Process Technologist

Summary

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Hardware Technology group, you’ll help define technology roadmap and manufacture our next-generation custom chip solutions for all Apple platforms. You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions.

Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the process technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of process technology problem solving with a focus on interface with silicon vendors and foundries.

This is a hands-on, dynamic role requiring travel to suppliers and foundries worldwide.

About the role

• Manage technical interface with silicon vendors on process technology.
• Work closely with foundries on supplier silicon process issues.
• Coordinate process transfers with IDMs and external foundries.
• Lead the technical risk assessment and mitigation plans on product - process interactions and its impact on high volume manufacturing
• Drive technology suitability and impact assessment on products/use cases from concept through design phases, tape out and ramp to volume
• Participate in defining technology roadmap, technology development, device engineering, and ongoing sustaining engineering activities within the Technology group working closely with Silicon vendors.
• Drive thorough investigation of root cause, and solutions to process/yield issues and its impact on product production, performance and reliability.
• Manage and mitigate process technology risks for multiple projects in parallel.
• Engage parties in technology decision making and drive to timely closure and thorough follow-through.
• Build essential internal and external relationships across all levels (Engineering to senior management) at suppliers and within Apple
• Interpersonal and communication skills to engage at all levels of the supply chain from engineers to CEOs

Minimum Qualifications

BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Candidate should have 10+ years of experience in semiconductor process R&D and manufacturing. Experience with process development, qualification and yield enhancement is desired.
• Deep knowledge of CMOS, HVMOS, BCDMOS, MEMs technologies, device physics and industry competitive technology landscape is required.
• Experience in interfacing with design teams (analog & digital) in these technologies required.
• Prior Experience in Analog/ mixed signal/power/display/Sensing/MEMs related process technologies and manufacturing is highly desired
• Demonstrated prior experience and success in solving highly complex technical problems under a very aggressive schedule is essential.
• People management skills and managerial experience is highly desired.
• Good data analysis, problem solving and very strong communication skills required.
• Self-motivated, independent decision maker and schedule oriented is expected.