Senior Principal EPI Process Engineer
- Singapore
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and optimize epitaxial growth processes for silicon semiconductors.
- Manage daily operations of epitaxy reactors and fine-tune process parameters to meet target specifications for thickness, doping, uniformity, and crystal quality.
- Implement and maintain SPC (Statistical Process Control) and FDC (Fault Detection and Classification) systems.
- Analyze metrology data to monitor material quality and drive improvements.
- Reduce defectivity mechanisms and improve process control
- Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for process deviations and yield issues.
- Participate in and/or lead cross-functional and lean activity teams.
- Work with minimal supervision, balancing competing priorities, to serve the needs of the engineering and manufacturing communities
- Drive equipment performance to maximize capacity and yield performance.
- Improve cost performance of equipment.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership in CMP process improvement.
- B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Solid State Physics or other relevant engineering discipline is required.
- Minimum 15 years semiconductor EPI process engineering experience is required.
- Process knowledge and experience of EPI equipment.
- Strong background in SPC & FDC is required.
- Positive interpersonal skills, highly energetic and self-motivated.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage and execute multiple projects simultaneously and shift priorities to meet business needs.
- Demonstrated application of structured problem solving methodology along with creative thinking to drive to failure root cause.
- Demonstrated ability to meet commitments and deliver results.
- Demonstrated experience with Design of Experiments.
- Demonstrated experience with automated fault detection and control systems.
- General understanding of equipment component behavior.