Senior Process Integration Engineer

Based in Southern California with locations in Malibu, Calabasas, Westlake Village and Camarillo; HRL has been on the leading edge of technology, conducting pioneering research and advancing the state of the art. 

General Description: 

HRL Laboratories seeks an experienced Process Integration Engineer to lead the fabrication and process development of novel semiconductor and superconducting devices. The successful candidate will use their experience and creativity to build new process integrations for prototype devices intended to operate at cryogenic temperatures. They will lead a broad team of engineers to develop new processes, prioritize development and production activities towards program deliverables, and communicate status to program management.

Essential Duties:

Develop integrated process flows and design experiments for unit processing steps

Manage WIP, including product lots and parallel process development efforts

Oversee team of ~5-10 process and yield engineers

Work closely with program managers, unit process experts, modelers, cryogenic test engineers, and layout engineers to design novel devices and perform fabrication experiments

Analyze metrology and e-test data, feeding back to process improvements

Troubleshoot and resolve process excursions and define integration solutions

Written and oral communications providing status updates for program office and customer

Required Skills: 

5-10 years’ experience in processing of semiconductor devices and circuits in R&D environment

Experience with materials and devices operating at cryogenic temperatures, superconductors, and rf engineering strongly preferred

Proven track record of developing solutions to process development for FEOL or BEOL transistor and IC integration

Experience with developing novel unit processes in lithography, RIE/ICP etching, CMP, PVD, PECVD deposition

Experience with developing metrology plans for CD-SEM, ellipsometry, and other in-line techniques 

Experience interacting with test engineers and device modelers towards iterative process and yield improvements

Experience with statistical analysis in standard software (e.g. python, JMP, etc.) 

Project management experience desired, including leading team of 5-10 engineers

Required Education: 

PhD degree in electrical engineering, material science, chemical engineering, or related science/engineering field. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 7 or 5 years’ (respectively) industry experience over above is also acceptable.

Physical Requirements: 

Ability to work in cleanroom environment on occasion. 

Special Requirements:

U.S. citizenship

Ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance; active TS/SCI with SSBI is strongly preferred

Compensation:

The base salary range for this full-time position is $163,150 - $209,088 + bonus + benefits.

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HRL offers a very competitive compensation and benefits package. Our Regular/Full Time benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K match, gym facilities, PTO, growth potential, and an exciting and challenging work environment.

HRL Laboratories is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training or promoting, on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, age, U.S. military or protected veteran status, union membership, or political affiliation. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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