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Senior Process Engineer - Dielectric Deposition, Terafab

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 or integration engineering experience in a semiconductor fab, especially in an advanced logic, memory, or foundry environment.
Deep experience with ALD/CVD tool qualification, dielectric process development, and process-of-record establishment at advanced nodes.
Proficiency with thin films metrology tools, characterization, film stress measurement, and defect inspection.
Strong Design of Experiments skills and statistical analysis capability.
Ability to work closely and proactively across lithography, etch, thin films, integration, and equipment engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Develop and qualify ALD, CVD, and PECVD processes for thin-film dielectrics, including gate dielectrics, high-k materials, spacer films, annealing for core transistor/capacitor dielectrics, shallow trench isolation, dielectric barriers, inter-layer dielectrics, inter-metal dielectrics, passivation, anti-reflective dielectrics, blanket and ALD hardmasks, high-selectivity metal-containing hardmasks, and dry photoresist for patterning enabling films.
Characterize dielectric film properties, including thickness, k-value, leakage, breakdown voltage, conformality, void-free gapfill, modulus/hardness, and stress.
Own thin-film development from tool installation and continuous improvement through high-volume manufacturing handoff to optimize productivity and yield.
Qualify deposition tools from installation through production readiness, including chamber matching, particle control, and process-window and stability qualification.
Analyze process, property, and structure using first-principles, physics-based approaches to understand cause-and-effect mechanisms and optimize key properties, rather than only recipes.
Lead root-cause analysis, establish inline metrology and 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 dielectric materials and process development.

Category	Terafab
Location	AUSTIN, Texas
Requisition ID	267833
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 the discipline by which Terafab technology gets built, atom by atom, and dielectric films set the foundation for device performance. You will develop and own dielectric deposition processes across three distinct chip families: edge-inference processors, space-hardened data center SI chips for orbital satellites, and high-bandwidth memory. You'll optimize mechanical, chemical, optical, and electrical properties of dielectric thin films including but not limited to film stress, conformality, gapfill, dielectric constant, and leakage current while balancing thermal budgets and integration constraints across radically different product requirements. You should have deep expertise in dielectric deposition but be ready to work across core process domains such as etch, clean, CMP, metallization, photo, metrology, and thermal processing and integration engineers 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 PECVD processes for thin film dielectrics: gate dielectrics, high-k materials, spacer films and annealing for Core Tr/Cap dielectrics shallow trench isolation, dielectric barrier, inter-layer dielectrics (ILD), dielectric barrier, inter-metallic dielectrics (IMD) and passivation for Isolation and passivation anti-reflective dielectric, blanket hardmask, ALD hardmask, high selective metal-containing hardmask, dry PR for Patterning enabling films

Characterize dielectric film properties—thickness, k-value, leakage, breakdown voltage, conformality, void-free gapfill, modulus/hardness, and stress

Own development for thin films from tool installation and its continuous improvement through HVM handoff for optimal productivity and yield

Qualify deposition tools from installation through production readiness, including chamber matching, particle control, and process window and stability qualification

Analyze process, property and structure from first-principles, physics-based approach to understand cause and effect mechanisms and to optimize key properties, not just recipes

Lead root cause analysis, establish inline metrology and 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 dielectric 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/integration engineering experience in a semiconductor fab, especially advanced logic, memory, or foundry environment

Deep experience with ALD/CVD tool qualification, dielectric process development, and process of record establishment at advanced nodes

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

Strong Design of Experiments skills and statistical analysis capability

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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