Sr. Wet Etch Process Development Engineer

SkyWater Technology Foundry, Inc.•Kissimmee, FL

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Bold Thinking. World Changing. At SkyWater, our ingenuity helps improve lives around the world by manufacturing U.S. made semiconductors that are essential ingredients of modern life. Automotive safety enhancements, life-saving medical devices, consumer electronics and American security require semiconductors. Working in our Minnesota headquarters, Florida, or Texas location — employees join together to improve the world. Explore what’s possible. Joining our U.S. - based team means contributing to and learning about the commercialization of some of the most exciting technologies the world has ever seen. We are turning “science fiction” into everyday reality through technologies such as superconducting, 3D integrated circuits or computer chips, carbon nanotubes, photonic logic devices, micro electro-mechanical systems and other emerging device topologies. We manufacture products for aerospace and defense, medical, automotive, consumer and industrial markets, to name a few. Our customers include emerging leaders who rely on our intellectual property security and quality manufacturing services. Step into the future. SkyWater’s values of Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration, Empowerment and Growth Mindset guide us to cultivate an empowered, learning environment. We also invest in developing highly skilled, dedicated employees — and employees who are entering the workforce for the first time, from the military, and a variety of educational backgrounds. Are you bold thinking? Find your place on our team and help us change the world! We are looking for a hardworking and passionate Wet Etch Process Development and Integration Engineer for our Florida Advanced Packaging site. In this role you will lead, develop and improve processes for integrated Advanced Packaging process flows and Heterogenous Integration (HI) platform technologies such as Hybrid Bonding and Direct Bond Interconnect (DBI), 2.5D and 3D Interposer, and Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging (FOWLP). Excellent oral and written communication skills are required to effectively and efficiently communicate ideas with foundry customers, colleagues, and management.

Requirements

BS Engineering, MS/PhD preferred. Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science or equivalent.
Back-end-of-line (BEOL) or front-end-of-line (FEOL) CMOS, MEMS and/or packaging fab processing tools knowledge/experience.
10 years + experience with BS, 7-10 years of experience with MS, 5+ years of experience with PhD.
Strong Wet Etch experience including recipe development.
MEMS, Photonics, CMOS or Packaging device and integration knowledge (or similar) with relevant combination of years of experience (10+ years) and/or advanced degree.
Experience in wafer fab process development.
Prior experience with chemical selection.
Proficient in DOE and SPC. Knowledge of 6-sigma concepts and applications.
Demonstrated project management and team leadership skills and/or defined training and relevant experience.
Clear problem-solving capability, data driven, inventive solution oriented and can articulate thought processes.
Demonstrated experience with customer interfacing to solve problems and transfer processes for co-development of products.
Can work both independently and lead cross-functional teams for problem solving.
US Citizenship Required: This position will require the holding of, or ability to obtain, a US government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

PVD, CVD, electroplating Cu and/or Au, dry or wet etch, electrical test, metrology, photolithography, wafer bonding or CMP.

Responsibilities

New process development/transfer/integration/ownership in a manufacturing environment.
Develop or integrate robust manufacturable process recipes for Foundry customers in Wet Etch / Cleans.
Lead one or more teams for process integration of advanced packaging solutions for platform Heterogenous Integration technologies and unique customer applications.
Utilize metrology tools to characterize and document process results for transfer to production.
Investigate and drive integration changes for improved device performance and yield improvement.
Lead a team of process integration and tool engineers to find processing marginalities and make improvements.
Routinely monitor selected in-line and end-of-line SPC charts for trends or excursions that can be addressed by integration changes.
Monitor and improve electrical test parametrics through feedback and improvement to integration.
Directly interface with customers as a team and technical leader.
Act as technical lead and project manager integrating customer device requests with team activities.
Performing other duties as assigned.