Process Engineer

Process Engineer

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

Job Purpose: In this critical role you will be responsible for backend processes within MACOM's internal semiconductor fab. This includes the development of new fab processes and sustaining existing processes. The product portfolio includes GaN, GaAs, Si, and InP based technologies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include development, continuous improvement, and sustaining processes all in close partnership with Device and Integration Engineering as well as Business Unit design teams.
• This is a hands-on position that requires a broad understanding of the equipment and processes. Manufacturing equipment support responsibilities will include set up, qualification, optimization and troubleshooting of the automated equipment for Die Sort, Dicing scribe and break, Tape & Reel and Inspection.
• Specific responsibilities include sustaining TDI backend processes to meet all factory indicators; plans and conducts experiments to fully characterize the process throughout the development cycle; drives improvements on quality, reliability, cost, yield, process stability/capability, productivity and safety/ergonomic over variables such as material, method, equipment, environment and operating personnel.
• Process support may include daily equipment setup, writing new programs, adjusting / optimizing process parameters, running engineering lots, equipment troubleshooting, as well as assisting production with identifying, responding to, and disposition of non-conforming material (helping with issues at dicing, diesort, inspection, other Fab Processes).
• Taking ownership of the entire process (equipment selection, qualification of the equipment / process, writing detailed / well defined setup instructions / procedures, training operators / technicians other engineers on the equipment setup and use). Updating & creating routes.
• The ideal candidate will have a general knowledge of electronics manufacture, with a strong aptitude and interest in working with automated and manual assembly equipment as well as the communication skills required to work with engineering.

Key Competencies Required:

• Excellent judgment, familiarity with semiconductor processing, and an optimistic, can-do approach are essential to success in this role.
• Successful candidates develop solutions to problems utilizing formal education, statistical knowledge, and problem-solving tools.
• Must have a proven track record of solving technical problems, project ownership, meeting deadlines, and multitasking.
• Must display strong sense of ownership, enthusiasm, optimism, drive, and dedication to the improvement of the process area.
• The ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams to improve processes.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, including technical writing for summarizing data and findings, writing process and equipment specifications and work instructions.
• Due to ITAR regulations, only candidates who are U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will be considered for this position.

Previous Relevant Work Experience:

• 2+ years of semiconductor specific experience

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree in Engineering
• Familiarity with typical materials systems for compound semiconductor and a solid understanding of device physics and IC processing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of compound semiconductor processing in a wafer fabrication setting or similar
• Experience with data mining and statistics, SPC and DOE, Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and structured problem solving is preferred.
• Due to ITAR restrictions, must be US citizen or Permanent Resident.

EEO: MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, marital status, or any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation: MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process, please call +1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.