Senior Engineer Field Process - (Hillsboro, OR)
ASM International
US > Oregon > Hillsboro, United States
1 day ago
Applications & FAE
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
Help expand ASM’s advanced film technologies by developing, optimizing, and transferring ALD, PEALD, PECVD, Epitaxy, and LPCVD processes.
About the role
As a Senior Engineer, Field Process, you will help expand ASM’s advanced film technologies at a customer’s Oregon site by developing, optimizing, and transferring ALD, PEALD, PECVD, Epitaxy, and LPCVD processes.
What you'll do
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI) by gaining expertise in new deposition processes and hardware.
- Lead the introduction and transfer of new processes to the customer site.
- Design and execute on-site experiments with the customer, driving development, integration, and continuous improvement projects.
- Analyze baseline system and process performance to identify gaps relative to technology‑node requirements.
- Perform structured problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis on process or system nonconformances.
- Support process transfer to high‑volume manufacturing (HVM) fabs, creating and sharing best‑known methods (BKMs) and documentation.
What you'll need
- MS degree + 4 years of experience, OR PhD + 0 years of experience in materials science, chemical engineering, or physics.
- Experience processing, developing, or characterizing thin films in thermal ALD, plasma ALD, plasma CVD, Epitaxy, or LPCVD reactors.
- Strong troubleshooting and structured problem-analysis skills (KT, FMEA, Ishikawa, 7‑step, etc.).
- Experience designing, running, and interpreting DOEs and statistical experiments.
- Familiarity with semiconductor device applications, vacuum techniques, metrology, and thin‑film characterization.
- Ability to travel as needed for training and customer engagement; flexibility to support extended hours or weekends during qualifications or escalations.
Skills: ALD, PEALD, PECVD, Epitaxy, customer site