Process Technologist - CMOS
Senior
Apple
Livorno, Livorno, Toscana, Italia
Di persona
Contratto a tempo indeterminato
Semiconductor
Descrizione della Posizione Lavorativa
Role overview
As a member of Apple’s Silicon Technologies group, you will help design and deliver next‑generation high‑performance, power‑efficient system‑on‑chip (SoC) technology. This is a hands‑on, highly visible role centred on solving process technology problems and maintaining direct interfaces with silicon vendors and foundries. The position typically involves travel to suppliers and foundries worldwide.
Key responsibilities
- Manage the technical process interface with silicon vendors and foundries, ensuring effective communication of requirements and expectations.
- Collaborate closely with suppliers to resolve supplier silicon process issues and define process requirements.
- Coordinate process transfers between IDMs and external foundries to enable volume production.
- Participate in technology development, device engineering, and sustaining engineering activities within Hardware Technology.
- Lead thorough root‑cause investigations for process and yield problems, develop corrective actions, and assess impacts on high‑volume product production, performance, and reliability.
- Manage and mitigate technology risks across multiple concurrent projects, driving decisions to timely closure and ensuring robust follow‑through.
- Build and maintain essential internal and external relationships at all levels, from engineering staff to senior management at suppliers and within Apple.
- Engage stakeholders across the supply chain and ensure alignment from engineers to executives.
Requisiti
BS degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience. Preferred: 10+ years in semiconductor process R&D and manufacturing; experience with process qualification and yield enhancement; deep knowledge of CMOS, BCD or imaging process technologies, integration and device physics; experience with Deep Trench Etching and translating processes to high‑volume manufacturing; experience interfacing with design; proven ability to solve highly complex technical problems on aggressive schedules; people management/managerial experience preferred; strong data analysis and communication skills; self‑motivated and schedule oriented.Competenze richieste
CMOS process technology
Process R&D and manufacturing
Process qualification
Yield enhancement
Deep Trench Etching systems
Device physics
Data analysis
Stakeholder management
Communication
Leadership
Problem solving
Self-motivation