IC Wafer Fab Process Engineering Technician

Keysight Technologies, the world's premier measurement company, has an opening for R&D Process Technician position at the High Frequency Technology Center in Santa Rosa, California. Live in beautiful Sonoma County amongst vineyards, redwood forests, rivers, lakes, and coastline while working on state-of-the-art ICs and devices. R&D Wafer Fab Process Technician at HFTC is responsible for assisting engineers in process development and sustaining of custom, cutting edge, micro and nano-fabrication technologies for high performance microwave and millimeter-wave applications. The technologies include InP and GaAs-based HBTs, HEMTs, BOLT, and other advanced electronic components that enable key competitive differentiation of Keysight’s industry-leading RF, microwave, and high bit rate instruments. The focus of this position will be on plasma dry etch, PECVD, wet etch, electroplating, and other related processes.

include but are not limited to the following: • Perform plasma etch, PECVD, wet etch, or plating on production and engineering (MST) wafers • Perform routine system qualifications, including particle check & process characterization • Perform data entry, data analysis, and basic SPC (Statistical Process Control) tasks • Oversee the management of test wafers required for process qualification • Assist engineers with NTI, corrective actions, and continuous process improvement projects • Perform experiments with minimal instructions from process engineers and summarize data in Excel spreadsheets or other data analysis tools • Perform visual inspection of IC wafers, record observations and provide detailed feedback to engineers • Train other operators and help administer training certification • Operate metrology equipment for process characterization and diagnosis – e.g. optical microscope, profilometer, ellipsometer, interferometer, SEM, and other metrology equipment • Execute other related IC processes as needed • Prepare and write equipment and process documentation • Participate in capital equipment acquisition

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Keysight Technologies, the world's premier measurement company, has an opening for R&D Process Technician position at the High Frequency Technology Center in Santa Rosa, California. Live in beautiful Sonoma County amongst vineyards, redwood forests, rivers, lakes, and coastline while working on state-of-the-art ICs and devices. R&D Wafer Fab Process Technician at HFTC is responsible for assisting engineers in process development and sustaining of custom, cutting edge, micro and nano-fabrication technologies for high performance microwave and millimeter-wave applications. The technologies include InP and GaAs-based HBTs, HEMTs, BOLT, and other advanced electronic components that enable key competitive differentiation of Keysight’s industry-leading RF, microwave, and high bit rate instruments. The focus of this position will be on plasma dry etch, PECVD, wet etch, electroplating, and other related processes.

include but are not limited to the following: • Perform plasma etch, PECVD, wet etch, or plating on production and engineering (MST) wafers • Perform routine system qualifications, including particle check & process characterization • Perform data entry, data analysis, and basic SPC (Statistical Process Control) tasks • Oversee the management of test wafers required for process qualification • Assist engineers with NTI, corrective actions, and continuous process improvement projects • Perform experiments with minimal instructions from process engineers and summarize data in Excel spreadsheets or other data analysis tools • Perform visual inspection of IC wafers, record observations and provide detailed feedback to en