About the Role
SkyWater Technology is seeking an experienced semiconductor equipment engineer specializing in Chemical Mechanical Polish (CMP) to join our team in Austin, TX. This role involves maintaining existing equipment, meeting performance metrics, and driving equipment improvements to enhance availability, throughput, and utilization.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for one or more CMP equipment sets in the areas of STI, W, Oxide, or Cu
- Work hands-on in the fab alongside equipment/process technicians and engineers to troubleshoot and resolve tool issues
- Maintain and improve tool controls using Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Fault Detection Control (FDC)
- Work with the maintenance team to develop, maintain, and improve maintenance procedures, ensure parts availability, and drive plans and actions on non-standard equipment issues
- Work with the process and industrial engineers to improve tool availability, throughput, and utilization
- Develop and execute plans to drive down overall costs while ensuring high quality
- Work on cross functional teams to address equipment related defect and yield issues
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or related disciplines preferred
- 3-5 years of semiconductor manufacturing experience preferred
- Experience with chemical mechanical polish at a semiconductor company desired
- The ability to handle challenging work with time constraints
Skills
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and root-cause problem solving abilities
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, pneumatic diagrams, and electrical schematics
- Skilled at communicating priorities through dashboards and reports
- Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Good computer hardware and software skills
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- On-site
- M-F from 7:30am-4:30pm
Experience Level
- 3-5 years of semiconductor manufacturing experience preferred
Education Level
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or related disciplines preferred
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
Benefits
- Opportunity to participate in incentive plans
- 401k match
- Life insurance
- Opportunities to purchase SkyWater stock at a discounted rate
- Benefit eligibility day one
- Medical
- Dental
- Mental health benefits
- Vision
- Legal planning
- Short- and long-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- On-site cafeteria
- Fitness facility
- Self-serve market
About the Company
- Bold Thinking. World Changing. At SkyWater, our ingenuity helps improve lives around the world by manufacturing U.S. made semiconductors that are essential ingredients of modern life.
- Automotive safety enhancements, life-saving medical devices, consumer electronics and American security require semiconductors.
- Working in our Minnesota headquarters, Florida, or Texas location — employees join together to improve the world.
- Explore what’s possible. Joining our U.S. - based team means contributing to and learning about the commercialization of some of the most exciting technologies the world has ever seen.
- We are turning “science fiction” into everyday reality through technologies such as superconducting, 3D integrated circuits or computer chips, carbon nanotubes, photonic logic devices, micro electro-mechanical systems and other emerging device topologies.
- We manufacture products for aerospace and defense, medical, automotive, consumer and industrial markets, to name a few.
- Our customers include emerging leaders who rely on our intellectual property security and quality manufacturing services.
- Step into the future. SkyWater’s values of Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration, Empowerment and Growth Mindset guide us to cultivate an empowered, learning environment.
- We also invest in developing highly skilled, dedicated employees — and employees who are entering the workforce for the first time, from the military, and a variety of educational backgrounds.
- Are you bold thinking? Find your place on our team and help us change the world!
Equal Opportunity
- SkyWater complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause an undue hardship.
- Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability.
- To request reasonable accommodations, to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources at 952-851-5200 or Recruiting@SkyWatertechnology.com.
- EOE, including disability/vets
- We will never ask applicants to pay fees, purchase equipment or gift cards, or provide financial information before a formal offer of employment has been accepted.
- If you receive a suspicious communication claiming to represent our company, please verify its authenticity by contacting our recruitment team at recruiting@skywatertechnology.com before responding.
