Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Technician III

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

8d•$29 - $40•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world. You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more. At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits. As a Process Technician, you'll be responsible for preparing wafers for experimentation, operating reactors to perform thin film processes, and using scanning electron microscopes for analyses and imaging. You'll record process conditions and experimental observations, perform routine maintenance procedures, and evaluate wafers and thin films. Process Technicians are tasked with preparing cross-section samples for analysis, identifying patterns of interest in imaging, and operating laboratory process equipment and instrumentation. Your expertise in troubleshooting, equipment maintenance, and process optimization drives higher levels of productivity, quality, and efficiency in our manufacturing processes.

Requirements

Technical Diploma
2-4 years of experience

Responsibilities

Prepares wafers for experimentation to include cleaning.
Loads wafers, prepares equipment for experimentation.
Evaluates performance of process system.
Prepare samples for Focused Ion Beam (FIB) lamella making and help to optimize sample prep procedure and conditions, identify cutting location based on pattern instructions.
Operates and check performance of equipment to perform sample prep process, under limited supervision.
Understand basic Focused Ion Beam (FIB) principle.
Operate Focused Ion Beam (FIB) for making TEM lamella pending on job assignment, identify all of patterns of interest, understand lamella quality requirement and sample/beam interaction to determine optimized conditions.
Perform Focused Ion Beam (FIB) system software alignment functions.
Perform routine maintenance procedures, flash, plasma clean etc.
Perform routine shut down procedure.
Identify problem put tool down and call for service.
Coordinates instrument repair and maintenance.
Coordinates with engineering on wafer evaluations.
Orders equipment and supplies, and coordinates with vendors and purchasing.
Contributes to Lab Operation Interface with requestors, understand their detail requirement, and communicate on results; help lab on monitoring wafer in process (WIP) and maintaining quality, turnaround time, and throughput.