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At Samsung Austin Semiconductor, we are Innovating Today to Power the Devices of Tomorrow.\n\nPosition Summary\nIn your role as a Defect Equipment Engineer you'll support equipment health enhancement, defect control, and variation reduction work in a high‑volume, 24/7 manufacturing environment to achieve tool‑level baseline goals and maximize overall yield.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nEquipment Health & Defect Control: Drives tool defect performance by analyzing Non‑Product Wafer (NPW) data to eliminate \"high fliers,\" lower baseline defectivity, and minimize tool‑to‑tool variation across the fleet.\n\nAdvanced Data & FDC Correlation: Performs advanced data analysis, drawing direct correlations between NPW defect data and Fault Detection and Control (FDC) sensor data to optimize equipment specifications and prevent excursions.\n\nProduction‑to‑NPW Matching: Continuously correlates production wafer defect data with NPW signatures to ensure NPW monitoring methodologies accurately reflect actual production defect health.\n\nHands‑On Fab Troubleshooting: Conducts hands‑on investigations inside the cleanroom (FAB) to trace defect sources directly to internal tool components, gas lines, hardware, or environmental factors.\n\nCross‑Module Process Coverage: Oversees equipment defect performance across all major functional modules, including Photo, CVD, Etch, Metal, Diffusion, Clean, Implant, and CMP.\n\nEnvironmental Defect Reduction: Reduce cleanroom environmental defects, ensuring ambient conditions and mini‑environments do not compromise tool or wafer cleanliness.\n\nSkills and Qualifications\n\nEducation: Requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Chemistry, Physics, or related technical fields.\n\nExperience: 5+ years of semiconductor engineering experience, with a heavy focus on equipment defect monitoring, tool baseline reduction, and hardware troubleshooting highly preferred.\n\nOEM Background: Direct experience working at or closely with major Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers (e.g., ASML, AMAT, Lam Research) is strongly preferred.\n\nCore Physics Competency: Strong fundamental understanding of underlying equipment physics, including vacuum systems, plasma generation, RF physics, airflow dynamics, turbulence, and heat transfer.\n\nTool & Metrology Expertise: Strong proficiency in advanced non‑patterned and patterned wafer inspection/review tools (e.g., KLA Surfscan, eDR, or equivalent inline metrology systems) highly preferred.\n\nData & Hardware Competency: Working knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE) methodologies for tool matching, FDC optimization, and specification setting.\n\nSalary and Benefits\nThe current base salary range for this role is between $76,000 - $145,000. Individual base pay rates will depend on factors including duties, work location, education, skills, qualifications and experience. Total compensation for this position will include a competitive benefits package and may include participation in company incentive compensation programs, which are based on factors to include organizational and individual performance.\n\nWe offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance and 401(k) matching with immediate vesting; onsite café(s) and workout facilities; paid maternity and paternity leave; paid time off (PTO) + 2 personal holidays and 10 regular holidays; wellness incentives and more.\n\nEmployment Information\nEligible full‑time employees (salaried or hourly) may also receive MBO bonuses based on company, division, and individual performance.\n\nAll positions at Samsung Austin Semiconductor are full‑time on‑site.\n\nU.S. Export Control Compliance\nThis role may require access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. 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At Samsung Austin Semiconductor, we are Innovating Today to Power the Devices of Tomorrow.\n\nPosition Summary\nIn your role as a Defect Equipment Engineer you'll support equipment health enhancement, defect control, and variation reduction work in a high‑volume, 24/7 manufacturing environment to achieve tool‑level baseline goals and maximize overall yield.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nEquipment Health & Defect Control: Drives tool defect performance by analyzing Non‑Product Wafer (NPW) data to eliminate \"high fliers,\" lower baseline defectivity, and minimize tool‑to‑tool variation across the fleet.\n\nAdvanced Data & FDC Correlation: Performs advanced data analysis, drawing direct correlations between NPW defect data and Fault Detection and Control (FDC) sensor data to optimize equipment specifications and prevent excursions.\n\nProduction‑to‑NPW Matching: Continuously correlates production wafer defect data with NPW signatures to ensure NPW monitoring methodologies accurately reflect actual production defect health.\n\nHands‑On Fab Troubleshooting: Conducts hands‑on investigations inside the cleanroom (FAB) to trace defect sources directly to internal tool components, gas lines, hardware, or environmental factors.\n\nCross‑Module Process Coverage: Oversees equipment defect performance across all major functional modules, including Photo, CVD, Etch, Metal, Diffusion, Clean, Implant, and CMP.\n\nEnvironmental Defect Reduction: Reduce cleanroom environmental defects, ensuring ambient conditions and mini‑environments do not compromise tool or wafer cleanliness.\n\nSkills and Qualifications\n\nEducation: Requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Chemistry, Physics, or related technical fields.\n\nExperience: 5+ years of semiconductor engineering experience, with a heavy focus on equipment defect monitoring, tool baseline reduction, and hardware troubleshooting highly preferred.\n\nOEM Background: Direct experience working at or closely with major Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers (e.g., ASML, AMAT, Lam Research) is strongly preferred.\n\nCore Physics Competency: Strong fundamental understanding of underlying equipment physics, including vacuum systems, plasma generation, RF physics, airflow dynamics, turbulence, and heat transfer.\n\nTool & Metrology Expertise: Strong proficiency in advanced non‑patterned and patterned wafer inspection/review tools (e.g., KLA Surfscan, eDR, or equivalent inline metrology systems) highly preferred.\n\nData & Hardware Competency: Working knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE) methodologies for tool matching, FDC optimization, and specification setting.\n\nSalary and Benefits\nThe current base salary range for this role is between $76,000 - $145,000. Individual base pay rates will depend on factors including duties, work location, education, skills, qualifications and experience. Total compensation for this position will include a competitive benefits package and may include participation in company incentive compensation programs, which are based on factors to include organizational and individual performance.\n\nWe offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance and 401(k) matching with immediate vesting; onsite café(s) and workout facilities; paid maternity and paternity leave; paid time off (PTO) + 2 personal holidays and 10 regular holidays; wellness incentives and more.\n\nEmployment Information\nEligible full‑time employees (salaried or hourly) may also receive MBO bonuses based on company, division, and individual performance.\n\nAll positions at Samsung Austin Semiconductor are full‑time on‑site.\n\nU.S. Export Control Compliance\nThis role may require access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. 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