Overview
- This key role is focused onstrengthening Axcelis’ working relationships with customers’ research and development organizations
- Increasing our level of understanding of emerging integrated circuit fabrication challenges as they relate to device performance and yield
- Identification and development of unique and enabling implant solutions that address customers’ emerging transistor fabrication challenges
Responsibilities
- Strategic Development
- Identifies inflections, threats and opportunities for share and TAM growth
- Determines market segmentation & requirements
- Delivers a detailed competitive analysis
- Develops a winning product/ business strategy
- Work with product marketing on device performance related proof statements that support or build product differentiation
- Device Technology
- Provides leadership and direction through managers for providing perspective of customer process and device roadmaps (N to N+ 2) for a broad function area
- Recognized as a technology expert for current and future roadmaps: N, N+ 1, N+2
- Participate as subject level experts in device matching and troubleshooting
- Technical Marketing
- Owns and manages technical roadmap meetings (TRM) and technical engagement programs with customer(s)
- Protects customer(s) IP, protects Axcelis IP, understands competitive performance and positioning
- Manages local technical resources and works closely with factory teams to ensure high installed base performance and customer(s) satisfaction
- Process Integration
- Discovers customer(s) HVP (High Value Problem), understands options and influences the customer’s technical choices
- Designs alternative technology solutions and improves customer(s) preference to engage Axcelis on technical problems
- TD Process Integration: Drive all technical collaborations with consortia or possible partner companies
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
- Ability to: Interface, negotiate, and coach customers on technical problems in both proactive and reactive mode. Apply scientific method to difficult problems. Logically analyze data and technical information. Design experiments and statistical process control techniques. Research information. Prepare technical written reports. Make corrective plans. Recommend changes in design standards and polices. Apply technical troubleshooting to customers. Demonstrate integrity and trust. Demonstrate creativity on the job. Organize work. Learn on the fly.
- Knowledge of: Multiple aspects of semiconductor device physics and process integration. Semiconductor physics, Material processing and analysis. Semiconductor fabrication and device operations principle. Clean room protocols and wafer processing. Wafer methodology. Basic business, accounting & financial practices. Basic management techniques. Supervising others.
- Skilled at: Using PC. Guiding others through technical issues. Personal communications. Delivering formal training & presentations. Interpreting engineering standards and forms. Applying knowledge to the solution of difficult problems. Written communication. Time management. Technical learning. Problem solving. Priority setting.
Education and Experiences
Bachelors and 10+ years, Masters and 6+ years, or Doctorate and 4-6 years in leading edge logic device fabrication and/or research and/or equipment manufacturing environment.
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Top Skills
What We Do
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. is a world-leading provider of equipment and services to the semiconductor manufacturing industry. For over forty five years, chipmakers from around the globe have relied on Axcelis' tools and process expertise to form the transistors that power all electronics - from smartphones and laptops, cameras, personal music players and more.
Our equipment portfolio comprises a powerful suite of manufacturing technologies for ion implantation, one of the most critical steps in the IC manufacturing process. In addition, we provide extensive aftermarket service and support, including spare parts, equipment upgrades, maintenance services, and customer training. Our customers include all of the 20 largest semiconductor manufacturers in the world. More than 3000 of our products are in use worldwide.
At our Advanced Technology Center in Beverly, Mass., we collaborate with customers and other industry experts to develop next-generation applications and process capabilities. We support our customers with a worldwide network of 38 field offices in 10 countries.
In all that we do, our strategy is singular: align every Axcelis innovation and success with our customers' goals. We strive to understand the entirety of their challenges and stand ready to deliver the technology, service and support they need to succeed.
