Application Scientist

Nova Ltd.•Hillsboro, OR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Global Business Group at Nova is looking for an Application Engineer who is a highly technical, motivated individual to support our growth in the metrology market. The Application Engineer is someone who will engage with Nova customers to develop high-value, innovative optical metrology applications in semiconductor manufacturing; apply robust statistical techniques to optimize applications for the high-volume manufacturing (HVM) fab environment; and provide region support for new product introduction and evaluation activities (beta, head-to-head).

Requirements

Be familiar with customer operating methods, procedures, and policy
Adhere to customers’ site policies and guidelines with regard to performance and behavior
Maintain customers’ information with the utmost confidentiality
Self-starter with high energy and strong work ethic
Highly collaborative and able to manage conflict
Exceptional presentation, verbal skills to clearly articulate technical/analytical information
Be polite, cordial, considerate, and respectful when communicating with customers, vendors and fellow employees
Perform with the highest degree of integrity and dignity
Be able to travel domestically up to 25%
Self-starter with high energy and strong work ethic
Highly collaborative and able to manage conflict
Exceptional presentation, verbal skills to clearly articulate technical/analytical information
Ph.D. or Masters of Science in Physics, Chemistry, Material Science, Electrical Engineering, or relevant field
Strong fundamental knowledge of materials characterization/metrology systems (XPS, XRF, SIMS)
3-5 years of experience in the semiconductor manufacturing environment

Nice To Haves

Having experience in FEOL, BEOL and Advance Packaging Process flow is a plus, but not required

Responsibilities

Develop material metrology applications (XPS, XRF) for Nova’s products in semiconductor manufacturing
Provide on-site application support to Nova’s strategic customer
Solve application problems received from customer End Users, Team Lead, Applications Manager and Nova Service team in a timely manner
Develop a strong working relationship with Nova customers and Nova employees
Test new features in Nova’s products and make proposals for software/hardware changes to support new capabilities
Train & update customers, peers in the applications group and other Nova employees
Assist End Users and Nova service engineers in troubleshooting Nova products in the field
Maintain a high level of knowledge of the semiconductor process and industry trends
Remain involved and up-to-date with new application solutions and products
Perform demos and make presentations to Nova customers as required
Support development of new application features and assist in their market penetration
Support various pre and post sales activities and assist in marketing activities