Job Title: Sample Preparation Technician IIDuration: 18 months ContractWork Location: Santa Clara Campus B81 Arques CampusPay Range: $28.00 - $29.36 hours per week - Friday Sunday the start time would be 12:00 PM to 1:00 AM PST.Job ID: #24 - 22344Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare samples for experiments, including protective layer coating, wafer cleaving, mounting/unmounting samples, and preparing jobs for experimentation to evaluate the performance of the processing system.
- Handle customer wafer pieces, and job return processed stubs and jobs. Maintain Customer intellectual property, return jobs to the lockers for different buildings
- Interface with requestors, understand their detailed requirements and communicate results. Coordinate with engineering on job request status.
- Operate supportive metrology equipment in a lab environment.
- Operate optical microscope to inspect wafer structure from top-view, identify patterns of interest, understand FIB orientation requirement, and complete scribe marks are of interest for requested jobs under limited supervision after training.
- Operate other supportive metrology equipment for FIB-TEM lamella samples.
- Monitor data and track the performance of metrology equipment and production activities per equipment requirements.
- Understand written instructions to perform assigned tasks.
- Create and update procedures and documentation.
- Perform basic operations of Microsoft Outlook and Excel software.
- Follow safety protocols and processes.
- Adhere to lab IP protocols and SOPs.
- Work shifts may include compressed work week schedules to meet production needs.
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
Functional Knowledge:
- Has developed proficiency in a range of analytical processes or procedures to carry out assigned tasks.
- Business Expertise: Has a good understanding of how the team integrates with others to achieve objectives.
- Leadership: Provide informal guidance and support to junior team members, lead/own a lab project, etc.
- Problem-Solving: Provides solutions to problems in atypical or infrequently occurring situations based on existing precedents or procedures, and creates SOPs if applicable.
- Interpersonal Skills: Uses communication skills to regularly exchange information.
Travel: NoRelocation Eligible: No Responsibilities:
- Sample prepare stubs for large batch automation processing. Handle customer wafer pieces, and job return processed stubs and jobs.
- Maintain Customer intellectual property, and return jobs to the lockers for Building 5 and B81.
- Contractor to RFT path: Can be converted as early as 1 year of work, must be converted by 1.5 years.
- T2 T3 career path: minimum 1.5 years, maintain a 6-month period with a 0-1%% redo rate (with sample prep being redo reason) & 0 IP incident and near miss 2 year working experience before they can be considered for T3 promotion.
- Must acquire all T3 skillsets for promotion, thinning, and setup.
- If the T3 position becomes open, we can consider early promotion based on performance and skillset.
Training Period: 2 monthsWeek 1-4: IP & AGU and FIB courses, IP training, LIMS, TMW, Locker training. Sample return and job return to locker training, ZETA training.Week 5-8: sample prep, epoxy, cleave, scribe, stub creation, and stub maps, reading die maps (STD & HAR)Week 9-12: evaluate performance, monitoring/graduation or not pass probation. Best Regards,Devika SrinivasSenior Technical RecruiterCell: 325.###.#### Office: 973.###.####Email: LinkedIn: 360 Mt. Kemble Avenue, Suite 2000, Morristown, NJ 07960 Website: