Work on scanner platforms from suppliers such as ASML, Canon, or Nikon to define overlay budgets and alignment strategies.
Originally posted 8 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role drives lithography equipment performance and overlay strategy across advanced technology development programs. You will work directly with scanner platforms alongside lithography, metrology, process integration, and equipment teams to develop alignment and overlay methodologies.
What you'll do
- Own scanner performance and overlay strategy across advanced semiconductor process flows.
- Develop and optimize scanner processes, including alignment, focus, exposure, leveling, and process-window control.
- Define overlay budgets and alignment strategies across multiple layers and process modules.
- Identify and resolve sources of overlay error, including scanner performance, wafer distortion, process variation, and alignment behavior.
- Develop overlay metrology, monitoring, and process-control methodologies to improve scanner and process health.
- Work directly with scanner and metrology suppliers to improve equipment capability, process performance, and manufacturing readiness.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of industry experience in semiconductor lithography, scanner technology, stepper processes, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience developing, qualifying, troubleshooting, or improving lithography processes and equipment.
- Experience working with advanced stepper or scanner platforms from ASML, Canon, Nikon, or similar suppliers.
- Strong understanding of overlay strategy, including alignment, overlay budgets, error sources, scanner corrections, and process interactions.
- Foundation in semiconductor process fundamentals, lithography, equipment engineering, and process control.
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
Skills: lithography, scanner, overlay, alignment, stepper
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 62-day median for Process Engineering roles.
Process Engineering · Semiconductor Process
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Open roles in category
1044
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Median days since first seen
62 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$137k
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| Metric | Mueon | All employers we track in this specialty (1044 roles · 55 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 1044 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 2 | 10197 · 117 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 0 d | 62 d (+62 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $137k |
Skills observed across this category: lithography, scanner, overlay, alignment, stepper
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 293 open roles · median 122 d
- Applied Materials · 65 open roles · median 74 d
- Texas Instruments · 61 open roles · median 69 d
- GlobalFoundries · 54 open roles · median 51 d
- STMicroelectronics · 53 open roles · median 64 d
- Entegris · 52 open roles · median 34 d
How we counted: 1044 open Process Engineering (Semiconductor Process) roles from 55 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.