Process Development Engineer - Livermore, CA, United States
$75,400 - $99,015 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Process Development Engineer supports the development, characterization, and commercialization of new products, materials, and manufacturing technologies from research and development through pilot production and full manufacturing implementation.
What you'll do
- Develop, evaluate, and implement new manufacturing processes, materials, and technologies to support new product initiatives. - Design, execute, and analyze experiments using Design of Experiments (DOE) methodologies, statistical analysis, and Statistical Process Control (SPC). - Characterize products, materials, equipment, and process outputs to verify performance against customer and engineering requirements. - Support New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, pilot builds, and process qualification through manufacturing release. - Support the transfer of processes and technologies from R&D into manufacturing, authoring work instructions, process flows, specifications, and documentation. - Develop and integrate manufacturing process modules and specialized assembly processes, including adhesive and epoxy dispensing applications.
What you'll need
- Engineering background with focus on mechanical engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related discipline. - Knowledge of statistical analysis techniques, DOE methodologies, and SPC methods. - Ability to perform hands-on engineering work to establish, optimize, sustain, and troubleshoot manufacturing processes. - Capability to support process qualification activities, validation testing, and process capability assessments.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. - Experience utilizing statistical analysis techniques, DOE methodologies, SPC, and process capability tools. - Hands-on experience developing, scaling, and transferring manufacturing processes from R&D into production. - Experience supporting semiconductor, electronics, advanced materials, MEMS, precision manufacturing, or related industries. - Experience developing adhesive, dispensing, assembly, packaging, or automation processes. - Knowledge of process qualification methodologies, risk assessments, PFMEA, and change control practices. - Proficiency with JMP, Minitab, Python, Excel, or similar engineering data analysis tools.
Skills: DOE, SPC, process development, characterization
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 65-day median for Process Engineering roles.
Process Engineering · Semiconductor Process
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Open roles in category
1091
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Median days open
65 d
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Median salary
$137k
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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 (1091 roles · 56 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 13 | 1091 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 123 | 10283 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 48 d | 65 d (−17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $137k |
Skills observed across this category: DOE, SPC, process development, characterization
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 320 open roles · median 124 d
- GlobalFoundries · 92 open roles · median 84 d
- Applied Materials · 79 open roles · median 71 d
- Texas Instruments · 57 open roles · median 57 d
- STMicroelectronics · 53 open roles · median 51 d
- Entegris · 43 open roles · median 35 d
How we counted: 1091 open Process Engineering (Semiconductor Process) roles from 56 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 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.