Staff Engineer, Process Sustaining Engineering - Dry/Wet Etch & Cleans - WA, Camas, United States
$113,190 - $163,905 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves serving as a technical subject matter expert for Dry Etch, Wet Etch, and Clean process technologies in a semiconductor manufacturing environment. The scope includes leading yield improvement initiatives and optimizing process capability.
What you'll do
- Serve as the technical subject matter expert (SME) for Dry Etch, Wet Etch, and Clean process technologies.
- Lead yield improvement initiatives through root cause analysis, defect reduction, and process optimization.
- Develop, execute, and analyze Design of Experiments (DOE) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) methodologies.
- Drive continuous improvement projects focused on throughput, cycle time, manufacturability, cost reduction, and process robustness.
- Lead qualification of new processes, equipment, toolsets, and technology transfers into manufacturing.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex process and equipment issues through data-driven problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in ChemE, Mat Sci, EE, Physics, Chemistry, or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of direct semiconductor industry experience as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with Dry and Wet Etch, Clean process technologies.
- Ability to develop resolutions to transfer technology and qualify complex toolsets, and resolve problems with diverse scopes requiring in-depth analysis.
- Advanced understanding of statistical process control (SPC), MFG throughput, efficiency, and engineering statistics.
Nice to have
- 7+ years of direct semiconductor manufacturing industry experience with Applied Material Etchers, Wet Etch, FSI, and/or JST equipment.
- Significant CMOS/Bipolar knowledge of device physics as well as device integration.
- 5+ years of interdisciplinary project management experience within the semiconductor industry.
- 5+ years of hands-on academic or industry experience with process and materials development.
Skills: dry etch, wet etch, clean process, yield improvement, DOE, SPC
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 78-day median for Process Engineering roles.
Process Engineering · Semiconductor Process
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Open roles in category
1043
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Median days open
78 d
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Median salary
$139k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Analog Devices | All employers we track in this specialty (1043 roles · 58 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 22 | 1043 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 172 | 9738 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 30 d | 78 d (−48 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $139k |
Skills observed across this category: dry etch, wet etch, clean process, yield improvement, DOE, SPC
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 354 open roles · median 157 d
- Applied Materials · 80 open roles · median 75 d
- GlobalFoundries · 68 open roles · median 110 d
- Texas Instruments · 52 open roles · median 46 d
- STMicroelectronics · 48 open roles · median 45 d
- Entegris · 45 open roles · median 30 d
How we counted: 1043 open Process Engineering (Semiconductor Process) roles from 58 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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.
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