R&D Process Engineer, Advanced Bonding Process Development

Diamond Foundry • Bay Area, California, CA

2d • $125,000 - $145,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Diamond Foundry Inc. is seeking an on-site R&D Process Engineer to join their AI Chips team. This role will support customer prototyping and internal process development for advanced packaging applications, with a focus on integrating single-crystal diamond with AI customer devices to demonstrate thermal and performance benefits. The ideal candidate is a hands-on process engineer with strong technical problem-solving skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to support fast-paced customer and internal development programs. This position will be located in their San Jose office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in materials science, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in semiconductor packaging, advanced materials, process engineering, device integration, or related technical development is preferred.
• Familiarity with bonding, thin-film deposition, surface preparation, metrology, failure analysis, reliability testing, or similar process technologies is desirable.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn new materials, tools, and processes.
• Good communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, hands-on, detail-oriented, motivated, and comfortable working in a fast-paced development environment.

Responsibilities

• Support customer prototyping projects to integrate single-crystal diamond with customer devices and demonstrate thermal and performance benefits.
• Develop advanced packaging and bonding processes adaptable to diverse customer device designs, material stacks, package configurations, and integration requirements.
• Evaluate, select, and optimize bonding technologies, including pressure/pressureless sintering, thermocompression, surface/plasma-activated bonding, and emerging methods.
• Drive internal process development and validation, including cleaning, metallization, DOE-based bonding optimizations, process characterization, failure analysis, and reliability testing.
• Manage end-to-end project execution, covering schedules, technical risks, cross-functional communication, customer updates, and technical reports.

Benefits

• health insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• retirement savings plans
• life and disability insurance programs
• paid time away from work
• unpaid time away from work
• employee discounts to VRAI

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level