A specialist service that helps fabs and advanced packaging teams qualify new processes, tools, and prototype lots using DOE, SPC, metrology review, and yield-improvement execution.
Added Jul 9, 2026
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Semiconductor and advanced manufacturing teams are hiring for scarce process integration, metrology, and manufacturing engineering talent to support qualification lots, equipment evaluation, yield optimization, and scale-up. The work is technical, cross-functional, and time-sensitive, often sitting between process engineers, equipment vendors, quality teams, and production supervisors. Smaller fabs, pilot lines, outsourced assembly/test providers, and emerging device manufacturers may not have enough senior process talent available when a new tool, material, package, or product flow needs to be qualified.
Offer a project-based process qualification and yield-improvement service for semiconductor and precision manufacturing teams. The first delivery workflow would include reviewing existing process data, designing DOE plans, coordinating metrology and inspection runs, analyzing SPC/yield results, and producing a qualification or corrective-action package for internal approval. Over time, the service can productize templates, test plans, reporting packs, and repeatable playbooks for specific workflows such as wafer bonding, die stacking, photolithography, defect metrology, microLED process scaling, or equipment installation readiness.
The signals show active hiring across Micron, Intel, KLA, ASML, Applied Materials, Thermo Fisher, and Singapore manufacturing firms for exactly this capability. Semiconductor capacity expansion, advanced packaging, microLEDs, and tighter process windows are increasing demand for specialists who can bridge engineering, metrology, quality, and production.
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will include monitoring and analyzing production data, collaborating with various teams including Test Engineering and Foundry, Quality & Reliability (Q&R), Failure Analysis (FA), leading process and yield improvement initiatives In this role, you will be fully exposed to the semiconductor production flow of all Annapurna Labs products, all semiconductor testing methodologies, and FAB process yield improvement activities.
* Support foundry / assembly house on process qualification, test house management, test probe card, load board and tester validation on performance over process and operating condition, debug and release test program into mass production. * Collaborate with wafer foundries, assembly and test houses and Qualcomm PTE (product and test engineering) team to isolate root causes of yield loss and drive improvements.
Support novel material and process screening and evaluation, equipment selection, on-time install/qualification of first-of-kind equipment, and design for manufacturability Partner with cross-functional teams including process integration, device engineering, metrology, yield, manufacturing, and equipment suppliers
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