Senior/Principal Semiconductor Equipment Technician - Metals/Diffusion, Onsite

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide

• Extraordinary co-workers

• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world

• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities

• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)

• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Organization 05244, MESA III-V, Hetero-Integration, is seeking an experienced Microelectronics Equipment Technologist that develops, builds, modifies, repairs, and maintains microelectronic semiconductor tools, instruments, systems, and processes, in the functional areas of Metals and Diffusion within Sandia National Laboratories' MESA MicroFab facility.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Construct, fix, calibrate, adjust, test, and maintain equipment, components, devices, or systems.

• Develop, evaluate, and work from engineering drawings and written or verbal instructions.

• Analyze data and recommend modifications to components or test procedures to meet desired specifications.

• Handle equipment support contracts and supervise the work of vendor equipment support personnel.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$72,800 - $140,600

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

• Associate’s degree in relevant STEM field plus one (1) or more years directly related experience in maintaining fabrication or test equipment or;

• Five (5) years’ experience in maintaining fabrication or test equipment

• The ability to acquire and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant STEM field

• Basic electro-mechanical, thermal, and high-vacuum system maintenance and troubleshooting experience on semi-conductor fabrication equipment

• General understanding of electronics theory, principles, and design

• Broad knowledge with plasma, high voltage, and gas systems

• Working knowledge of safety requirements relevant to semiconductor equipment work (e.g. lock out tag out, pressure and electrical safety, chemical / gas safety)

• Basic experience authoring and/or revising activity-level work documents

• Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution Software Programs

• Strong communicator with the ability to work independently and collaboratively, and proficient in efficiently organizing competing priorities

• Active DOE L-level security clearance; or other equivalent active security clearance such as DOD Secret

About Our Team:

Sandia National Laboratories Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications (MESA) complex provides unique processing capability in semiconductor microfabrication. The MESAFab Operations departments develop and maintain core semiconductor processing capabilities and capacity that enable our customers to build differentiating Microsystems products. Two unique facilities are co-located within the 65,000 square foot MESAFab complex including:

• 12,000 square foot Class 1 Silicon Fab for 6-inch silicon wafer processing• 15,000 square foot Class 10 and Class 100 MicroFab for compound semiconductor material processing and silicon wafer post-processing

Key microfabrication processing areas include photolithography, reactive ion etch, wet etch/clean, oxidation and diffusion, thin films, CMP (planarization), ion implantation, metrology, deep reactive silicon ion etch, wafer bonding and thinning, electroplating, packaging, MEMS release, yield learning and statistical process control.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Essential Functions:

If offered the position, you may be required to demonstrate your fitness to perform certain physical aspects of the position, including lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling.

Job ID: 695516

Job Family: RD

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F