Process Engineer - Ion Implant
Axcelis · Beverly, MA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Base pay
- $68k–$102k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Axcelis (industrial) in Beverly, MA.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- SPC, Minitab
- Base pay
- $68k–$102k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Process Engineer roles in Massachusetts: typical posted base $108k–$149k. This one lists $68k–$102k.
Median of the low and high ends of 14 live postings that list pay, out of 29 process engineer openings in Massachusetts, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Massachusetts plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 28 other live process postings in Massachusetts.
- Base pay
- About 34% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $108k–$149k, from 13 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 48%
- Team leadership 28%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 24%
- Robotics 24%
- Automation 24%
- ✓ SPC 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Axcelis in Beverly
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Full description from AxcelisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
and customer use cases.
- ✓Define and execute characterization plans to evaluate tool performance across defined operating conditions.
- ✓Assist in identifying gaps in characterization data and documentation and contribute to plans to close those gaps.
- ✓Generate and maintain data packages describing the current operational window of assigned tool sets based on released machine specifications.
- ✓Organize and update characterization data, reports, and Best Method documentation for internal teams, marketing, and customer-facing groups.
- ✓Support evaluation of new hardware or procedural changes and assist with required characterization and documentation updates.
2. Customer Installed-Base Support
- ✓Collect and maintain information related to installed customer tools, including process applications, technology nodes, and production status.
- ✓Gather and analyze tool performance data such as repeatability, stability, particle performance, uptime, and SPC-related metrics.
- ✓Document performance trends and observations for internal review.
- ✓Support customer interactions to identify tool performance concerns or process limitations requiring further analysis or characterization.
3. Equipment Demonstration Lab Support
- ✓Assist Systems Engineers and Equipment Engineers with customer tool demonstrations.
- ✓Review customer technical
requirements
and support feasibility assessments under guidance.
- ✓Provide hands-on support for recipe setup, wafer processing, and system qualification prior to customer wafer runs.
- ✓Help ensure tool operation aligns with defined demonstration requirements.
- ✓Contribute to preparation and distribution of customer demonstration reports and assist with follow-up actions.
4. Cross-Functional Collaboration
- ✓Work with Marketing, Systems Engineering, and Engineering teams to communicate characterization results and tool performance findings.
- ✓Support documentation and updates to operating specifications for new processes, applications, or tool configurations.
- ✓Assist with collection and organization of competitive performance data to support product positioning efforts.
- ✓Communicate findings, issues, and improvement opportunities clearly to internal stakeholders.
5. Application Support and Development
- ✓Support identification of new tool applications through customer feedback, marketing input, and technical literature review.
- ✓Participate in joint development or evaluation activities with customers under defined project scope.
- ✓Assist internal engineering teams with data collection and analysis required for hardware or software upgrades.
- ✓Share application and characterization results with relevant internal teams.
Qualifications
& Skills
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
- ✓0–3 years of experience in semiconductor processing, equipment engineering, or related technical role.
- ✓Familiarity with ion implant concepts (dose, energy, species, uniformity) or other semiconductor process tools is a plus.
- ✓Basic understanding of SPC, data analysis, and experimental methodology. Also ability to program basic engineering functions in JMP, Minitab, Matlab is a plus.
- ✓Ability to document technical results clearly and communicate effectively with cross‑functional teams.
- ✓Willingness to learn hands‑on tool operation and support customer-facing activities.
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Job description
Process Engineer – Ion Implant
Role Summary
The Process Engineer supports the characterization, documentation, and application of ion implant equipment to meet customer and product requirements. They act as the internal customer interfacing with engineering, marketing and field teams to support the development and release of products and upgrades. This role focuses on executing tool characterization activities, analyzing tool performance data, supporting customer engagements and demonstrations, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams under established technical direction.
1. Tool Characterization and Operational Support
- •Support the definition and maintenance of the operational parameter space of ion implant tools based on established technical
