Process Engineering Manager - Wet Etch

About Tower Semiconductor

Tower Semiconductor, the leading foundry of high-value analog semiconductor solutions, provides technology, development, and process platforms for analog integrated circuits to more than 300 customers worldwide across growing markets such as communications, mobile, infrastructure, consumer, industrial, automotive, medical, and aerospace and defense. Join Tower and become part of a dynamic organization with exceptionally talented and dedicated team members who work collaboratively to provide best-in-class technological solutions to our clients.

About the Role

In this position, you will lead, manage, mentor, and develop a team of process engineers and technicians in the wet etch area. You'll be responsible for sustaining process control, process improvements, capacity expansion, process developments, technology transfers, quality improvements, and cost reduction activities. You will partner with operations, equipment engineering support, integration, and R&D to deliver quality products on time to customer specifications and interface with global counterparts to benchmark and improve wet etch processes company-wide.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of process engineers and technicians, setting clear goals, expectations, and providing regular feedback.
• Monitor and control wet etch processes to ensure predictable high quality.
• Solve technical problems in the area and participate in troubleshooting taskforces to develop solutions that prevent recurrence.
• Proactively identify continuous improvement and cost savings activities and drive them to completion.
• Improve the flexibility of the area by qualifying additional processes on different toolsets.
• Qualify new toolsets efficiently and effectively.
• Partner with operations and equipment engineering support to resolve manufacturing challenges and meet output requirements.
• Act as a key technical resource, providing technical guidance and support to the team.
• Establish process specifications for new technologies, characterize new processes, and transition documented processes to production operations.
• Justify, procure, and implement new process tools to satisfy technology and capacity requirements.
• Partner with global counterparts to identify and implement best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or materials science. Advanced degree preferred.
• 6+ years of wet etch process engineering experience with a B.S. degree or 3+ years of experience with an advanced degree.
• 3+ years of leadership experience in a semiconductor fab, with a track record of managing and developing engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor team members supporting their career development.
• Strong technical knowledge of wet etch principles, theories, concepts, materials, applications, and techniques.
• Demonstrated expertise with Akrion, DNS, SEZ, and/or Semitool wet etch tools and processes.
• Strong working knowledge of advanced CMOS and RF wafer processing technologies and processes, and product-level interactions that affect device yields.
• Proven success in leading teams and solving complex technical problems.
• Ability to assess and mitigate risks to enable sound, informed decision-making on critical issues.
• Demonstrated expertise in data analysis, problem-solving, and technical troubleshooting.
• Strong organizational skills; ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and react to shifting priorities to meet business needs.
• Experience with design of experiment techniques and data analysis.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, energetic, and self-starter.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated ability to work well within a global team or environment.
• Knowledge of PROMIS WIP management and JMP statistical analysis software is a plus.

Pay

$185,000 - $208,000 a year