Yield Excellence Engineer (Phoenix, AZ On-site)

TSMC•USA-Arizona, AZ

15h•Onsite

About The Position

TSMC Arizona's Yield Enhancement Department is responsible for Defect reduction, Yield improvement, and Inspection methodology excellence. This role involves identifying potential yield-limiting defect sources, defining and executing defect reduction roadmaps, and utilizing statistical process control principles to maintain production line health. The engineer will collaborate with module engineers to eliminate process and station defect sources, design and execute experiments, and interpret complex data to implement solutions. Additionally, the role includes installing, qualifying, and sustaining inline inspection and reviewing equipment to enhance defect detection capabilities. Collaboration with integration and process organization partners is key to identifying technology gaps, evaluating, and qualifying mitigation strategies for continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor's or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Material Science.
Experience in bright field, darkfield and Ebeam defect metrology tool usage
Experience in inline usage of above tools to monitor/detect integrated and process tool shifts in a high volume 24/7 advance manufacturing fab
Passion for collaboration with process integration equipment in driving improvements
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Able to work on cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams with diverse backgrounds.
Must take ownership for solving issues and ensures escalations take place.
A team player that can multitask and thrive in a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Able to take initiatives, adapt priorities and responsibilities to support business needs.
Hands-on participant with a strong sense of ownership.
Goal driven with demonstrated ability of working in a high performing team culture.
Quick assimilation to new technology.
Ability to troubleshoot complex problems and to own the efforts to address and resolve root causes.

Nice To Haves

May require travel dependent on business needs.

Responsibilities

Identifying potential yield-limiting defect sources; defining an aggressive defect reduction roadmap for the program and related modules; owning the results.
Using statistical process control principles to sustain production line health and prevent defect induced excursion events; working with module engineers to identify and eliminate process and station defect source; designing and executing experiments; interpreting and extracting insightful results from complex data sets to implement solutions in a timely manner.
Installing, qualifying and sustaining inline inspection and reviewing equipment to expand capability for inline defect detection.
Collaborating effectively with integration and process organization partners to identify technology gaps and deficiencies, evaluate and qualify mitigation and continuous improvement solutions.