Business line description: Front End Operations plays an essential role in the company’s success by ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, cost-competitive technologies and supply capability that create a winning advantage for customers.

Senior Cleans Process Engineer

Job summary: The Cleans Process Engineer is responsible for supporting multiple Cleans processes in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility. This role focuses on improving equipment and process performance, reducing operational losses, supporting development activity, and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing operations.

Role Responsibilities

- Reducing defectivity
- Reducing cycle time
- Improving tool utilization and availability
- Identification and reduction of recurrent machine faults
- Reducing cost
- Scrap reduction and yield improvement
- Supporting development activities
- Developing and writing specifications
- Implementation of Six-Sigma statistical process control methods
- Capacity planning and modeling
- Participating in and/or leading cross-functional and lean activity teams
- Training others

Key challenges

- Ability to work in a high volume 24x7 manufacturing environment
- Ability to work individually, in small work groups or larger teams
- Ability to deal with multiple issues and sliding priorities
- Must be self-motivated; able to take initiative, self-generate projects, and effectively prioritize work
- Willing to adjust work schedule as needed to support factory priorities 24x7
- Be responsible for multiple tools across multiple platforms

Cross-functional aspects

- Collaborate with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Facilities, Analytical Lab, and Device Engineering teams.
- Collaborate with peers in other factories to implement Best Known Methods (BKMs).
- Collaborate and work with OEM and second source vendors

Job qualifications





- BS or MS in an engineering or science discipline
- 7+ years of experience in process engineering in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment preferred
- Previous experience in Cleans process role preferred
- Previous experience with the following toolsets is highly desirable:
- SCP9400, WS-820L, Akrion GAMA wet benches;
- Semitool SST, SAT, RADR batch solvent cleaning systems
- Screen 80B/80EX spray tools
- FSI Mercury/Zeta

- Ability to generate, analyze, and interpret equipment and process performance data and produce timely action plans to resolve recurring failures.
- Demonstrated presentation skills, including the ability to train others and present complex datasets, process issues, and solutions to diverse audiences.
- Competent in troubleshooting problems and capable of applying logic to isolate and resolve them.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to interact professionally with manufacturing and equipment engineering to deal with issues and priorities.
- Valuable foundational problem-solving skills with creative solutions and out-of-the-box thinking.
- Self-motivated; able to take initiative and effectively prioritize work for self.
- A strong desire to help create a positive, winning, world class working environment.
- Previous experience in Lean Manufacturing methods is highly desirable.

Job location

- Chandler, AZ

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📌 Senior Cleans Process Engineer (Chandler)
🏢 NXP Semiconductors
📍 Chandler