnostic software.
- Work with lab operation team to improve lab safety, customer IP and lab protocol.
Required Skills:
- 4+ years of experience in semiconductor industry, in a building or troubleshooting role.
- Clean room experience preferred (wear a PPE Bunny Suit, safety glasses, mask, shield, gloves, safety footwear) as needed.
- 2-3 years of Si wafer handling experience preferred.
- Understanding of tool operations, able to clear basic alarms and apply troubleshooting skills to reduce tool downtime.
- Associates or BS degree in electronics, material science, chemistry, or physics preferred.
- Consistently demonstrate ability to be flexible and responsive to changing priorities (ex., rework, overtime).
- Willing and able to install components from a working height between 1 to 6 feet, and reach into machines to perform tasks.
- Understand operation of computer interface and navigation of diagnostic software.
- Proficiency with basic Microsoft Office operation. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Ability to clearly communicate, understand and send detailed pass-downs for smooth lab operation.
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational abilities.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.