CVD Equipment Engineer

Business Line Description: NXP’s Front End Operations plays an essential role in the company’s success by ensuring manufacturing excellence and delivery of high quality, scalable, and cost-competitive semiconductor devices to create a winning advantage for our customers. Job Summary: Equipment Engineer responsible for CVD in a high-volume manufacturing facility - Identify and reduce sources of variation - Reduce machine faults - Reduce defectivity - Define and write tool maintenance procedures - Improve tool availability, improve Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and reduce Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) - Train technicians and peers - Improve cost performance - Specify, source and qualify new equipment and parts - Participate on and/or lead cross functional teams - Support development and transfer activities Key Challenges: - Ability to work in a high volume 24x7 manufacturing environment - Ability to work individually, in small work groups or larger teams - Ability to deal with multiple issues and shifting priorities - Must be self-motivated; able to take initiative, self-generate projects, and effectively prioritize work - Willing to adjust work schedule as needed to support factory priorities 24x7 - Be responsible for multiple tools across multiple platforms Cross functional aspects: - Work with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Facilities, Analytical Lab and Device Engineering Teams - Work with peers in other factories to implement Best Known Methods (BKM) Job Qualifications: - BS or MS in an engineering or science discipline - 6+ years of experience in equipment engineering in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment preferred - Previous experience in at least one or more of the following tools is preferred: Applied Materials Centura DXZ, Producer or P5000, Novellus Concept 2, WJ-999 - Ability to generate, analyze, and interpret equipment and process performance data and produce a timely action plan to resolve recurring failures - Demonstrated presentation skills. Candidate will be called upon to train others and present complex datasets and equipment problems/ solutions to diverse audiences. - Competent in troubleshooting problems and capable of applying logic to isolate and repair them. - Strong verbal and written communication skills - Ability to interact professionally with manufacturing and equipment engineering to deal with issues and priorities - Good foundational problem solving skills with creative solutions and out-of-the-box thinking - Self-motivated; able to take initiative and effectively prioritize work for self - A strong desire to help create a positive, winning, world class working environment - Previous experience in Lean Manufacturing methods is highly desirable - Good knowledge of FMEA’s and 8D methodologies is preferred More information about NXP in the United States... NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals. #LI-97b2