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Zeiss

Supplies lithography optics for semiconductor manufacturing

Process Engineer

Process EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGuangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in optics, mechanical engineering, automation, precision manufacturing, or a related science or engineering field.
  • At least 2 years of precision manufacturing or optical process engineering experience.
  • Proficiency operating MEI and Schneider optical edging machines and associated measurement equipment, with expertise in optical edging processes, parameter adjustment, and troubleshooting.
  • Ability to independently address special customer process requirements, develop customized process solutions, adapt processes for special samples, adjust equipment on site, and optimize processes.
  • Ability to analyze and solve problems systematically and use data-driven improvement methods.
  • Proficiency with 8D, the seven basic quality tools, 5 Why, fishbone diagrams, and FMEA.
  • Proficiency with Minitab or JMP for statistical analysis, process capability analysis, variation decomposition, and design of experiments (DOE) validation.
  • Ability to collaborate across R&D, production, quality, failure analysis, and supply chain teams while independently resolving complex process issues.
  • Process project management skills, including schedule control, risk anticipation, and resource coordination.
  • Strong awareness of mass-production cost, yield, and capacity, and ability to balance quality stability, efficiency, and cost in process improvements.
  • Ability to identify process waste and improvement opportunities, learn new processes, and support product and process capability upgrades.
  • Ability to work effectively with Apple's strict quality standards, frequent reviews, zero-defect process expectations, and high-pressure mass-production pace, including responding quickly to process abnormalities, customer complaint risks, and production fluctuations.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the dedicated process-engineering technical contact for ZEISS process operations and lead the mass-production introduction and process setup of new processes, equipment, parameters, and materials.
  • Lead manufacturing feasibility analysis, process risk assessment, and process capability prediction for new products, and deliver executable mass-production process plans that meet Apple specifications, yield, and capacity requirements.
  • Own the industrialization transfer of new products from R&D design into mass production, coordinating cross-functional resources and translating design outputs into production conditions, raw-material control standards, standardized processes, and quality-control procedures.
  • Follow pilot production, validation, and ramp-up, resolve process bottlenecks, and close the design-transfer process to ensure processes are reproducible, manufacturable, and commercially viable.
  • Collect and analyze mass-production process data, monitor process capability (including CPK, PPM, and yield variation), and identify bottlenecks, process shifts, equipment variation, and human variation.
  • Use lean production, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methods to lead process optimization, equipment-parameter iterations, and production-line efficiency projects, increasing capacity, shortening cycle time, and reducing manufacturing and scrap costs while maintaining process stability and quality compliance.
  • Lead initial validation and periodic or change-triggered revalidation of production equipment, precision measurement equipment, tooling, production software, and process flows; write MBO reports and close corrective actions for validation abnormalities.
  • Develop, update, implement, and control versions of standard operating procedures, process-parameter control sheets, process inspection sheets, and process specifications to ensure consistent, standardized, traceable production-line work.
  • Resolve mass-production process and technical abnormalities by conducting root-cause analysis with quality, production, and failure-analysis teams using 5 Why, fishbone analysis, 8D, and quality tools.
  • Assess process risks using pFMEA and the PRMF process-risk model, identify potential failure risks, define corrective and preventive actions and risk-mitigation plans, and verify implementation to prevent recurrence.
  • Translate company- and project-level quality, yield, and cost-reduction targets into process plans; conduct regular process reviews, evaluate results, and iterate mechanisms to achieve annual process KPIs.
  • Participate in weekly and monthly Apple customer process audits, yield reviews, and process-review meetings; present process-improvement rationale, process-control plans, and risk-control reports.
  • Provide process-engineering support to failure-analysis and EPM project-management teams.
  • Assess process changes, parameter adjustments, material substitutions, and equipment modifications; conduct small-batch validation, manage mass-production introduction and risk containment, and maintain a closed-loop change-control process to protect production stability.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with smart glasses, augmented or virtual reality, vision optics, or Apple supply-chain processes is preferred.
  • A Six Sigma Black Belt is preferred.

About the Company

Zeiss

Supplies lithography optics for semiconductor manufacturing

Zeiss SMT designs and makes high-precision optical systems for semiconductor manufacturing, including lithography optics, photomask solutions, and process-control components. Its products are used in lithography equipment to project circuit patterns onto silicon wafers, with responsibilities spanning advanced optics, mask technology, and monitoring tools that ensure precise, repeatable imaging.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$1.1B
Headquarters
Oberkochen, Germany
Founded
2001

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