Manufacturing Engineer PIC wafer fabrication

CA Pay Range (Annual):$91,000.00 - $169,000.00

At Infinera, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. Your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for equity grants, discretionary bonuses, or commission payments. The amount of these incentives is based on the terms of the Company’s incentive plans, the Company’s financial performance, and/or individual employee job performance.

Infinera also offers paid leave, medical,

dental, and vision coverage, 401(k),

life, and disability insurance to eligible employees.

Manufacturing Engineer – PIC wafer fabrication

Support a balance of sustaining, optimization, and qualification of wafer fabrication processes, including etch, and deposition and photolithography. These processes are applied to both existing and new technology generations of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs).

Participate in the development of wafer process recipes, operational procedures, and provide other support needed to qualify new tools needed for the release of an additional PIC wafer manufacturing site.

Collect, interpret, and respond to wafer fab statistical process control (SPC) data in the etch, and deposition, and photolithography modules.

Improve existing processes of record in the PIC wafer fab in terms of yield, cycle time, and manufacturability.

Support the wafer fab engineering and operations teams to develop, control and optimize wafer fabrication processes.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities:

Optimize plasma deposition, plasma etch, wet etch and clean, and related processes needed for PIC wafer fabrication.

Work in teams to scale PIC wafer fabrication processes to larger wafer sizes, while meeting key objectives for PIC yield, uniformity, and end-of-line parametric performance.

Troubleshoot wafer fabrication process problems to enable a smooth flow of production and development wafers in the fab. Support engineering process and tool owners in resolving fab process or equipment problems.

Execute fabrication work and data collection to support process development for etch, and deposition, and photolithography roadmap activities needed for future PIC technology.

Utilize metrology equipment and test structures to maintain process control across wafer fab process modules, improve production yield and enable and guide new process development.

Minimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

JMP, DOE, SPC and their application to semiconductor manufacturing

Working knowledge of semiconductor fabrication processes, and expertise in etch, deposition, photolithography and related processes.

Strong initiative, leadership and communication skills.

Experience with semiconductor process development, sustaining, new process introduction, and ramp to volume.

Experience supporting a 24x7 fab operations team, writing and training of fab procedures, root cause analysis and problem resolution.

Education/Experience Required: B.S degree or equivalent experience.

Additional Job Description

Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Technical depth in aspects of, etch, deposition, photolithography or similar tools and processes used for semiconductor manufacturing. 5 years’ experience in broad aspects of semiconductor wafer fabrication.

Knowledge of wafer fab metrology tools, for example ellipsometry, CD-SEM, step height, and overlay metrology

Clear communication of problems, challenges, and initiative in deploying solutions.

A working knowledge and fab experience from pathfinding through mature production.

A compound semiconductor background is a plus

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“This position requires direct or indirect access to certain confidential information, hardware, software, technology, or technical information (referred to here as “Export-Controlled Information”) controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All personnel in this position must be eligible to or be able to obtain authorization from the appropriate agency to access applicable Export-Controlled Information. The U.S. Department of Commerce currently requires a foreign person with a most recent citizenship or permanent residency of Sudan, Ukraine, or a country currently designated in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 (Supplement No. 1 to Part 740, Title 15) to have an export control license to access our Export-Controlled Information, unless they meet certain exemptions provided under U.S. export control laws and regulations. The list of applicable countries in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 may be updated by the U.S. government from time to time. The current processing time for an export control license is approximately 4 to 6 months.

Your employment or engagement with Infinera shall be contingent on verifying your eligibility or requirement for obtaining a necessary license and/or authorization from the appropriate agency. You will be required to provide certain information for export control compliance assessment purposes, and your information will be reviewed by Infinera's hiring and export control teams to ensure compliance with the U.S. export control laws and regulations. Infinera will collect necessary documents (such as proof of citizenship etc.) to assess license/authorization requirements if you are offered and accept the position.”

Infinera is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Infinera complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

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