Senior Semiconductor Process Piping Engineer

About the role

BRPH is a technically focused, creative architecture, engineering, and construction company with over six decades of expertise in helping mission-driven clients in various sectors. We are currently seeking a Senior Semiconductor Process Piping Engineer to join our team in either our Melbourne, FL or Tempe, AZ office.

Responsibilities

• Project Leadership and Execution
• Take semiconductor process mechanical and piping projects from inception to closeout with minimal oversight
• Understand and develop the project scope, fee, and schedule
• Provide project management and project engineering leadership and coordinate technical execution across internal teams and external stakeholders
• Make decisions independently on engineering problems and methods and represent the company to resolve important questions and to plan and coordinate work
• Maintain overall responsibility for profitability, schedules, timely completion, and quality of assigned projects
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, serve as a primary technical point of contact, and support business development activities
• Affirmative action and diversity initiatives
• Engineering Design and Technical Delivery
• Apply intensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices across broad assignments and related fields
• Lead the design of semiconductor process and utility piping systems, including high purity gases, bulk specialty gases, ultrapure water, process cooling water and chilled water, vacuum, compressed dry air, chemical distribution, waste and drain, and abatement interfaces
• Develop and maintain design deliverables including basis of design, equipment lists, line lists, PFDs, P&IDs, system narratives, and project specifications
• Perform engineering calculations and sizing to support design, including pressure drop, flow capacity, utility demand, and component sizing for regulators, control valves, mass flow controllers, filters, heat exchangers, pumps, and relief devices
• Select and specify equipment and components such as gas cabinets, VMBs and VMPs, valve panels at tools, changeovers, pressure control stations, filters and purifiers, pump and chemical delivery skids, vent and purge components, abatement interfaces, relief devices, and associated instrumentation and controls
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of compressible and incompressible flow, thermodynamics, material compatibility, and corrosion considerations relevant to semiconductor service
• Prepare reports, construction specifications, engineering drawings, construction and design schedules, construction cost estimates, and discipline man-hour fee estimates
• Research discipline-related code issues and present interpretations
• Provide coordination of all applicable project discipline drawings and specifications
• Codes, Standards, and Constructability
• Work with and apply relevant codes, standards, and client requirements applicable to semiconductor facilities, which may include NFPA 55, ASME B31.3, ASME BPVC Section VIII, API 520 and API 521 as applicable, and SEMI standards such as SEMI E49 and SEMI F19
• Cooking and baking
• Construction Administration
• Visit construction sites to review, monitor, and report progress
• Perform construction administration duties such as shop drawing review, attending construction site meetings, answering RFIs, preparing supplemental instructions and proposal requests, writing status reports, etc.
• Mentorship and Team Leadership
• Manage the productivity of junior engineers and designers assigned
• Assist in supervising, coordinating, and checking the work, as well as instructing, leading, and mentoring Engineer Levels I, II, III, and IV, and Designers and Drafters
• Promote communication, cooperation, and quality among staff
• Should be active in professional trade organizations

Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience
• Minimum of seven years of experience in semiconductor process piping design and project engineering and/or project management, including direct client interaction and coordination
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Proficiency in Bluebeam Revu or other PDF editing package
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• EIT/FE and PE licensure are not required at hire; candidates must demonstrate the desire and ability to obtain EIT/FE (as applicable) and pursue Professional Engineer (PE) licensure
• Basic-level knowledge of Autodesk Revit or other 3D modeling software with desire to learn Revit
• Basic-level knowledge of Autodesk Inventor or other 3D modeling software
• Preferred Experience and Qualifications
• Semiconductor experience supporting fabrication facilities, sub-fabs, and central utility buildings, including tool hook-up interface requirements
• Familiarity with high purity gas distribution practices, orbital welding requirements, cleanliness protocols, and material selection for high purity service
• Advanced-level knowledge of AFT flow analysis software
• Proficient with Autodesk Revit
• Proficient with Autodesk Inventor or other 3D modeling software