Chemical Process Engineer- Semiconductor Manufacturing

Tekscend Photomask Round Rock, Inc - Round Rock, TX

Full-time

Round Rock, TX

About the position

The position involves a highly motivated engineer responsible for the continuous improvement of the lithography develop/wet etch process area in a photomask manufacturing cleanroom. The role requires balancing daily sustaining activities with ongoing improvement efforts aimed at enhancing safety, productivity, yield, and manufacturing efficiency. The engineer will develop a vision for their area and execute a plan to realize that vision, working onsite at the Round Rock Facility.

Responsibilities

• Support a safe work environment by establishing and modeling safe work practices and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with quality system requirements including documented operations procedures, maintenance procedures, FMEAs, and Control Plans.
• Execute all changes in compliance with change control requirements.
• Develop, test, and implement process and equipment changes to improve key process outputs.
• Establish, monitor, maintain, and react to statistical process controls.
• Provide technical training to operations team members to enable execution success.
• Collaborate with engineering team members to drive improvement of module metrics.
• Perform other responsibilities as defined by the Module Manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, or a related degree.
• Minimum of 2 years of chemical engineering-related experience within the Photomask, Semiconductor, or Electronics industry.
• Hands-on process and equipment experience working with wet chemical equipment using appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Familiarity with quality systems (CP, FMEA, 8D, etc.).
• Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills for process/equipment interactions.
• Working knowledge and practical experience with SPC, DOE, and statistical analysis.
• Mature data analysis skills using tools such as JMP, Minitab, Spotfire, and Excel.
• Computer programming skills are a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to converse with people at all levels in the organization.
• Self-starter with great attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work in a cleanroom doing hands-on work for a significant part of the workday.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in problem-solving methods.