Manufacturing Test Quality Engineer
Core
Design, validate, and optimize production-line testing processes for complex semiconductor capital equipment (lithography, CVD, etch systems) to ensure hardware reliability before client shipment.
Role type
Manufacturing Test Quality Engineer
Builds
Production-line testing processes and diagnostic hardware interfaces for semiconductor capital equipment
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / Capital equipment
Required skills
Statistical Process Control (SPC), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Six Sigma, Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (Gage R&R), root-cause analysis (8D, CAPA, 5 Whys), cleanroom protocols (ISO Class 4), Design for Testability (DFT), Python, Mayan, Minitab, JMP
Preferred skills
Experience with high-power RF generators, ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environments, gas delivery manifolds, precision optical/laser alignment mechanisms
Technologies
Mayan, Python, Minitab, JMP
Responsibilities
Define, validate, and document new manufacturing test plans; Develop, pilot, and troubleshoot automated test scripts; Lead structured failure investigations for hardware failures; Monitor and analyze First-Pass Yield (FPY) data; Perform MSA and Gage R&R studies; Ensure testing protocols adhere to cleanroom contamination regulations; Partner with NPI Process and Hardware Design groups to integrate test access paths
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC