Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Senior Process Engineer - Metal Deposition

Process EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAustin, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of hands-on thin films process engineering experience in a semiconductor fab, especially in an advanced logic, memory, or foundry environment.
Deep experience with ALD, CVD, and PVD tool qualification, metal deposition process development, and process-of-record establishment at advanced nodes.
Proficiency with metal film metrology tools, film stress measurement, and defect inspection.
Strong Design of Experiments skills and statistical analysis.
Ability to work closely and proactively across lithography, etch, thin films, integration, and equipment engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Develop and qualify ALD, CVD, and PVD processes for metal gate, work function metals, barrier layers, seed layers, and local interconnect (Co, Ru, W, TiN, TaN) at 2nm-class nodes.
Characterize metal film properties, including resistivity, conformality, step coverage, grain structure, and adhesion.
Evaluate novel metal materials, including Ru and Co local interconnect and backside power delivery network metallization schemes.
Qualify deposition tools from installation through production readiness, including chamber matching, target management, and process window qualification.
Analyze processes using a first-principles, physics-based approach to understand and manipulate mechanisms rather than relying only on recipes.
Lead root cause analysis, establish inline metrology and statistical process control strategies, and drive systematic yield improvement.
Support 24/7 manufacturing operations through rotations, on-call availability, and rapid response to critical production issues.
Drive next-generation metal materials and process development.

Category	Terafab
Location	Austin, Texas
Requisition ID	267836
Type	Full-time

Job Description

We are building Terafab, a vertically integrated semiconductor factory at an unprecedented scale. The facility houses logic, memory, packaging, test, and lithography mask production under one roof, optimized for rapid iteration and maximum compute density per square foot. Process engineering is where Terafab technology gets built, atom by atom, and metal films determine device speed and reliability. You will develop and own metal deposition processes across three distinct chip families: edge-inference processors, space-hardened chips for orbital satellites, and high-bandwidth memory. You'll control resistivity, adhesion, and step coverage while managing electromigration, stress, and interface quality across diverse thermal and mechanical environments.  You should have deep expertise in metal deposition but be ready to work across core process domains such as plating, etch, and metrology as integration evolves. This is a highly hands-on role at one of the most ambitious fab programs in the world.

Job Responsibilities

Develop and qualify ALD, CVD, and PVD processes for metal gate, work function metals, barrier layers, seed layers, and local interconnect (Co, Ru, W, TiN, TaN) at 2nm-class nodes

Characterize metal film properties—resistivity, conformality, step coverage, grain structure, and adhesion

Evaluate novel metal materials including Ru and Co local interconnect and backside power delivery network (BSPDN) metallization schemes

Qualify deposition tools from installation through production readiness, including chamber matching, target management, and process window qualification

Analyze processes from a first-principles, physics-based approach to understand and manipulate mechanisms, not just recipes

Lead root cause analysis, establish inline metrology and SPC control strategies, and drive systematic yield improvement

Support 24/7 manufacturing operations through rotations, on-call availability, and rapid response to critical production issues

Drive next-generation metal materials and process development

Job Requirements

Degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related technical field, or equivalent experience

5+ years of hands-on thin films process engineering experience in a semiconductor fab, especially advanced logic, memory, or foundry environment

Deep experience with ALD/CVD/PVD tool qualification, metal deposition process development, and process of record (POR) establishment at advanced nodes

Proficiency with metal films metrology tools, film stress measurement, and defect inspection

Strong Design of Experiments skills and statistical analysis

Ability to work closely and proactively across lithography, etch, thin films, integration, and equipment engineering teams

About the Company

Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Tesla makes electric cars and batteries that store power for homes and utilities, and it develops self-driving software and humanoid robots. In 2023, its Model Y became the first electric vehicle to rank as the world's best-selling car. Buyers order the Model 3 sedan, Model Y SUV, or Cybertruck pickup directly from Tesla instead of through dealers, and they charge on its Supercharger fast-charging network. It also sells Megapack and Powerwall batteries, runs a robotaxi service, and charges drivers a monthly fee for self-driving software that still needs their supervision. Tesla was founded in 2003, with Elon Musk as its lead early investor and a recognized co-founder, and it is based in Austin, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Founded: 2003

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