Process Engineer - Ion Implant

Axcelis Technologies•Beverly, MA

About The Position

The Process Engineer supports the characterization, documentation, and application of ion implant equipment to meet customer and product requirements. The role acts as an internal customer interface with engineering, marketing, and field teams to support product and upgrade development and release. Under established technical direction, the engineer executes tool characterization activities, analyzes performance data, supports customer engagements and demonstrations, and collaborates with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
0–3 years of experience in semiconductor processing, equipment engineering, or a related technical role.
Basic understanding of statistical process control (SPC), data analysis, and experimental methodology.
Ability to document technical results clearly and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Willingness to learn hands-on tool operation and support customer-facing activities.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with ion implant concepts such as dose, energy, species, and uniformity, or with other semiconductor process tools.
Ability to program basic engineering functions in JMP, Minitab, or Matlab.

Responsibilities

Support the definition and maintenance of ion implant tool operational parameter spaces based on technical requirements and customer use cases.
Define and execute characterization plans to evaluate tool performance across operating conditions.
Identify characterization data and documentation gaps and contribute to plans to address them.
Generate and maintain data packages describing assigned tools’ operational windows based on released machine specifications.
Organize and update characterization data, reports, and Best Method documentation for internal and customer-facing teams.
Support evaluation of new hardware or procedural changes and assist with characterization and documentation updates.
Collect and maintain information about installed customer tools, including process applications, technology nodes, and production status.
Gather and analyze tool performance data, including repeatability, stability, particle performance, uptime, and SPC-related metrics; document trends for internal review.
Support customer interactions to identify tool performance concerns or process limitations requiring further analysis.
Assist Systems Engineers and Equipment Engineers with customer tool demonstrations.
Review customer technical requirements and support feasibility assessments under guidance.
Provide hands-on support for recipe setup, wafer processing, and system qualification before customer wafer runs.
Help ensure tool operation aligns with defined demonstration requirements, contribute to customer demonstration reports, and assist with follow-up actions.
Communicate characterization results and tool performance findings to Marketing, Systems Engineering, and Engineering teams.
Support documentation and updates to operating specifications for new processes, applications, or tool configurations.
Assist with collecting and organizing competitive performance data for product positioning.
Communicate findings, issues, and improvement opportunities clearly to internal stakeholders.
Support identification of new tool applications through customer feedback, marketing input, and technical literature review.
Participate in customer joint-development or evaluation activities under defined project scope.
Assist engineering teams with data collection and analysis for hardware or software upgrades, and share application and characterization results with relevant teams.