We are looking for a Process Engineer within Etch who is excited to work in a collaborative and fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have experience working RIE and ICP etch tools in a production environment. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate good working knowledge of etching semiconductor, metallic and dielectric materials. The successful candidate will have good knowledge of metrology equipment required to keep etch processes in SPC control.
This role will expand our growing team and will focus on change management, structured problem solving, process capability improvements and yield management. The role will be 08:00 – 16:30, Monday to Friday.
The role’s responsibilities will include:
* Recipe development and optimisation at the Fab tool level
* Process tool ownership, including responsibility for documentation, training and tool performance monitoring
* Integration of tool recipes into the Process architecture
* Reporting progress to management at weekly and monthly intervals
* Specifying new tools, chemicals and techniques as required to meet the business objectives.
As well as your pure technical responsibilities you will need good communication skills as you will be interfacing with professionals from both inside and outside the company.
To apply you will need:
* A degree in engineering
* At least 5 years’ experience working in the semiconductor industry
* A wish for a long term career with us here in the beautiful South West.
The successful candidate may be required to work some form of rotating day shift pattern (shift premium payable) after successful completion of a probation period.
Plessey is an embedded technologies developer at the forefront of microLED technology for augmented reality (AR) display applications. Drawing on over a decade of semiconductor and optoelectronics expertise, we have developed a unique and proprietary GaN-on-Silicon platform to manufacture innovative microLED displays.
At our world-class manufacturing and innovation centre in Plymouth, we operate leading-edge wafer processing facilities to undertake the design, test, and assembly of products and a comprehensive suite of photonic characterisation and applications laboratories.
We are in an exciting phase of our development journey and are now closely partnering with Meta, who are developing new technologies to help connect and bring people together. Our mission is to help bring their vision of the next lightweight and stylish AR glasses to life.
The people and skills within Plessey are key to driving forward the development of our technology, and we are continually looking for passionate, motivated, and experienced professionals to join our growing team!