Lead Engineer, Applications Engineering

The Role: 

The core purpose is the mission of the job – why it needs to be filled and how it fits into the organization.  By narrowly defining the Core Purpose, you’re able to define what’s needed to solve the existing business challenge(s) 

The Lead Applications Engineer in LMC Applications team to provide technical support for Liquid Filtration/Purification Applications focused on Photolithography and related Applications. Primarily this includes new product testing to support new product development and existing product testing to support customer needs. The person will be responsible for communicating findings to the product management and R&D Organizations. In addition, the candidate will be responsible for leading application methods development and testing in support of a broad range of new liquid filtration & purification products used in fabrication of semiconductors.  You will work in a very dynamic international environment with a talented team of engineers and scientists.  The ideal candidate is an independent thinker that has semiconductor Fab experience in wet or lithography areas as a process or tool engineer with a desire to solve challenging tasks.   

The Lead Applications Engineer will be also responsible for Photolithography Liquid Filtration/Purification Applications. Primarily this includes Plan/Design/Schedule/Conducting experiments relevant to support applications area, collaborating with Strategic Leading-Edge Semiconductor companies and Chemical Manufacturers to develop DOE that can show the capability of Entegris products. 

He/She will ensure that the activities provide high levels of customer satisfactions by working closely with Product/Project Management. 

In this role you will: 

What are the expected outcomes?  What must this role get done in order to meet your business objectives?  Define “what success will look like.” 

• Liquid Filtration/Purification on Photolithography Applications. 

• Work with BU Litho team and join Technology Development Projects. Support RD team to develop next Gen photo filtration and purification products. Conduct application testing to validate the performance at each stage. 

• Collaborate with Strategic leading-edge Semiconductor and Chemical Manufacturer to develop DOE that can show the capability of Entegris Products in the Applications. 

• Identify and feedback new Product ideas. 

• Provide the returned filter analysis.  Support the customer with trouble shooting help and understanding the results of the returned filter analysis. 

• Support other Organizations to provide the understanding, requirements, and role of Entegris products in the applications. 

• Work closely with New Product Development and Marketing to ensure Product Requirements are realized through specific application testing and method development. 

• Support New Product Introduction throughout the Staged Gate process by executing the required applications testing deliverables. 

• Support Marketing and Sales with Customers requests. 

• Understand and share market and industry roadmaps to provide insightful data ahead of product requirements. 

• Research and understand competitive products and technologies. 

• Transfer of knowledge and capabilities to Research, Development, Engineering and Marketing teams.  

• Work with R&D, Engineering and Product Managers to generate detailed reports, data packages and technical papers to support the performance of new products. 

• As a project leader, drive ambiguous point to clarity while providing action plans/recommendations to deliver on complex, difficult, and sometimes under-defined goals. 

• Analyze requests vs existing technology to assess technical feasibility, cost, time and required resources to complete projects. 

• Champion Entegris technology leadership by participating in conferences and publish technical papers. 

Traits we believe make a strong candidate: 

What are the Position Specific Competencies?  Define the skills/competencies necessary to do the job.  These should tie directly back to the purpose and outcome. 

• Bachelor or Master degree in related technical discipline (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science) and 5+ years’ experience is preferred. 

• Knowledge of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering principles (fluid flow, mass transfer and heat transfer) is desired; 

• Experience in semiconductor Fab processes and specifically in lithography processes is preferred; 

• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting capabilities are desired; 

• Ability to convey ideas and conclusions with data is a must – strong knowledge of SPC, Minitab, Excel; 

• Knowledge of filtration and associated equipment is a plus;   

• Some travel (domestic & international) should be expected.  

Your success will be measured by: 

Success for the role is not defined solely on the outcome of a project but rather a combination of the results and how these results were achieved.  Describe the PACE value competencies that are required. 

• Successful candidate will be able to work with a cross functional team to provide the best technical solutions to customer issues and be a voice of the customer to provide key inputs, guide and participate in new product development.