Defect Engineer

About the role

As an Optical Inspection Engineer, you will provide technical and sustaining engineering support for the power semiconductor manufacturing line. Your responsibilities include:

• Implementing equipment and process modifications to improve production efficiencies, manufacturing techniques, and production yields for existing products.
• Leading defect identification, classification, and root cause analysis to determine physical and process-related failure modes impacting product quality and yield.
• Managing Material Review Board (MRB) activities including defect dispositioning, hold management, and technical review of non-conforming materials to ensure proper corrective actions.
• Performing Pareto analysis on defect data to prioritize improvement initiatives and drive systematic reduction of top defect modes across manufacturing operations.
• Developing and conducting statistical analysis such as Design of Experiments (DOE) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) targeting physical cause of failure for yield loss and improving quality.
• Collaborating with internal labs and external vendors to interpret results and identify defect mechanisms, implementing preventive measures.
• Developing and maintaining defect tracking systems and dashboards to monitor defect trends, escape rates, and effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Partnering with product design and development personnel to ensure processes and designs are compatible.
• Collaborating with process, equipment, and quality engineering teams to implement defect reduction strategies, design for manufacturability improvements, and inline inspection enhancements.
• Providing technical expertise on defect metrology and inspection techniques including optical inspection, SEM analysis, and other characterization methods relevant to semiconductor manufacturing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or applied science with 2-5 years of relevant experience or equivalent degree with relevant experience.
• Experience with automated optical inspection tools.
• Highly organized and detail oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects and use critical thinking to make sound decisions.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with various departments.
• Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Basic understanding of statistical process control and design of experiments.

Skills

• Automated Optical Inspection Tools
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Defect Metrology and Inspection Techniques
• Optical Inspection
• SEM Analysis
• Characterization Methods Relevant to Semiconductor Manufacturing

Benefits

Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do.

• Working parent: Paid parental leave.
• Student: Continuing education assistance.
• Community involvement: Many ways to get involved through Employee Resource Groups and local outreach.

Pay

The posted salary range is $70,000.00 - $97,000.00. Actual pay for a hired applicant will be determined based on the individual's job-relevant qualifications, experience, and other determinative factors.

Schedule

This role requires working onsite, 5 days per week in Marcy, NY.