What:
Career Opportunity
Where:
Avago Technologies (Fort Collins, CO)
Position Title:
GaAs Process Engineering Manager-110257
Position Description:
Description
The Avago Technologies Wireless Semiconductor
Division Fort Collins Wafer Fab develops and
manufactures GaAs HEMT, Silicon MEMS devices,
Silicon CMOS, and Silicon Bipolar.
As a GaAs Process Engineer Manager with the
Wireless Semiconductor Division (WSD), you will
lead a group of engineers and technicians in
developing and sustaining unit processes in our
state of the art 6", GaAs production facility
located along the Front Range in Northern Colorado.
This position comes with a broad and rewarding
set of responsibilities in support of new process
development along with existing manufacturing.
You will be responsible for leading efforts in
looking at new materials and applications,
exploring new processes, establishing robust
processes and ramping newly developed processes
into high volume manufacturing. You will work to
ensure activities within your group are well
coordinated across the division in support of new
product releases. Strong leadership in the
execution of process excellence leading to robust
manufacturing performance is a key attribute of this position
Specific Objectives and Responsibilities:
· Lead a group of engineers and
technicians to ensure consistent delivery to
manufacturing yield and delivery performance
metrics across multiple technologies.
· Lead efforts within your group to work
with the GaAs R&D, manufacturing engineering
groups and others in manufacturing to deliver new
unit processes as required to meet the technical
requirements of new technology development
programs. Ensure that new unit processes are
characterize and documented upon release to manufacturing.
· Lead efforts within your group in
working with Product Engineering and others in
manufacturing and development to improve and
stabilize wafer fabrication processes with
respect to quality, yield, reliability,
productivity, cycle time, and cost reduction.
Ensure improvements fully characterized and documented.
· Deliver robust solutions to address
development and manufacturing issues and problems
in collaboration with various development teams,
equipment maintenance, and operational organizations.
· Develop and execute methodologies for
new tooling selection, acceptance, and start-up
as well as optimization and upgrade work to
improve performance on existing platforms.
· Form strong ties into the operations
and maintenance organizations to ensure overall
fab performance meets targeted metrics.
Successful candidate for this position should be
able to be effective in either an R&D or manufacturing leadership role.
Qualifications
• BS (MS or higher preferred) in EE, ME, ChE,
Materials Science, Physics or Chemistry.
• Demonstrated success in leading cross functional groups.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following areas:
◦ IC process engineering.
IC fabrication unit
processes: Dry Etch, Deposition (CVD, sputtered,
evaporated, plated), Wet Processing,
Photolithography (stepper experience preferred).
â—¦ Semiconductor device physics.
â—¦ Understanding of general processing
techniques/concepts for GaAs based devices and/or GaAs applications.
• Excellent teamwork and good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good problem solving skills. Sound analytical
techniques and ability to solve problems systematically.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods
and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States
Preferred Qualifications:
• Three to five years experience in wafer process
technology management in the areas of development
or manufacturing. Experience with GaAs
integrated circuit manufacturing processes a strong plus.
• Master's or PhD degree in EE, physics or related field.
• A strong understanding of GaAs HBT device
physics, manufacturing processes and process
integration, and the relationship of device
physical structure to RF performance.
• Familiarity with wireless RF market.
• Thorough knowledge of statistical process
control as applied to manufacturing of integrated circuits.
Company Overview:
· Avago Technologies is a leading supplier
of analog interface components for
communications, industrial and consumer applications.
· By leveraging its core competencies in
III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design
and processing, the company provides an extensive
range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics
components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers.
· Backed by strong customer service
support, the company's products serve four
diverse end markets: industrial and automotive,
wired infrastructure, wireless communications, and computer peripherals.
· Avago has a global employee presence and
heritage of technical innovation dating back 50
years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. Information
about Avago is available online at <
http://www.avagotech.com>www.avagotech.com.
Recent News:
· Avago is preparing to invest
significantly in on-shore semiconductor manufacturing.
· The company has recently announced
plans to invest nearly 75 million dollars to
retrofit an existing manufacturing facility in Fort Collins, Colorado.
· Avago’s continued investment in U.S
based semiconductor manufacturing is clearly a
strategic move that will strengthen the company’s global supply chain.
· This FAB expansion is expected to
create about 100 high-tech jobs in the area
around Fort Collins, Colorado and the company is
beginning to actively hire those engineers and technologists right now.
For a comprehensive list of opportunities, please visit:
<
http://www.avagotech.com/pages/corporate/careers/>
http://www.avagotech.com/pages/corporate/careers/
Or, to express interest in regard to this particular position, please contact:
Shane Johnson
Avago Technologies
Global Talent Acquisition Team
Senior Recruitment Consultant
<mailto:shane.johnson_at_avagotech.com>shane.johnson_at_avagotech.com
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Received on 2011-07-20 13:58:16