Wafer Sample Preparation Process Technician II needed for our client Applied Materials located at Santa Clara, CA Applied Materials is considered the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world.

Fourth Shift:  Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 6 am to 6:30 pm    3
Pay Rate:
$29 base rates depending on experience
Additional 11% differential per hour for weekend work.

What You Need to Bring to the Table:
 

• Years of Experience: 1-2 Years operating metrology equipment in a lab environment
• Solid interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to quickly adapt to change
• Education: Technical Diploma Skills Certifications
• 12 Hours Swing Shift (Friday to Sunday)
• Microsoft Office including Outlook and Excel
• Contractor to RFT path: Can be converted as early as 1 year of work, must be converted by 1.5 year.
• T2 – T3 career path: minimum 1.5 years, maintain a 6-month period with a 0-1%% redo rate (with sample prep being redo reason) & 0 IP incident and near miss à2 year working experience before they can be considered for T3 promotion.
• Must acquire all T3 skillset for promotion, thinning, and setup.
  If T3 position becomes open, we can consider early promotion based on performance and skillset.
  Training Period: 2 months
  Week 1-4: IP & AGU and FIB courses, IP training, LIMS, TMW, Locker training. Sample return and job return to locker training, ZETA training.
  Week 5-8: sample prep, epoxy, cleave, scribe, stub creation and stub maps, reading die maps (STD & HAR)
  Week 9-12: evaluate performance, monitoring/graduation or not pass probation.
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What You Will Be Doing:
 

• Prepare samples for experiments, including protective layer coating, wafer cleaning, mounting/unmounting samples, and preparing jobs for experimentation to evaluate the performance of the process system.
• Handle customer wafer pieces, and job return processed stubs and jobs. Maintain Customer intellectual property, return jobs to the lockers for different buildings
• Interface with requestors, understand their detailed requirements, and communicate results. Coordinate with engineering on job request status.
• Operate supportive metrology equipment in a lab environment.
• Operate optical microscope to inspect wafer structure from top-view, identify patterns of interest, understand FIB orientation requirement, and complete scribe mark are of interests for requested jobs under limited supervision after training.
• Operate other supportive metrology equipment for FIB-TEM lamella samples.
• Monitor data and track performance of metrology equipment and production activities per equipment requirements.
• Understand written instructions to perform assigned tasks.
• Create and update procedures and documentation.
• Perform basic operations of Microsoft Outlook and Excel software.
• Follow safety protocols and processes.
• Adhere to lab IP protocols and SOPs.
• Has developed proficiency in a range of analytical processes or procedures to carry out assigned tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Sample prepare stubs for large batch automation processing. Handle customer wafer pieces, and job return processed stubs and jobs.
• Maintain Customer intellectual property, return jobs to the lockers for Building 5 and B81.

What Is in It For You:

We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh’s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh’s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh’s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you.

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
• 401K Retirement Saving Plan
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Employee Discount Programs
• Referral Bonus Program  

Estimated Min Rate: $20.30
Estimated Max Rate: $29.00

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations.  Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description.  All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

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Founded in 1940, Yoh operates from 75 locations throughout North America and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Yoh was the nation’s first technology staffing firm. As a business unit of Day & Zimmermann, Yoh has a flourishing global footprint, as our parent company operates from more than 150 worldwide locations.
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