Materials Scientist – ALD Coating Technology

About the role

The Materials Center of Excellence (MCOE) team is responsible for developing and productizing chamber materials and critical components to enable Applied Materials' customers to modify materials at atomic levels on the industrial scale with world-class productivity and yield. This role is part of the ALD Coating Technology team within MCOE.

Responsibilities

• Develop and plan material engineering projects for a range of products
• Collect, analyze, and compile data on significantly complex materials engineering experiments
• Define and validate material measurement/analytical techniques and train engineers on these techniques
• Define and implement new methodologies, technologies, and troubleshoot and resolve complex materials engineering issues
• Interface with key customers to resolve complex engineering issues for our customers' High Value Problems (HVPs)
• Generate internal and external documentation for products, presentations, technical reports, and engineering specifications

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience or equivalent in ALD coatings and related hardware development
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Master's or PhD preferred)
• Drive innovative materials and methods and apply them to hardware advances
• Perform hardware characterization on significantly complex systems
• Develop, plan, and execute material engineering projects for a range of products
• Assess the technical trade-offs compared to cost trade-offs for material solutions
• Define and validate material measurement/analytical techniques
• Train engineers on the techniques and guide them in the interpretation of the data
• Define and implement new methodologies, define and apply new technologies, and/or troubleshoot and resolve significantly complex materials engineering issues/problems
• Interact with key customers to resolve significantly complex engineering issues for a range of products to address our customers' High Value Problems (HVPs)

Qualifications

• Strong background in ALD coatings, metals, oxides, and fluorides, preferably in the context of semiconductor equipment component coatings
• Proven track record of developing and executing innovative materials and methods
• Experience in surface chemistry and interactions of metal/oxide/fluoride materials in chemical and plasma environments relevant to semiconductor processes
• Significant experience in failure analysis of materials
• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to root cause isolation, and systematic approach to solving complex problems
• Ability to communicate complex ideas and persuade others, often at senior levels

Skills

• Materials (fundamental knowledge of material properties and manufacturing methods)
• ALD coatings (metals/oxide/fluoride)
• Surface Chemistry/Interactions of metal/oxide/fluoride materials in chemical and plasma environments relevant to semiconductor processes
• Inorganic chemistry
• Evolution of surface chemistry and measurements (in-situ and ex-situ)
• Corrosion/Erosion
• Material Characterization Methods
• Failure Analysis of Materials

Benefits

Visit our Careers website to learn more about our benefits. As a Process Engineer, you’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers.

Pay

$124,000.00 - $171,000.00

Schedule

Full-time

Relocation Eligibility

Yes, 25% of the Time