Defect Equipment Engineer
Core
Drives tool defect performance, eliminates high fliers, and minimizes tool-to-tool variation in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment.
Role type
Defect Equipment Engineer
Builds
Semiconductor manufacturing tools and processes
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / Equipment engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Semiconductor equipment defect monitoring, hardware troubleshooting, NPW data analysis, FDC sensor data correlation, cleanroom environmental defect reduction, cross-module process coverage (Photo, CVD, Etch, Metal, Diffusion, Clean, Implant, CMP), vacuum systems knowledge, plasma generation physics, RF physics, airflow dynamics, turbulence, heat transfer, wafer inspection tools (KLA Surfscan, eDR), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE)
Preferred skills
OEM background (ASML, AMAT, Lam Research), advanced knowledge of tool hardware architectures and vendor-specific defect signatures
Technologies
KLA Surfscan, eDR, vacuum systems, plasma generation, RF systems, gas lines
Responsibilities
Analyze Non-Product Wafer (NPW) data to eliminate high fliers and lower baseline defectivity, correlate NPW defect data with Fault Detection and Control (FDC) sensor data, trace defect sources to internal tool components or environmental factors, oversee equipment defect performance across major functional modules, reduce cleanroom environmental defects
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
