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Staff Engineer, APTD Dry Etch

Boise, Idaho, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-08 → 2026-09-25

Core

Develop and optimize dry etch process modules for advanced packaging products (HBM) to meet performance, yield, and reliability requirements.

Role type

Staff Engineer, Semiconductor Process R&D (Dry Etch)

Builds

Production-ready plasma-based etch processes for next-generation packaging technologies

Domain

Semiconductor manufacturing / Advanced Packaging

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Dry etch process development, DOE (Design of Experiments), data analysis, first-principles reasoning, root-cause analysis, equipment innovation, process integration, statistical process control

Preferred skills

Plasma-material interactions, advanced packaging technologies (TSV, RDL, hybrid bonding, 2.5D/3D integration), Python, data automation, GenAI-enabled analysis

Technologies

Plasma etch equipment, Python, GenAI tools

Responsibilities

Develop and optimize dry etch process modules; Drive process capability, cost, and variability improvements; Collaborate with process integration and adjacent teams; Perform root-cause and failure-mode analysis; Support global process transfer and readiness for high-volume manufacturing

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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