Applied Materials Lab Engineer - Adv Degree Albany NY 

United States, New York, City of Albany 

708235955

• cutting-edgeequipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies thatliterally connectour world – like AI and IoT.

  If you want to workbeyond thecutting-edge, continuously pushing the boundaries of science and engineering to make possible the next generations of technology, join us to Make Possible®a Better Future.

  Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for daily TEM/FIB/SEM operation, analysis data acquisition, and provide timely, high quality analysis reports.

  • Develop imaging and sample preparation techniques, and best-known methods (BKM) to improve lab analysis quality, efficiency and output. Create and update procedures and documentation.

  • Train and provide guideline of sample preparation techniques to FIB technicians for successful TEM analysis.

  • Develop TEM imaging/data analysis techniques to enable TEM analysis to understand cross-section or top-view critical dimensions (CD), identify patterns of interest, understand image quality requirements and sample/beam interactions to determine optimized conditions, and complete requested jobs under limited supervision after training.

    • Understand the basic principles of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), focused ion beam (FIB), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Materials analysis (EDX, EELS).

    • Perform TEM system and routine maintenance procedures and calibrations.

    • Perform routine troubleshoot procedures, identify problems, restart or standby the tool. Coordinate instrument repair and maintenance.

    • Interface with R&D and Applications development engineers, understand their detailed requirements, define sampling plan and analysis approach, communicate results.

    • Prioritize and monitor job queue and maintain lab throughput.

    • Document redo and lessons learned to lower redo rate.

    • Adhere to lab protocols and SOPs.

  • Cooperate and coordinate the characterization effort with other AMAT labs such as materials analysis lab or SEM lab to achieve analysis goals within the same project.

  • Perform basic operations of Microsoft Outlook and Office software.

  • Follow safety protocols and processes.

Education:

• Masters or Doctorate degree in Material Science, Chemistry, Physics or Chemical Engineering.

• Knowledge in any semiconductor process module and characterization, semiconductor device physics, semiconductor fabrication.

• Hands-on TEM/FIB/SEM Work Experience. Fab-experience or Failure analysis background is a plus.

• Proven TEM/FIB experiences by recent publications.

Education:

Master's Degree (Required)

Up to 1 Year

Full time

New College Grad

$86,500.00 - $119,000.00