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Technical Specialist - Process Development & Scaled Pilot Production

Process EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSingaporeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Proven experience in semiconductor process development, integration, or pilot-line scale-up.
Hands-on expertise in wafer bonding, epitaxial growth (III-V and/or GaN), and supporting unit processes such as chemical mechanical planarization, thermal processing, and metallization readiness.
Experience defining end-to-end process flows and transitioning technologies from lab or prototype stage to pilot production.
Strong background in yield engineering, statistical process control, process control, and root-cause analysis.
Experience selecting, qualifying, and sustaining semiconductor process equipment and metrology tools.
Experience producing comprehensive process documentation and transfer packages suitable for industry-grade sampling.
Prior experience leading or mentoring multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Ability to operate effectively in a pilot environment with evolving processes, tight timelines, and cross-functional dependencies.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end process flow definition for the targeted platform, including module boundaries, critical interfaces, and the maturity roadmap to pilot scale.
Develop, optimize, and lock process recipes across critical modules, including wafer bonding, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition epitaxy for III-V or gallium nitride on silicon, and supporting unit processes such as chemical mechanical planarization, thermal processes, metallization readiness, and coating and cleaning modules.
Define critical-to-quality parameters and establish statistical process control and process control monitors.
Drive root-cause analysis for excursions and systematic defects, and own yield ramp plans and sustainment.
Select, qualify, and operationalize toolsets for pilot production, including tool acceptance criteria, recipe portability, and preventive maintenance routines.
Interface with external foundries on wafer processing, re-entry flows, and back-end integration; coordinate with epitaxy and material suppliers on qualification plans, incoming specifications, performance scorecards, and supply-chain stabilization.
Produce pilot-line transfer documentation, including process flows, bills of materials, specifications, recipes, control plans, failure mode and effects analyses, lot genealogy and traceability structure, and industry sampling documentation covering sample certificates of conformity and analysis, reliability test hooks, and measurement definitions.
Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team spanning process, integration, metrology, and equipment functions; establish execution cadence and drive structured troubleshooting to deliver stable pilot outcomes.

(33993) Technical Specialist, Process Development & Scaled Pilot Production

NUSX · Singapore, Singapore · Contract · Posted 2026-08-03

Workplace: on_site

Department: iTexel Project

Description

About Us

NUSX is where NUS talent, research and ideas meet the people, pathways and resources that can take them further. That includes founder development, research translation, venture creation, industry partnerships and access to capital and global networks. The parts of NUSX do different things, but we share a common ambition: help more NUS talent, research and ideas find a path to use and scale. NUSX was known as NUS Enterprise until September 2026.

Role Intent

Take a lab/prototype semiconductor process (wafer bonding + photonic materials + fab module integration) and turn it into a repeatable, high-yield, well-documented pilot line process that can ship industry-grade sample lots with credible specs, traceability, and supply-chain stability. In short: from "it works" to "it ships."

Core Responsibilities

A. Define the pilot-line process architecture & roadmap

Own the end-to-end process flow definition for the targeted platform (e.g., CMOS+ll1-V / CMOS+GaN, CMOS+ TFLN bonded substrates, on-insulator stacks), including module boundaries, critical interfaces, and maturity roadmap to pilot scale.

B. Develop, optimise, and lock process recipes for scale

Lead hands-on process development and optimisation across the critical modules, including (as applicable to the project):

Wafer bonding process development (bond interface quality, dielectric thickness tuning, densification windows, yield ramp)
MOCVD epitaxy development for 111-V / GaN on Si (uniformity, defect control, repeatability on 200 mm)
Supporting unit processes: CMP, thermal processes/furnace steps, metallization readiness, coating/clean modules, and integration constraints for downstream foundry re-entry

C. Yield engineering, process control, and pilot stability

Implement the pilot-ready quality backbone:

Define critical-to-quality (CTQ) parameters and establish SPC/PC monitors
Drive root-cause analysis for excursions and systematic defects
Own yield ramp plans and sustainment (targeting consistently high bonding and epi outcomes)

D. Equipment & metrology strategy (selection --> qualification --> uptime)

Select, qualify, and operationalize toolsets required for pilot production, including tool acceptance criteria, recipe portability, and preventive maintenance routines.

E. External foundry and supplier coordination

Act as the technical owner interfacing with:

External foundries for wafer processing/ re-entry flows and back-end integration
Epi/material suppliers and local/global supply chain stabilization (qualification plans, incoming specs, performance scorecards)

F. Documentation & "transfer package" for industry sampling

Produce the full pilot-line transfer kit:

Process flows, BOMs, specs, recipes, control plans, FMEAs
Lot genealogy + traceability structure
Industry sampling documentation (sample CoC/CoA expectations, reliability test hooks, measurement definitions)

G. Team leadership & execution cadence

Lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team spanning process, integration, metrology, and equipment functions. Establish effective execution cadence and drive structured troubleshooting to deliver stable pilot outcomes.

Requirements

Proven experience in semiconductor process development, integration, or pilot-line scale-up
Hands-on expertise in wafer bonding, epitaxial growth (111-V and/or GaN), and supporting unit processes such as CMP, thermal processing, and metallization readiness
Experience defining end-to-end process flows and transitioning technologies from lab or prototype stage to pilot production
Strong background in yield engineering, SPC, process control, and root-cause analysis
Experience selecting, qualifying, and sustaining semiconductor process equipment and metrology tools
Experience producing comprehensive process documentation and transfer packages suitable for industry-grade sampling
Prior experience leading or mentoring multi-disciplinary engineering teams
Ability to operate effectively in a pilot environment with evolving processes, tight timelines, and cross-functional dependencies

Please be informed that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Job Type: 2-year Contract

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: NUSX

Department : ETP - Administration

Job requisition ID : 33993

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About the Company

NUS Enterprise

Entrepreneurial hub accelerating startups and commercialization

NUS Enterprise supports and grows entrepreneurship at the National University of Singapore. It seeds ideas, sparks innovations, and scales ventures from campus into global companies by offering experiential learning, ecosystem building, technology translation and commercialisation, and strategic global partnerships. It has helped nearly 4,300 students and over 3,000 start-ups, including 10 unicorns, and aims to improve the lives of 1 billion people in the next decade by building a worldwide innovation network. Their approach combines education, mentorship, access to resources and markets, and collaborations to turn research and ideas into real-world impact.

Company size: Not listed
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: $2.9M
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2001

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