Senior Process Engineer Lithography

Introduction

Are you a process engineer who is a team player and looking to work in a dynamic, high-tech environment? Do you want the opportunity to grow into a leading role where you execute and improve technical tool processes, using your analytical toolbox to optimize our fab performance? We might just be looking for you!

NXP Semiconductors N.V. provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions, maximizing its leading expertise in RF, Analog, Power Management, Interface, Security and Digital Processing. These innovations are used in a wide range of automotive, identification, wireless infrastructure, lighting, industrial, mobile, consumer and computing applications. We are a global semiconductor company with operations in more than 35 countries, having over 45.000 employees and a revenue of more than $10 billion.

ICN8 is the largest 8-inch integrated-circuit wafer fab in Europe. It is a high-tech environment with many multi-discipline challenges, housing over 600+ manufacturing tools (ASML, ASM/TEL, Applied Materials, LAM) and 150 measurement tools (inline inspections, end-of-line testing). Products are made in CMOS, BIMOS, RFCMOS and SOI processes. In the next few years, we will continue our efforts in transferring processes to our fab, enabling further growth, and enlarging the capacity of our tool park.

Job Mission

To support the Equipment and Process Engineering (EPE) organization by maintaining, initiating and implementing technical improvements and to support the Manufacturing organization.

Job Description

You will report to the Engineering section manager of LITHOGRAPHY. You will be required to support Manufacturing and Process Sustaining and Enhancement (PSE). As a Process Engineer you will be responsible for process performance with special focus on highly complex problems. Besides analyzing and solving problems, you will actively develop and introduce process improvements on product quality, throughput, scrap reduction, cost savings and reduction of repeating problems/excursions.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

- To maintain and provide up-to-date procedures and processes, that meet the safety and quality requirements of NXP and comply with the applicable standards. To ensure validation of these procedures and processes on the shop floor.
- Pro-actively connect with Manufacturing and transfer improvement ideas concerning structural technical problems, material quality issues and bottlenecks into improvement actions, involving other sections and departments where applicable and driving these actions to their successful implementation.
- Use technical knowledge and experience contributing to improvement projects.
- Define the required quantity and secure the availability of production tools, initiate upgrades, support maintenance actions and solve safety issues.
- Coordinate quality related escalations to customers and support Manufacturing in securing production progress.

Education
MSc. level in Physics, Chemistry or other relevant technical area is preferred. HBO Bachelor is mandatory.

Experience
- Preferably experience in a high-tech/semiconductor environment
- Preferably experience with lithography based processing
- Knowledge of complex production processes
- Languages: Dutch mandatory + English
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, process optimization, Statistical Process Control, FMEA and Quality Management Systems (preferred)

Personal skills

- Raising the bar: analytical, pragmatic, pro-active and customer-oriented
- Engages curiosity: is self-assured and able to engage and convince people, also at higher management levels
- Takes initiative: shows ownership, has a hands-on mentality
- Working together: is a reliable team player, listens to and absorbs other ideas and opinions. Good social/communication skills on different levels
- Developing deep core competencies: is a quick learner, able to prioritize and operate independently and adapt to changing circumstances focusing on quality and continuous improvement

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