Location: UK Wide
Job Type: Permanent
Salary:
£85000 - £100000
Description
Applications Engineer - CMP Fremont-CA, USA $80-110,000 + bens
This is an opportunity for an Applications Engineer to join an expanding engineering company in the USA. My client is involved with the design and development of sophisticated automated testing systems for the electronics manufacturing and CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) industry. They require an applications engineer with a strong process and CMP engineering background and broad knowledge in inspection and cleaning systems to join the team and aid with the development of new and existing systems.
The Applications Engineer is responsible for characterisation, alpha / beta testing and pilot tools as well as managing customer demonstrations and head-to-head (H2H) activities at customer facilities. You will work closely with the engineering and technology teams to develop and execute test plans related to new product development and launch and will be responsible for the company's inspection and cleaning systems.
The ideal candidate would be a graduate calibre engineer with proven process engineer / applications engineering ability gained from within a hi-technology equipment company. Knowledge of capital equipment / semiconductor machinery would be useful but is not essential. The role is focused on developing processes rather than the machinery.
Responsibilities:
" Develop understanding of customer use cases / system requirements in order to demonstrate products
" Manage projects related to new product introduction (NPI): product characterization, qualification and launch as well as customer demonstrations
" Generate best known method documents and other training material and deliver training (internal / external)
" Work closely with internal teams including engineering, technology, sales and marketing, as well as with external customer engineers.
Knowledge/Skills
" Candidates should be degree qualified in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics or related fields (may consider electronics or mechanical engineering)
" Candidates will have a proven knowledge of Chemical Mechanical Polishing and defect inspection (optical) and deposition within a Semiconductor or related field and have a strong understanding of inspection equipment such as particle detections, profilometers and microscope (light or SEM etc).
" Excellent communication, organisational, analytical, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
" Ability to work autonomously, as well as within an interdisciplinary team.
" Ability to develop and execute test plans for product characterisation, customer demos/ evaluations and product qualification.
" Ability to collect, analyse and report test data, and communicate it to internal and external customers.
" Background in HDD or ASIC / IC processing and capital equipment is a plus
Travel requirements:
" Frequent domestic and international travel (30%), at times on short notice.
Skills
Applications, Cleaning, Semiconductors, Capital Equipment, Liaison, Alpha,
| Job Details |
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| Job ID: |
46309 |
| Status: |
LIVE
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| Posted: |
23 Jul 10 |
| Start date: |
ASAP |
| No. of vacancies: |
8 |
| Benefits: |
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| Contact: |
Katherine Smallwood |
| Telephone: |
02392 228228 |
| Qualifications and certificates required: |
None specifically required |
| Health & Safety issues: |
None specified |
| Expenses paid : |
None specified |