Thin Films Equipment Engineer

Micron•Manassas, VA

18h

About The Position

Micron Technology is seeking a Thin Films Equipment Engineer to start up, maintain, and optimize manufacturing equipment to improve product quality and reliability, reduce costs, increase productivity, and manage risk. The role resolves manufacturing-line problems and supports Chemical Vapor Deposition equipment in a 300mm wafer fabrication facility. It involves troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of issues affecting safety, manufacturing availability, wafer output, cost of ownership, scrap, raw process time, and quality. The engineer evaluates and optimizes processes, equipment, and materials; contributes to yield-improvement and cost-reduction activities; qualifies new components; and works with equipment suppliers to meet quality, cost, and risk-management objectives. The role also oversees equipment installation, modification, upgrades, and maintenance; monitors equipment performance and reliability; and develops programs to increase uptime and reduce manufacturing problems. Additional duties include providing technical support to equipment repair and process engineering organizations, defining preventive-maintenance procedures and schedules, setting equipment parameters and maintenance plans, and planning and executing new installations and ongoing equipment improvements.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
12 months of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
Ability to work in a cleanroom environment.
Experience working with hand tools and diagnostic equipment.
Ability to identify root causes of performance issues and implement preventative actions to reduce or eliminate equipment failures.
Knowledge of semiconductor fabrication methods, robotics, and vacuum systems.
Ability to liaise with equipment suppliers to achieve quality, cost, and risk-management objectives.
Ability to set up and analyze Fault Detection and Classification (FDC) data to improve equipment issue repair time.

Responsibilities

Start up, maintain, and optimize manufacturing equipment to improve quality, reliability, productivity, and cost while managing risk.
Diagnose and resolve process- and equipment-related manufacturing problems using failure analysis, FMEA, 8D, KT, FDC, and/or SPC methodologies.
Coordinate and conduct process, equipment, and material evaluations and optimizations.
Lead and participate in yield-improvement and cost-reduction activities.
Qualify new components and manage, audit, and liaise with equipment suppliers to meet quality, cost, and risk objectives.
Oversee the installation, modification, upgrade, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment.
Maintain current records of equipment manufacturers’ technical notices, upgrades, and safety issues.
Study equipment performance and reliability, and establish programs to increase uptime and reduce equipment problems affecting manufacturing.
Provide technical support to manufacturing equipment repair and process engineering organizations.
Define and write preventive-maintenance procedures and schedules.
Take ownership of Chemical Vapor Deposition equipment in a 300mm wafer fab.
Troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis of issues affecting safety, manufacturing availability, wafer output, cost of ownership, scrap, raw process time, and quality.
Set equipment parameters and maintenance plans for semiconductor processing equipment.
Evaluate, plan, and execute new equipment installations, upgrades, and continuous improvements to existing equipment.