Process Integration Engineer

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Sugar Land, TX, USA
In-Office
Mid level
Design
The Role
Develops and integrates semiconductor processes for optical laser fabrication. Responsibilities include optimizing wafer processes, improving yield and manufacturability, implementing process workflows, monitoring reliability and quality metrics, conducting failure analysis, reviewing product layouts, resolving yield issues, documenting processes, and mentoring junior staff. The role requires semiconductor fabrication experience, characterization techniques, data analysis, DOE, SPC, and cleanroom work.
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Summary

The Process Integration Engineer will be responsible for semiconductor process integration in optical laser fabrication. The engineer should have experience with front-end and back-end-of-line, and packaging processing. Good understanding of reliability evaluation techniques and understanding failure analysis experience is desirable. He/she will collaborate with other individuals and functional teams, define projects, address issues, develop improvement plans, and finally to document and deliver the desired end results.

Job Duties

1. Wafer Process

  • Work with Process Engineers to develop processes to maximize operational efficiency

  • Optimize current processes to improve manufacturability, yield and performance of products

2. Project Management

  • Work with process and process integration team to implement and integrate new/improved process workflow

  • Communicate process data and actions through meetings, presentations, and reports to management and monitor process stability through ongoing review of yield and quality performance metrics

3. Analysis

  • Review reliability data and investigate the root cause if any failures on reliability

  • Failure analysis to verify the cause if needed thru internal and external resources

  • Review layout of product design structure for understanding and finding any issue related to design

4. Cooperation

  • Interact and coordinate with product engineering team to resolve yield and quality issues

  • Resolve action items on timely basis to meet product development goals

5. Maintenance

  • Provide training and guidance to Junior Engineers or technicians as needed

  • Maintain documentation for new and improved processes for reference purposes

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Material Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related discipline plus 3 years of work experience in a semiconductor laboratory or fabrication is required.

  • Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Material Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related discipline plus 1 year of work experience in semiconductor laboratory or fabrication is preferred.

  • Hands-on experience in semiconductor characterization techniques such as SEM, TEM, EDS, XRD, optical microscopy, etc. is preferred.

  • Knowledge of compound semiconductor device theory is desired.

  • Microsoft Access, SQL, LabVIEW and other programing skills preferred.

  • Experience with DOE techniques and SPC (Statistical Process Control) is preferred.

  • Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills.

  • Detail oriented and self-motivated.

  • Ability to work independently and as a team.

  • Ability to work in clean room environment wearing smock.

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for successful inter and intra-group interactions.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Subject to noise, vibration, dust, odors, and exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals.

  • The associate works in a manufacturing environment and be require to wear personal protective equipment.

Location

This position will be on-site based in Sugar Land, Texas.

WHY AOI?

In addition to competitive salary, AOI offers

  • Flexible and competitive health (medical, dental, vision) plans offer the employee with the right options to meet individual and family needs

  • Employer matching on 401(k) deferrals

  • Generous PTO policy, with unused PTO payout at end of the year

  • Relocation package available within US

  • Immigration sponsorships (Must be currently authorized to work in the US)

We do not accept unsolicited proposals from third-party recruiters or agencies. Contacting hiring managers directly may result in disqualification of submissions.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Materials Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline
  • At least 3 years of experience in a semiconductor laboratory or fabrication environment
  • Master's degree or Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline
  • At least 1 year of experience in a semiconductor laboratory or fabrication environment with a master's degree or Ph.D.
  • Hands-on experience with semiconductor characterization techniques, including SEM, TEM, EDS, XRD, or optical microscopy
  • Knowledge of compound semiconductor device theory
  • Programming or database experience with Microsoft Access, SQL, LabVIEW, or similar tools
  • Experience with Design of Experiments and Statistical Process Control
  • Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively
  • Ability to work in a cleanroom environment while wearing a smock and personal protective equipment
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
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The Company
HQ: Sugar Land, TX
242 Employees
Year Founded: 1997

What We Do

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. | NASDAQ: AAOI AOI is a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber optic networking products. We primarily serve three growing end-markets: cable television broadband, fiber-to-the-home, and internet data centers. We are vertically integrated with a product portfolio from laser chips, components, sub-assemblies and modules, to complete turn-key equipment. All three of our end-markets are driven by bandwidth demand fueled by the growth of network connected devices, such as video traffic, cloud computing and online social networking. To address this increased demand, CATV and telecommunications service providers are investing to improve their networks in competition to deliver voice, video, and data services to their subscribers. Rising bandwidth consumption is also driving demand for higher speed server connections in the internet data center market. As a result of these trends, fiber optic networking technology has become fundamental in all three of our target markets to meet these needs. Our vertical integration, broad product lines, and in-house design capability uniquely position AOI to serve these markets and offer us the flexibility to address tomorrow's fiber optic applications. To learn more about our company and products, we invite you to visit our website. Website www.ao-inc.com Facebook tinyurl.com/ycxcsbwx Instagram tinyurl.com/rqsbpk5 Twitter tinyurl.com/rd6dtvn

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