Yield Engineer

About Tower Semiconductor Looking for a career path in the high-tech industry? Become part of a team focused on delivering the most exciting semiconductor technology in the world! If you enjoy working with others in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to grow your career in this exciting industry, then Tower Semiconductor is the place to be! 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, among others. 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. Job Description You will be responsible for sustaining all released semiconductor-related processing and major areas of responsibilities include monitoring in-line defectivity levels, resolving in-line yield issues, creating inspection recipes on defect-inspection tools and providing feedback to other process engineers and management to improve the manufacturing process. You will partner with Integration, Process, Equipment and R&D to meet performance, quality and cycle-time requirements. You will also work with our global team to trouble-shoot, benchmark and improve our processes. This Job Is for You If You have strong technical background to develop and sustain 0.35 to 0.13um RFCMOS/SiGe BiCMOS processes in Defectivity Monitoring, and one or more of Photolithography, Etch, Diffusion, Thin-films, CMP/Hivac, Copper Damascene and Wet-cleansYou have experience in sustaining in-line defectivity monitoring tools such as KLA/AMAT defectivity monitoring tools and optical/SEM microscopesYou are an expert in investigating, identifying, verifying, and containing sources of particulate contamination in semiconductor manufacturingYou have experience in analyzing defect-trend data, dispositioning problem wafers/lots, correlating defectivity type/level to product yield, using statistical process control techniques to improve yields, and providing corrective action recommendations to solve defectivity issueYou have the ability to work, and interface with Process Technicians to verify response to daily issues and assist with priority and held lotsYou have led major and minor projects involving particulate contamination and fab yield issues by working closely with device, integration, process, and other yield engineersYou have designed and overseen experiments to enhance functional and fab yield through defect reductionYou have experience in performing analysis of in-line defectivity, E-Test, and Probe data to analyze data from experiments or in-line data to identify and resolve problemsYou have strong understanding and experience in direct application of statistical process controlYou have experience utilizing advanced analytical tools/software and techniques to solve wafer fabrication problemsYou have experience in researching, analyzing and recommending capital equipment requirements for analytical tool purchasesYou are able to work with other teams and QA to deliver results to customers’ requirements Job Requirements Minimum requirement is a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Microelectronic Engineering, or Solid-State Physics - Master degree is preferred, New Grads with BSEE encouraged to applyMinimum 3-5 years yield/process engineering experienceExperience in Copper CMP is a plusDemonstrated knowledge of principles, theories, concepts, and techniques of process engineeringAbility to execute definable portions of a project or lead own small projectsAbility to use knowledge to provide solutions to a variety of difficult problemsStrong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and able to react to shifting priorities to meet business needsDemonstrated ability to work well within a global team or environmentSix-Sigma certification is preferredStrong knowledge in using Yield Analysis softwareStrong knowledge in in-line automatic defect inspection tool (application, recipe setup, troubling shooting skill)Sustained ownership of day-to-day operations and mentoring technicians Compensation: Level 2 - Sr $100,000 - $122,000 #IND100