Senior Staff Engineer Process Development - Kulim, Malaysia
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves process transfer, development, optimization, and qualification within the Research & Development team.
What you'll do
- Perform process transfer, process development, optimization, and qualification for technology or tool transfer.
- Develop innovative processes and process characterization methodologies.
- Partner with production, technology integration, planning, business divisions, and global process development counterparts.
- Perform process stability, sustaining, and improvement activities.
- Perform integration block re-use and tool extendibility.
- Perform FMEA, risk assessment of process changes, and process change management.
- Initiate, coordinate, and support excursion prevention, productivity, and quality improvement projects.
What you'll need
- Bachelor, Master, or PhD degree in Engineering, Material Science, or Applied Science.
- At least 5 years working and hands-on experience in wafer fab SiC Wafer Inspection/ Defect Density processes, and related equipment engineering.
- Experience and methodical technique in technology synchronization and process harmonization.
- Good knowledge in semiconductor unit processes, process integration, device physics, and products.
- Good hands-on experience on wafer fabrication processes, equipment, and metrology.
- Technology and/or product transfer, qualification, and high volume ramp-up know-how.
Skills: process transfer, process development, SiC Wafer Inspection, Defect Density processes, semiconductor unit processes
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 82-day median for Process Engineering roles.
Process Engineering · Semiconductor Process
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Open roles in category
1033
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Median days open
82 d
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Median salary
$148k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Infineon Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (1033 roles · 60 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 32 | 1033 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 318 | 9479 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 56 d | 82 d (−26 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: process transfer, process development, SiC Wafer Inspection, Defect Density processes, semiconductor unit processes
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 347 open roles · median 139 d
- Applied Materials · 83 open roles · median 139 d
- GlobalFoundries · 70 open roles · median 92 d
- Texas Instruments · 48 open roles · median 35 d
- STMicroelectronics · 43 open roles · median 69 d
- Entegris · 41 open roles · median 28 d
How we counted: 1033 open Process Engineering (Semiconductor Process) roles from 60 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 Sept 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.