Diffusion Equipment Engineer

NXP Semiconductors•Chandler, AZ

About The Position

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 to create a winning advantage for our customers. The Diffusion Equipment Engineer opportunity is in a high-volume semiconductor wafer manufacturing environment. Prior experience with ownership and responsibility for the maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and productivity of manufacturing tools/processes is required. Previous experience with SVG VTR7000, AVP8000, TEL Alpha 8S and/or TEL Alpha 8SE Waves furnaces and Lumonics Laser Scribe is highly desirable. Key Challenges · Identification and reduction of recurrent machine faults · Sourcing and installing new equipment · Reducing defectivity · Defining tool maintenance procedures · Training technicians and peers · Improving tool utilization and availability · Reducing cost · Reducing scrap · 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

Requirements

BS in an engineering discipline.
5 years’ experience in equipment engineering in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment.
Ability to generate, analyze, and interpret equipment performance data and produce a timely action plan .to resolve recurring equipment failures.
Demonstrated presentation skills. Candidates will be called upon to train others and present complex datasets and equipment problems/solutions to diverse audiences.
Competent in troubleshooting problems and capable of applying logic to isolate and repair.
Ability to deal with multiple issues and fluid priorities.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to interact professionally with manufacturing and process engineering to deal with these 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.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in at least one or more of the following tools/processes preferred: SVG VTR7000, AVP8000, TEL Alpha 8S and/or TEL Alpha 8SE Waves furnaces and Lumonics Laser Scribe.
Working knowledge of associated furnace pumps and abatement system desrired.
Previous experience in Lean Manufacturing methods is highly desirable.