Process Technician

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated • Goleta, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins. As part of the uncooled detector (focal plane array) research and development team, the successful candidate will have responsibility for processing silicon wafers in a cleanroom environment. Process could include lithography, plasma etch, thin film deposition, and wet cleans. Candidate qualify tools and processes, and process wafers per instructions. Candidate will characterize wafers and devices using Filmetrics, Tencor profilometer, optical microscopes, and SEM. As part of process development, hands-on wafer fabrication and characterization of pilot lots is required. This is the right place for a self-directed, goal-oriented, collaborative engineering technician. The work is varied and challenging where creative problem solving opportunities are many. Our culture is collaborative, supportive, and fun. The work environment is mixed general office and clean room/lab.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience in related technical discipline required
• 2-5 years of related experience desired
• Proficient computer skills – Word, Excel & Outlook
• Ability to communicate clearly in written and spoken English
• Some data analysis skills (fluency in Excel, MatLAB JMP, Python, SQL, or equivalent is helpful)
• Ability to use inspection equipment (microscopes, FIB/SEM, interferometers), semiconductor fabrication equipment, and wet bench chemistry
• Direct experience with one or more key wafer fabrication processes is helpful
• Familiarity and/or strong desire to learn microelectronic/semiconductor and MEMS fabrication techniques
• Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce

Nice To Haves

• Wafer processing tools for semiconductor or MEMS fabrication
• Infrared detector technology

Responsibilities

• Establish feasibility of new processes with hands-on processing of pilot lots on production equipment
• Characterize results using quantitative metrology tools
• Automate or improve established processes
• Document methods and workflows in MES-ready format
• Collaborate with device physicists, research technicians, and test engineers to participate in overall product R&D cycle

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees