PCS Engineer

Micron•Manassas, VA

About The Position

Maintain Fault Detection and Classification (FDC) for semiconductor manufacturing facilities. The role deploys and maintains FDC strategies using AMAT E3 to minimize excursion and scrap risks, monitors strategy effectiveness, troubleshoots issues, and implements system changes through established change-management methodologies. The engineer coordinates FDC activities across manufacturing and process-control systems, supports production and engineering teams, and collaborates with worldwide counterparts to share best practices. The position also contributes to site-wide or global projects, cost-reduction efforts, and compliance with safety, environmental, product-integrity, security, and intellectual-property standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing process-control concepts, including statistical process control (SPC), fault detection, and data-driven monitoring techniques for equipment and processes.
Ability to analyze manufacturing data and system outputs to diagnose abnormal equipment or process behavior, evaluate trends, and support engineering decisions to mitigate performance deviations.
Knowledge of manufacturing systems supporting semiconductor production, including MES and process-control platforms, and an understanding of rule-based logic.
Experience or ability to work with structured manufacturing data using SQL, Python, or similar tools.
Knowledge of root-cause analysis methodologies such as FMEA, RCA, or 8D to identify underlying causes and support corrective and preventive actions in manufacturing environments.
Knowledge of automated reporting and dashboarding solutions used to aggregate, standardize, and monitor manufacturing data and equipment signals using common visualization tools.

Responsibilities

Maintain FDC for semiconductor manufacturing facilities and identify FDC dependencies and needs for specific manufacturing areas.
Implement, comply with, maintain, and improve established standards; test and implement system changes and improvements.
Manage controlled modifications using change-management methodologies.
Deploy and maintain FDC strategies, including data collection, summarized indicators, limits, and OCAPS, using AMAT E3 to minimize excursion and scrap risks.
Troubleshoot strategy-, tool-, and system-related issues, documenting, escalating, and following them through to completion.
Monitor strategy performance and effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.
Follow worldwide FDC best-known methods, business rules, standards, and change-management procedures; align with, share, and review best practices with worldwide counterparts.
Participate in and present at daily tactical meetings, interact with customers, and support analysis and promotion of FDC data use.
Evaluate and monitor program-access user lists in accordance with product-integrity, security, and intellectual-property protection standards.
Coordinate FDC tasks using programs and systems including 300mm Semiconductor Manufacturing Execution Systems, Process Control Systems, Statistical Process Control, Advanced Process Control, FDC, GEM/SECS, Engineering Change Notice, and Global Conversion Process.
Act as a liaison between information systems, production-area management, and engineering management.
Anticipate or diagnose automation issues across multiple equipment types within a manufacturing area.
Participate in projects with site-wide or global impact.
Reduce costs in the assigned area by owning and completing cost-reduction projects, identifying cost-effective sustaining and manufacturing improvements, minimizing regular expenditures, and promoting cost-conscious practices.
Follow safety and environmental procedures and report EHSS-related concerns or problems promptly to the appropriate individual.