Intel
Director, Process Engineer – Dry Etch
$211K–$298K
US, Oregon, Hillsboro +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- US, Oregon, Hillsboro
US, Arizona, Phoenix - Experience
- 10+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience; also specifies 10+ hands-on experience and 10+ history of collaboration, without stating a separate unit for either.
- Education
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical field.
About the job
Leads dry etch process development, transfer, optimization, and sustaining across advanced CMOS technologies, improving manufacturing capability, yield, performance, and cost.
What you'll do
- Develop, optimize, and sustain dry etch processes; execute experiments and resolve process and equipment issues.
- Improve process capability, including profile and critical-dimension control, uniformity, selectivity, defectivity, throughput, yield, and cost.
- Support process transfer and high-volume manufacturing readiness, partnering with factory teams, cross-functional organizations, and equipment suppliers.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience focused on dry etch development, process integration, or high-volume manufacturing support.
- Master’s degree in a listed technical field or related technical field.
- 10+ hands-on experience with dry etch process development, plasma etch equipment, recipe optimization, process characterization, and troubleshooting.
- Ability to work in a dynamic fab environment, support urgent manufacturing issues, and drive technical closure under schedule pressure.
Nice to have
- Doctoral degree in a related technical field.
- Experience with advanced CMOS technologies, such as GAA, advanced patterning, or highly scaled interconnect structures.
Pay
$211,400.00-298,440.00 USD (annual target compensation; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
plasma etch, reactive ion etch (RIE), atomic layer etch (ALE), CD-SEM, Gate-All-Around (GAA), statistical process control, design of experiments
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