Senior Application Scientist/Lead

Req. #

2024-16472

Position Type

Employee

Bruker Semiconductor Division

OVERVIEW:

Bruker’s BNSM Division is the leader in advanced AFM, WLI (White Light Interferometry), Photomask Repair and X-ray technologies including XRR (X-ray reflectometry), XRF (X-ray fluorescence), XRD (X-ray diffraction), XRDI (X-ray diffraction imaging), XCD (X-ray Critical dimension), and & NI (Nano Indentation) technologies. Our customers’ reputations and success depend on our passion for solving their most complex measurement problems.

We are looking for a talented scientist and project lead to join our Korea semiconductor team to introduce and support WLI (White Light Interferometry) metrology systems.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Play a project lead role for WLI product and work with Sales/Application staff to ensure product success during JEP, installation, setup, and new application development.
• Primary customer applications expert for WLI metrology.
• Manage Project engagement and progress at customer sites.
• Provides technical expertise through customer consultation, product demonstrations, installation, and maintenance of company products.
• Assists customers with assessing potential applications to meet process metrology needs and preparing detailed product specifications for the development and implementation of customer applications/solutions.
• May build an application based on customer requirements to demonstrate feasibility of the application, often requiring rapid prototyping and/or product demo for client.
• May provide software development and consultation to prospective users and/or product capability assessment and validation.
• Support of the core WLI engineering and production teams in qualification of new technologies, algorithms, methodologies, software, and hardware features.
• Ensures that the product application/solution is functioning according to specifications including source inspection of the tools prior to shipment and following installation.
• May provide follow-up support to company sales staff and customer personnel by disseminating technical information on specific applications.
• Will work with our customers from prior to the sale, through delivery and installation.
• Work in close cooperation with our factory engineers and scientists.

EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Degree in material science, chemical engineering, chemistry, or physics (B.Sc. minimum, M.Sc. or PhD is preferred).
2. Prior experience in a semiconductor fab, preferably with semiconductor metrology systems.
3. Familiarity with metrology and characterization techniques (preferably hands-on work and results analysis). Experience in optical film analysis of the different metrology techniques preferred.
4. Experience as application engineer on Optical metrology technology (WLI) is a plus.
5. Good knowledge of statistics and data analysis.
6. Fluent in English and experience in technical writing

7. Demonstrated oral & written communications and interpersonal relationship skills, particularly intercultural skills, strong customer orientation.
8. Ability to work and be creative under pressure and with tight deadlines.
9. Self-organized and self-disciplined. Ability to work alone and within a team environment to solve problems. Experience working in the semiconductor industry and familiarity with problem analysis and troubleshooting techniques.

Position is located at Korea/Cheonan, Hwasung, and Icheon.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Prior experience working in a semiconductor fab as an employee or supplier.
• Positive “can do” attitude, a highly motivated self-starter.
• Relishes working in a performance-driven environment
• Very strong interpersonal skills and ability to interface with internal and external customers and support groups within Bruker
• Resourceful, proactive, meticulous.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to achieve shared goals, but also equally comfortable working independently when required.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Goal oriented with good track record in achieving targets.
• Strong technical background - able to understand the problems that our customers are trying to solve, understanding of the customer’s current and future metrology requirements, and able to recommend new metrology opportunities to Bruker.
• Solid understanding of semiconductor metrology requirements.
• Able to travel internationally on short notice. Expect 50% - 80% travel. Main work site is customer’s designated area like Cheonan & Hwasung (Samsung) and Icheon (SKHynix).

Bruker is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Certain positions at Bruker require compliance with export control laws and as a result, all interviewed candidates for all positions will be screened pre-interview to determine their eligibility in light of export control restrictions.