EPI Process Engineer

Job description

Position Summary

Samsung Austin Semiconductor (SAS) is one of the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the United States. Owned by Samsung Electronics Corporation Ltd., SAS is the only semiconductor manufacturing plant located outside of Korea. SAS manufactures logic components for digital services, personal computers, mobile phones, workstations and servers. Since 1997, SAS has been at the forefront of manufacturing technology, enabling the world's digital devices to operate at the highest performance.

The Diffusion team is focused on maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing 300mm Applied Materials Centura platforms, EPI chambers, and SiCoNi chambers to achieve maximum uptime and performance. As part of the Diffusion team, you will provide support in performing scheduled Preventative Maintenance, maintaining 5s within the organization, working with team members to improve the operating efficiency of processing equipment and increase availability for production.

SAS is focused on being World Best Foundry product supplier.

Role and Responsibilities

·  EPI Process Engineer is responsible for performing activities involved with the recovery of Diffusion tools from preventative maintenance, running and analyzing tool qualifications, responding to qualification failures using existing procedures, change point monitoring review and data collection, and must be able to perform data analysis and make decisions based on findings.
·  Daily process trend monitoring will be required, as is responding to SPC interlocks in a timely manner.
·  Engineer will interact with the team and manager when delivering ETAs for tool release, shift support needs, abnormal events, and project progress.
·  Documenting and following standard operating procedures is required. 
·  High energy with a focus on quality and detail is required.
·  Project management will be a daily activity as well as immediate response to tool quality events.
·  On call required as the main point of contact for any tool ownership needs from the Diffusion Operations team.
·  Chamber recovery/qualification.
·  Change point monitoring.
·  Data collection, analysis, and troubleshooting.
·  Daily documentation of chamber qualification activities.
·  Following and revising Standard Operating Procedures.
·  SPC review.
·  Coordination with engineering on equipment and process improvement activities.
·  Open Path Management:  Regularly monitor inventory and open paths.  Feedback to supervisor and area lead(s) to ensure resources are allocated according to factory priorities.
·  Perform Daily Trend Monitoring: Identify WOW (Worst of Worst) tools and BOB (Best of Best) tools. Verify actions taken to drive continuous improvement.
·  Track and close urgent tool interlocks or faults: Verify corrective actions taken are affective.
·  Disposition of hold lots: Any product flagged for a tool interlock or inline measurement out of spec must be evaluated and dispositioned in a timely manner. Basic investigation of root cause including material, equipment, and process changes should be performed.
·  Utilize TPM concepts and LEAN tools to implement systematic solutions for long-term prevention of issues.
·  Drive operational improvements in SOPs:  Regularly audit SOPs and OCAPs for completeness and correctness. Interface with office engineers and fab technicians to evolve procedures.
·  Apply advanced process control techniques for process optimization.
·  Act as key Diffusion representative on cross functional task force teams.
·  Chamber qualification optimization and creation of detailed pre-task plans.
·  Manage Tool Spread Activities:  Collect, analyze, and present data to the PCCB (Process Change Control Board) to qualify processes across multiple tools.
·  Run experiments and analyze data to improve capacity, tool to tool variation, and defect performance.
·  Use statistical analysis methods to develop data driven process improvement opportunities.
·  Create and execute DOE for enhanced tool performance. 
·  Regularly monitor feedback left by technical staff to complete experiments with minimal product interruption.
·  Ability to lift items greater than 50lbs.
·  Ability to sit 10hrs/day.

Skills and Qualifications

·  Bachelors in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics engineering, Materials Science, or Physics preferred with 3+ years of experience in semiconductor field or High Volume Manufacturing Facilities.
·  Prefer semiconductor experience with Diffusion AMAT mainframes equipped with EPI or RTP chambers.
·  Experience with MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
·  Must be able to follow SOP.
·  Strong written and oral communication skills.
·  Experience with 5s and LEAN methodologies.
·  Reliable and punctual attendance required.
·  Experience with Samsung systems is a plus but not required (YMS, SPC, Workplace, EES, EMS, SiMax, GPM, SharePoint).
·  Experience on AMAT toolsets (AMAT Centura) is a plus.
·  Self-Driven, Highly Motivated Individual.
·  Teamwork Demonstration.
·  Familiarity with basic chemical and mechanical engineering principles.
·  Strong analytical skills/ Data Mining (using MATLAB, JMP, Excel).
·  FMEA experience, 6 Sigma and Lean certification a plus.
·  Ability to read and interpret engineering specifications, maintenance manuals, and have familiarity with a variety of precision measuring instruments.
·  The candidate should be able to “assist” a given tool set in the Diffusion; helping to generate install plans, PM schedules, qualification plans, qualification failure responses, create Out of Control Action Plans, and create Standard Operating Procedures. 

* Please visit Samsung membership to see Privacy Policy, which defaults according to your location. You can change Country/Language at the bottom of the page. If you are European Economic Resident, please click here .