SEM process Engineer 

What is your mission 

As an SEM Process Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring accurate SEM and X-SEM (cross-sectional SEM) measurements in imec’s pilot fab. You will optimize measurement processes, tool stability, and data analysis, ensuring they meet the needs of our advanced semiconductor R&D programs. 

What you will do

As a SEM engineer your task will be to support the different services within the MECHA team at imec. You will responsible for tools and processes.  

How do you do that? With a diverse range of tasks: 

• Manage, execute and optimize SEM/X-SEM/FIB measurements to support R&D and process integration. 
• You have experience in SEM inspections and are up-to date on the current limitations and possibilities of the tools with a focus on semi-conductor materials. 
• You investigate and optimize FIB and SEM inspections and strive for operation excellence / first time right. 
• You are responsible for a certain tool set: toolmonitioring, process performance and improvement, detection of deviations, evaluation and analyzing data leading to valid conclusions and corrective actions 
• Qualify and support new SEM tools, ensuring smooth integration into production. 
• You are co-owner in achieving the different targets set within the department: ensure quality delivery on time.   
• You detect potential efficiency and quality risks and take the appropriate action. 
• You work collaboratively with other professionals (hardware, integration, operations,..) to follow up team performance/queues and improve measurement workflows, hardware and software solutions.  
• Develop and maintain measurement recipes and Best Known Methods (BKM). 
• Analyze metrology data to ensure process reliability and consistency. 
• Lead and contribute to process improvement projects, driving efficiency and innovation. 
• Develop and maintain measurement recipes and Best Known Methods (BKM). 
• Train engineers and technicians in SEM techniques to enhance knowledge sharing and update the training documents 

What's in it for you? 

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will define the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth. 

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits. 

What are we looking for?  

• Preferably a master’s degree in materials sciences, physics, chemistry, or a related field or strong hands-on experience with SEM/FIB metrology in semiconductor manufacturing 
• An eye for detail and a structured approach to process optimization 
• You are a team player with excellent communication skills  
• You are prepared to work in full rotating shift system: early, late, and one weekend per month. 
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot metrology issues 
• Good technical communication, in verbally and in written form, good analytical skills and desire to learn more about new semiconductor materials and advanced structures are essential for a successful implementation of this role 
• Experience with metrology automation, scripting, or machine learning is a plus 

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