Process Integration Engineer, NPI

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end process integration for new photomask products across logic, memory, analog, and test applications.
• Serve as the primary technical owner from customer tape-in through qualification and production ramp.
• Optimize process flows, window specifications, and control strategies.
• Drive first-time-right execution for new nodes, layers, and mask architectures.
• Interface across all mask fabrication modules including MDP/OPC/fracture, writing, resist processing, etch, metrology, inspection, repair, and final QA/shipment.
• Identify and resolve cross-module handoff gaps that impact yield, quality, or cycle time.
• Lead root cause analysis for NPI yield loss, CD errors, registration issues, and defect excursions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with lithography process development and troubleshooting in a cleanroom or manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of photolithography and patterning processes.
• Able to interpret large datasets and drive actionable insights.
• 5–7 years of hands-on experience in semiconductor manufacturing, photolithography, photomask engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in semiconductor, photomask, or advanced microfabrication manufacturing, with direct experience in photolithography or patterning processes.
• Experience with inspection, defect analysis, or yield engineering.
• Experience with SPC, data analysis, and root cause methodologies.
• Familiarity with Cleanroom operations.
• Experience qualifying new tools, materials, or recipes in R&D and/or high-volume manufacturing, a plus.
• Experience with scripting, automation, or data analysis tools, a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or related field.

About the Role

Photronics is a global leader in photomask technology, powering the innovation behind the world’s most advanced devices. Join us and be part of a collaborative, high-tech manufacturing environment where learning, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement are core to everything we do.