Applications Development Engineer - Surfscan

• Characterization of next-generation, state-of-the art semiconductor wafer inspection products.
• Develop and review feature requirements, design test plans, collect data, perform analysis, publish results and recommendations in the form of applications notes and best-known methods.
• Conduct new tool demonstrations to showcase differentiated performance and develop use cases on new features that help drive tool sales.
• Product value demonstration during beta testing, head-to-head (H2H) and evaluation tools in the ramp phase, thereby enabling product penetration and adoption at customer sites.
• Investigate semiconductor manufacturing yield issues and develop corresponding inspection solutions to monitor them.
• Create and share product value statements and use cases with engineering, marketing and sales groups.
• Optics background is a plus.
• Semiconductor processing knowledge is a plus.

PhD Level Degree and / or Master's Level Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Material Science, Engineering or related field.

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed.

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