Senior CMP Process Engineer - Central Singapore, Singapore
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves owning and sustaining CMP processes to meet yield, quality, productivity, and cost targets.
What you'll do
- Own and sustain CMP processes to meet yield, quality, productivity, and cost targets.
- Develop and optimize CMP processes for robust manufacturing performance.
- Drive yield improvement, defect reduction, and process capability enhancement.
- Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis using data-driven methodologies.
- Execute process qualification, characterization, and DOE activities.
- Monitor and improve key process KPIs (yield, Cpk, defectivity, OEE, throughput).
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 4 years of semiconductor manufacturing experience, with strong expertise in CMP processes.
- Proven experience in process development, optimization, yield improvement, and HVM support.
- Strong track record in process improvement, cost reduction, and operational excellence.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects.
- Knowledge of DOE, SPC, FMEA, JMP/Minitab, and statistical process control.
Skills: CMP processes, process development, yield improvement, DOE, SPC
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 68-day median for Process Engineering roles.
Process Engineering · CMP Process
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Open roles in category
41
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Median days open
68 d
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Median salary
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (41 roles · 10 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 41 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 46 | 9675 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 68 d (−68 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: CMP processes, process development, yield improvement, DOE, SPC
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 22 open roles · median 92 d
- Entegris · 5 open roles · median 26 d
- Texas Instruments · 4 open roles · median 64 d
- GlobalFoundries · 2 open roles · median 38 d
- Skyworks · 2 open roles · median 68 d
- STMicroelectronics · 2 open roles · median 23 d
How we counted: 41 open Process Engineering (CMP Process) roles from 10 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 7 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.