About the role

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Senior Equipment Engineer (Etch) at STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor company. Responsible for ownership, maintenance, and continuous improvement of etch equipment (Trymax, Axcelis) to maximize uptime and support process requirements. Requires 5+ years of semiconductor etch experience and a Bachelor's in engineering.

IDMFull-timeEquipment Engineering

Key Responsibilities

Serve as primary owner for assigned tools, such as Trymax and Axcelis tools
Maintain and continuously improve OEE, MTBF, and MTTR targets
Develop and maintain equipment health monitoring and baseline control (SPC, FDC, fault codes, alarms)
Drive daily tool performance reviews, documenting issues, actions, and recovery plans
Plan, execute, and optimize preventive maintenance (PM) activities according to OEM recommendations and fab strategies
Perform complex troubleshooting on electrical, mechanical, vacuum, RF, gas delivery, and software subsystems
Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for chronic and high-impact issues using structured methods (8D, Fishbone, 5-Why, etc.)
Coordinate and supervise vendor field service engineers (FSEs) and contractors during major interventions, upgrades, and rebuilds
Work closely with process engineering to ensure equipment performance supports CD, profile, uniformity, selectivity, and defectivity requirements
Analyze tool logs, SPC charts, metrology data, and wafer maps to correlate equipment conditions with yield and parametric performance
Support process qualifications, chamber swaps, hardware changes, and recipe releases
Ensure correct implementation and maintenance of chamber matching between AMAT and TEL tools

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Chemical Engineering or equivalent
Min 5 years of relevant work experience in Semiconductor Etch area
Familiar with Etch Equipment (Trymax, Axcelis)
Good analytical and creative problem-solving skills with a keen eye to details
High degree of interpersonal skills and able to work both independently and with cross-functional teams
Knowledge of SPC, FMEA, 8D methodologies