Senior/Principal Process Development & Integration Engineer

at  Plessey Semiconductors Ltd

A vacancy has arisen for a Process Development & Integration Engineer working in the Integration team.

EXPERIENCE/COMPETENCIES

• Able to assist in planning future equipment improvements and upgrades – in line with agreed technology roadmap.
• Requires understanding of the process flow, module interactions and key module specifications.
• Previous experience within a process integration engineering role, or within more than one area, or discipline (Ideally one should be dry etch, films, metrology or CMP), within a semiconductor or LED company is essential.
• Knowledge of Design of Experiments - DOE - methodology is essential.
• Working knowledge of Statistical Process Control - SPC - is essential.
• Compound semiconduction knowledge is desirable but not essential.
  The hours will be 08:00 – 16:30, Monday to Friday, with the potential of moving to a shift pattern which involves working one weekend in three.
  Additional benefits include Private Health Insurance, Group Personal Pension Scheme, subsidised on site canteen, free coffee and fruit, cycle to work scheme, fully equipped gym, location adjacent to Dartmoor National Park and 28 days holiday plus bank holidays.
  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!
  Plessey is working with world leaders in consumer technology, who are paving the way with innovative next-generation Augmented Reality and wearable applications, based on advanced microLED display solutions.
  Challenging existing display technologies, microLEDs are propelling forward a vast, yet stagnated market, changing the way we interact with our devices, both for information and entertainment.
  Drawing on over a decade of semiconductor and optoelectronics expertise, Plessey has developed an award-winning, unique, and proprietary GaN-on-Silicon platform and monolithic process at its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility

• Process recipe specification and agreement with process tool owner.
• To specify testing and validation of process modules.
• Understanding of process recipe dependencies within process modules.
• Coordination of experimental splits on lots and boundary studies.
• Data analysis of experimental lots and comparison to baseline.
• Reporting experimental split lot results.
• To monitor and maintain the activity of critical development lots.
• New tool procurement documents/ specifications.
• Forward planning of development lots and ensuring 48h look ahead has been in place.