SEM Process Technician III (T3)
About The Position
Applied Materials is hiring a SEM Process Technician III to prepare wafers for experimentation, operate reactors for thin-film processes, and use scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) for analysis and imaging. The role includes recording process conditions and experimental observations, performing routine maintenance, evaluating wafers and thin films, preparing cross-section samples, identifying patterns of interest, and operating laboratory process equipment and instrumentation. Troubleshooting, equipment maintenance, and process optimization support productivity, quality, and efficiency. The technician prepares wafer and reactor systems, operates process and SEM equipment, evaluates system performance, and summarizes results in graphs and tables. They work with requestors to understand analysis requirements and communicate findings, help monitor work in process and throughput, coordinate tool repairs and maintenance, and collaborate with engineering on wafer evaluations. The role may include providing informal guidance to junior team members.
Requirements
- Proficiency in a range of analytical processes or procedures to carry out assigned tasks.
- Good understanding of how the team integrates with others to achieve objectives.
- Ability to provide solutions to atypical or infrequent problems based on existing precedents or procedures.
- Communication skills to regularly exchange information.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and clean wafers for experimentation; load wafers, prepare reactors, and clean reactors.
- Evaluate process-system performance and operate reactors to perform thin-film processes under limited supervision.
- Prepare cross-section samples for SEM analysis, identify cutting locations from pattern instructions, and help requestors optimize sample preparation procedures and conditions.
- Operate SEMs for cross-section, top-view, critical-dimension, or energy-dispersive spectroscopy analysis and imaging, according to assignment.
- Identify patterns of interest and determine optimized imaging conditions based on image-quality requirements and sample/beam interaction.
- Record process conditions and experimental observations.
- Perform SEM system software alignment and routine maintenance, including flash and plasma cleaning.
- Evaluate wafers and thin films and prepare graphs and tables summarizing results.
- Communicate with requestors to understand detailed requirements and report results; help monitor work in process and maintain throughput.
- Order equipment and supplies and coordinate with vendors and purchasing.
- Perform routine shutdown procedures, identify tool problems, take affected tools down, and call for service.
- Coordinate instrument repair and maintenance and collaborate with engineering on wafer evaluations.
- Set up equipment for experiments and use quantitative wafer evaluation and process instrumentation knowledge.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Candidates may be eligible for participation in a bonus and stock award program, as applicable.
- Supportive work culture that encourages learning, development, and career growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
