Process Engineer 2

About Mattson

Company: Mattson Technology, Inc., a 38-year Silicon Valley company, designs, manufactures, markets, and globally supports plasma and rapid thermal processing equipment to fabricate integrated circuits for the global semiconductor industry.

Mattson Technology, Inc. offers processing equipment that utilizes innovative technologies to deliver advanced processing capabilities and high productivity for the fabrication of current and next-generation integrated circuits. Our equipment and technologies are used by leading memory and logic, analog /power device manufacturers worldwide. Innovations from Mattson Technology in Atomic Surface Engineering address the most critical logic and memory manufacturing challenges.

In May 2016, Mattson Technology was acquired by Beijing’s E-Town Capital. Our new investor’s vision is that Mattson Technology, with its Silicon Valley DNA, will continue to operate as a global, market-driven technology provider serving worldwide semiconductor manufacturing customers. In July, 2025, the company successfully listed in Shanghai’s STAR Exchange. As the external trade compliance environment evolves, Mattson Technology now operates independently from the parent company in product, business, and operations, serving customers outside of China.

Key responsibilities

• Develop new dry strip processes to meet the various requirements for advanced semiconductor technology nodes

• Manage process development and reliability projects

• Monitor hardware performance and verify stability of newly developed processes

• Data Reduction and root cause analysis during development and troubleshooting

• Develop and modify hardware as needed to improve process results, involvement begin at C&F level through verification at customer sites

• Diagnostic equipment operation and data analysis

• Generate detailed report for internal and external customers

• Process verification and troubleshooting at various customer sites

• Design experiments, root cause analysis and detailed documentation for technical issues during development and troubleshooting

• Support transfer of technology to field staff and customers

• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Demonstrated hands-on experimental experience in a technical environment

• BS in chemical Engineering, material science or related field and 3 years of experience. Advanced degrees preferred but not necessary

• Excellent data analysis skills, including numerical and statistical analysis of data, treatment of experimental errors and graphical presentation of diverse datasets

• Excellent documentation and communications skill

• Generation of reports and presentations for internal and customer review

• Must be able to work independently under deadline pressure in a highly dynamic environment

• Flexible to work shifts that may include swing and weekends

• Must be able to work safely in a laboratory environment containing high-energy machinery and hazardous gases

• Must be able and willing to travel outside the US (20-50%) to customer sites for on-site process support as needed

Environmental, Health & Safety Requirements:

• Successful completion of required Safety training

• Remain informed about safety and health regulations affecting the operations of supervision

• Ensure each employee is able to safely complete each task to which he/she is assigned

• Investigate accidents and incidents that have occurred; identify the corrective action necessary to prevent a similar accident from occurring

• Ensure equipment and machines are maintained in safe operating condition

• Report to the Safety Officer any unsafe or unhealthy condition which cannot be corrected

• Follow all safety and health regulations and work practices, including personal protective equipment where applicable

Salary Range: $94,000-$123,420