Sr. Equipment Engineer - Thin Films/Magnetics

Kforce's client, a growing nationwide semiconductor company is seeking a Senior Equipment Engineer - Thin Films/Magnetics in the Phoenix, AZ area. We are working directly with the hiring manager on this search assignment. The company offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, profit sharing and stock/RSUs. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Module process ownership: ownership of day-to-day operations, process/equipment monitoring and troubleshooting, sustaining tools to meet tool availability criteria
• Develop solutions to problems utilizing formal education, statistical knowledge, and problem-solving tools
• Drive improvements in quality, reliability, cost, yield, process stability/capability, productivity, and safety
• Technology transfer and matching to Foundry partners
• Around 25% travel
• B.S. degree or higher in Chemical Engineering or Materials Science or equivalent work experience
• Exhibit good and open communication skills; Able to work within cross-functional teams
• Foundry Technology Transfer experience and Equipment experience is desired
• Hands-on experience with ultra-high vacuum sputtering systems or Ion Beam systems and/or multi-film stack
• Experience working with ultra-high vacuum sputtering PVD processes and equipment such as Canon Anelva HC7100 and Canon NC7900 equipment is strongly desired (Experience with Tel lexia (Tokyo Electron) or Lexia-EX will also be considered)
• Experience working with Ion beam deposition processes and equipment such as Nordiko Mnem-iX equipment Is a plus but not required
• Working experience with Statistical process control SPC) and equipment Fault detection classification (FDC), Design of Experiments (DOE) principles and software (JMP) are plusses but not required
• Experience with Thin Films related metrology equipment such as sheet resistance, x-ray diffraction (XRD), tunneling resistance, and magnetoresistance CIPTech measurements are nice to haves
• Understanding of magnetic principles are a plus but not required
• Process Engineering experience is a plus but not required