Photolithography Process Engineer / Photolithography Process Engineeress

The Opportunity

Join a high-performing photolithography team where your expertise truly makes an impact. As a Senior Photolithography Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and optimizing photolithography processes used in semiconductor manufacturing. Your role will involve working with advanced lithography equipment, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring high-quality production standards. This is your chance to influence technical decisions, contribute to long-term tool strategies, and drive meaningful improvements in stability, uptime, and process performance. Are you someone who takes ownership, thrives in a dynamic environment, and enjoys making a real impact? Then apply online using the form below!

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Ensure processes meet production programs and yield goals while addressing any product yield and rework issues.
• Engage with equipment and material vendors to develop new solutions and enhance existing processes, ensuring the smooth functioning of the production line.
• Develop new techniques, modify existing designs, and coordinate process improvement projects.
• Analyze process data to identify trends, optimize performance, and troubleshoot issues, while implementing and regularly checking Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Independently plan and implement new machinery into the production line.
• Collaborate closely with process integration, wet etch, diffusion, metals, dry etch, and implant teams to ensure seamless production.
• Support various metrology tools, such as those for measuring Critical Dimension (CD) and Overlay.
• Participate in on-call duties on weekends and public holidays as required, coordinating with other on-call service providers.

Your Background

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Materials Science, or Physics) with 5+ years of industry experience, or a master’s degree with 3+ years, or a Ph.D. with relevant industry experience.
• Extensive experience in wafer photolithography operations, particularly in coating and exposure using Steppers, within a wafer manufacturing environment (thin-film-head or semiconductor wafer manufacturing).
• Familiarity with automated wafer factory software systems like SPC and MES, along with experience in data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
• Strong understanding of optics and immersion lithography.
• Proficiency in data science and programming is preferred.
• Good command of English and German language skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a cleanroom environment.

More About Us

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