PsiQuantum
Senior Process Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- The Senior Process Engineer will support the development of a new silicon photonic product.
- They will drive the processes needed to deliver a Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) that meets our technology requirements and interface closely with the design and sub-assembly teams for co-optimization.
- They will drive the yield improvement processes through careful defect inspection and failure analysis with an emphasis on post fab processes and downstream sub-assembly.
Responsibilities
- Develop processes that meet semiconductor performance requirements.
- Optimize processes to enhance yield and improve stability and/or reliability.
- Drive failure analysis of PICs post dicing.
- Ability to drive development projects and manage vendor relationships.
- Use data analysis skills (Ex: JMP) to develop new process.
- Understanding and knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and/or Design of Experiments (DOE).
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in semiconductor processing.
- Prior experience in process development, implementation, and transfer to a HVM.
- Experience with dicing, defect inspection, and post fab processing.
- Experience with metrology and material analysis.
- Proven experience executing cross-department complex projects.
- Experience in vendor relationship management.
- Experience with test structures for yield limiter determination and improvement.
- Proven track record of impactful results.
- Ability to contribute in a fast-moving start-up environment.
- Strong critical thinking, creative, innovative, analytical, and detail-oriented problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated and resourceful.
- Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple priorities and deliver against a schedule.
- Demonstrated interest in quantum computing and silicon photonics.
Skills
- Structured risk management and model-based problem-solving skills (FMEA, 8D, 5-why).
Compensation
- $105,000 - $160,000 USD
- Bay Area Pay Range
- $150,000 - $170,000 USD
Company info
- Note: PsiQuantum will only reach out to you using an official PsiQuantum email address and will never ask you for bank account information as part of the interview process.
- We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.
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