Senior Process Engineer #1657 - USA-Arizona, United States
Originally posted 22 June 2026 by the employer.
Drive integrated module development and process control on N4, N3, and N2 process technologies.
About the role
Senior Process Engineers drive integrated module development, control, and process improvements across device, integration, defect reduction, lithography, etch, and thin films teams. The role supports manufacturing processes across advanced nodes including the N4, N3, and N2 processes.
What you'll do
- Apply statistical process control methods to establish and sustain a robust manufacturing process. - Supervise the installation and maintenance of manufacturing equipment to expand capacity with punctuation and quality. - Collaborate with equipment and material suppliers and partners to identify technology gaps and deficiencies, evaluating and qualifying continuous improvement solutions. - Lead the design and execution of experiments, interpreting complex data sets to optimize manufacturing processes and achieve precision control at atomic levels.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science or a related field plus 2 years of engineering experience, or a Master’s degree in one of these fields. - Education or experience with semiconductor process engineering. - Education or experience in at least 2 of the following: Design of Experiment (DOE), statistical process control, or statistical methods for modeling multivariate data sets. - Education or experience in at least 2 of the following metrology methods: TEM, SEM, CD-SEM, EDS, FIB, AFM, XRD, Emission Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Quartz PCI, or FT-IR. - Education or experience in at least 3 of the following: wafer cross section techniques, wafer fabrication processes, ion transport phenomena, dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), plasma etching, plasma simulation, semiconductor thin film deposition, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), 3D NAND Flash, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), or Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD). - Ability to work on-site at the Phoenix, Arizona facility.
This role has been open 121 days — well above the 55-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3892
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$126k
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| Metric | TSMC Arizona | All employers we track in this specialty (3892 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 42 | 3892 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 92 | 10119 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 161 d | 55 d (+106 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 641 open roles · median 53 d
- Lam Research · 573 open roles · median 38 d
- Micron Technology · 285 open roles · median 48 d
- KLA Corporation · 274 open roles · median 68 d
- ASML · 183 open roles · median 73 d
- ASM International · 163 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 3892 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 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.