5th Shift Deposition Process Support Engineer

Date Posted:

2025-07-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA102: Andover MA 362 Lowell Plymouth 362 Lowell Street Plymouth, Andover, MA, 01810 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

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Job Summary:

The Advanced Microelectronics Solutions (AMS) Department has an exciting opportunity available for Fifth Shift Deposition Process Support Engineer to join the deposition processes production work center working on gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, and III-V focal plane array fabrication within the Advanced Microelectronics Solutions (AMS) Department.  This role requires a basic understanding of microelectronics processing techniques such as deposition, photolithography, and etch but will primarily concentrate responsibilities on evaporation, sputtering, atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, metal lift-off techniques, and thin film metrology.

As a member of the AMS Department, the individual will be responsible for supporting deposition related processes used to fabricate semiconductor products in the Andover foundry.  Duties include coordinating with fab operation leads on the shift, communicating with engineering support on other shifts through pass-downs, training manufacturing personnel, reviewing lots and wafers requiring special disposition, failure analysis of tools and processes, supporting work center leads in tool and process qualification efforts, looking for ways to reducing rework and scrap, and looking for ways to increase efficiency in the process line. 

A significant portion of the role involves communicating with the manufacturing personnel, equipment teams, cell leads, and engineering leads to ensure the work center has the necessary resources to function efficiently.  As the fifth shift process support engineer, communication of issues and status to other shifts is also critical to provide everyone with the information need to execute effectively. Presence on the manufacturing floor is required for quick resolution of issues and quick reaction time to prevent interruption to customer commitments. 

The ideal candidate will have a working understanding of microelectronics processing techniques such as deposition, photolithography, and etch, be an excellent communicator, and have a drive to learn and improve the areas in which they work.  Ability to multitask with attention to detail, maintain organized and documented processes, and the ability to work well in small cross-functional teams is essential.

This role will be 100% on-site and based in Andover, MA.

What You Will Do:

• Fifth shift requires onsite presence Fri/Sat/Sun 5pm to 5am
• Processing wafers to create III-V semiconductor devices in a cleanroom environment
• Work autonomously with limited oversight
• Influence others regarding policies, practices, and procedures.
• Review and disposition wafers on hold for evaluation in the work center
• Work well in small, cross-functional teams, assist in maintaining or improving production processes.
• Actively communicate with parties within and outside of the work center (off-shift engineers, work center leads, operation leads, manufacturing personnel, equipment team, etc.)

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of experience including experience working in a cleanroom environment, experience with semiconductor processing techniques such as photolithography, dry etching, metals evaporation, and optical or scanning electron microscope inspections
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Value:

• A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
• Clearly and succinctly document and present process development status in meetings
• Semi