Senior Metals Deposition Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Oregon, Hillsboro, United States +1

Senior Metals Deposition Engineer role focused on driving process performance and manufacturability for advanced metals deposition modules in semiconductor manufacturing. This role involves bridging Technology Development, High Volume Manufacturing, and Customer Engineering, requiring technical problem-solving, collaboration across teams, and staying current with industry trends.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own resolution of complex technical challenges, integrating solutions across multiple organizational groups (including technology development and high volume manufacturing)
  2. Collaborate effectively with Technology Development (TD), manufacturing (TFSM), and Business Groups to achieve common goals
  3. Engage internal and external stakeholders including Integration, Device, Yield, Defect Metrology, Quality, Reliability teams, and suppliers
  4. Define team goals, remove obstacles, and ensure timely delivery of process solutions
  5. Stay current with industry-leading technologies and direction-setting trends

Skills

Required

  • Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related engineering/science field
  • 7+ years of semiconductor manufacturing, process development, or technology development experience
  • 4+ years of direct experience with metals deposition modules
  • Hands on Experience with one or more deposition technologies: (PVD, CVD, and/or ALD technologies for metals, conductive films, or barrier/liner stacks)
  • Experience in process development, optimization, and HVM transfer
  • Previous semiconductor foundry experience

Nice to have

  • Doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related engineering/science field
  • Previous semiconductor foundry experience preferred
  • Experience with advanced technology nodes (10nm and below), particularly Intel 18A, Intel 3, Intel 4/7, or comparable foundry nodes
  • Experience with metals deposition modules including: (Contact/MOL metals (W, Co, Ru, liners/barriers, BEOL/Cu interconnect (Cu/Co/Ru/W, caps, barriers, seed, Advanced liners/barriers/adhesion layers or conductive films)
  • Technology ramp and transfer experience from TD to HVM
  • Supplier collaboration experience for hardware, chamber design, or chemistry improvements
  • Cross-functional leadership experience with task forces for yield improvement and technology ramp
  • Experience in integration and module interactions (e.g. deposition with CMP, lithography, etch, clean)