Laser Drilling Manufacturing Engineer - Livermore, CA, United States
$136,200 - $178,815 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
Focus on precision laser drilling processes for advanced ceramic substrates.
About the role
The Laser Drilling Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for developing, optimizing, and sustaining precision laser drilling processes for advanced ceramic substrates used in semiconductor manufacturing. This position will focus on micro-drilling applications with tight dimensional tolerances, recipe development and automation, and batch drilling technologies.
What you'll do
- Develop, optimize, and sustain precision laser drilling processes for ceramic materials with micron-level feature sizes and tight dimensional specifications.
- Create, optimize, and automate laser drilling recipes to improve process consistency, setup time, and manufacturing efficiency.
- Develop and implement batch drilling processes to maximize equipment utilization and reduce raw material consumption.
- Support process development for both nanosecond and femtosecond laser systems.
- Evaluate and optimize laser parameters, including power, pulse frequency, pulse duration, focus, scanning strategy, and drilling algorithms to achieve required quality and throughput.
- Establish and maintain robust process controls using Statistical Process Control (SPC), process capability analysis, and data-driven decision making.
What you'll need
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.
- Experience with Engineering Process, Laser Drilling, Manufacturing Process Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Manufacturing Support, Problem Resolution, Problem Solving, Production Engineering, Technical Troubleshooting, Troubleshooting.
- Expertise in SPC Charts, SPC Implementation, Statistical Process Control (SPC).
- Experience with Work Instructions and Writing Work Instructions.
Skills: laser drilling processes, recipe development, batch drilling, SPC, yield improvement
This role has been open 11 days — well below the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2432
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$100k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (2432 roles · 77 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 40 | 2432 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 102 | 9739 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 45 d | 52 d (−7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $100k |
Skills observed across this category: laser drilling processes, recipe development, batch drilling, SPC, yield improvement
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 385 open roles · median 81 d
- Entegris · 244 open roles · median 30 d
- Applied Materials · 231 open roles · median 38 d
- Lam Research · 105 open roles · median 53 d
- Infineon Technologies · 90 open roles · median 51 d
- ASML · 75 open roles · median 70 d
How we counted: 2432 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 77 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.