Senior Metrology Process Engineer - Sherman, TX, United States
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.
This position will be responsible for developing, sustaining, and optimizing metrology processes supporting GaAs and InP device manufacturing.
About the role
This Senior Metrology Process Engineer will serve as the process owner for semiconductor metrology, developing, sustaining, and optimizing measurement methods for production and process development. The role supports GaAs and InP device manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Serve as the process owner for semiconductor metrology, developing, sustaining, and optimizing measurement methods for production and process development.
- Develop and optimize measurement recipes for ellipsometry, spectroscopy, reflectometry, profilometry, WLI, and Nanospec.
- Apply SPC, DOE, and statistical analysis to monitor and improve measurement and manufacturing processes.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts for measurement excursions, equipment issues, recipe problems, and measurement correlation.
- Develop and execute MSA and Gage R&R studies to evaluate measurement repeatability, reproducibility, accuracy, and capability.
- Use metrology data to support root cause investigations, process characterization, yield improvement, and defect reduction.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of semiconductor metrology, process engineering, or related semiconductor manufacturing experience.
- Hands-on experience with thin-film and dimensional metrology, including Ellipsometry, Spectroscopy, Reflectometry, Profilometry, WLI, and Nanospec.
- Experience with MSA, Gage R&R, tool matching, measurement correlation, and measurement system capability.
- Strong background in SPC, DOE, process capability, statistical analysis, and root cause analysis.
- Proficient with JMP, Excel, and other data analysis tools.
Nice to have
- Direct GaAs and/or InP semiconductor manufacturing experience.
- Experience with CD-SEM, AFM, four-point probe, Surfscan, overlay, and automated defect inspection metrology technologies.
- Experience with MES, automated recipe management, SECS/GEM, FDC, or other semiconductor manufacturing automation systems.
- Experience with SQL, JMP scripting, Excel automation, Python, or similar tools for automated data analysis and reporting.
- Familiarity with device-level impacts of measurement results and semiconductor process integration.
Skills: metrology, ellipsometry, spectroscopy, reflectometry, SPC
This role has been open 29 days — below the 35-day median for Process Engineering roles.
Process Engineering · Metrology Inspection
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Open roles in category
26
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Median days open
35 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 | Coherent Corp | All employers we track in this specialty (26 roles · 9 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 26 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 136 | 9896 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 32 d | 35 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: metrology, ellipsometry, spectroscopy, reflectometry, SPC
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 13 open roles · median 30 d
- Skyworks · 3 open roles · median 76 d
- Coherent Corp (this employer) · 2 open roles · median 32 d
- Entegris · 2 open roles · median 74 d
- STMicroelectronics · 2 open roles · median 32 d
- ASM International · 1 open role · median 14 d
How we counted: 26 open Process Engineering (Metrology Inspection) roles from 9 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.