Process Integration Project Leader / Project Manager - Platform Efficiency Team 

What you will do

• Work in the Platform Efficiency Department as a Project Leader or Project Manager, depending on your experience level.  
• Be the Team Leader for one of two small semiconductor Process Integration focused teams in the Platform Efficiency Department.   
  
  • Either the Transistor Platform Team, or the BEOL & Beyond Platform Team (loosely FEOL platforms vs. BEOL + 3D Integration platforms).   
  • Manage the team members' performance and ensure project goals and department goals are met. Be responsible for performance review, salary adjustment, and employee growth. 
• Lead semiconductor Process Integration activities – both as an experienced process integration individual contributor, and as a project leader / coach for less experienced integration members. 
• Manage the assigned projects for your team.  The project list will be taken from the list below: 
  
  • Full flow platformization of a wide range of flows.  The activity touches a diverse range of programs, from very advanced CMOS, Memory, 3D integration, and Tech Transfer needs.  Take the basic research flow and status, and drive improvement in consistency, uniformity, and stability.  Perform single and dual factor margin tests, drive defectivity improvement. 
  • Module Maturity activity: work on Modules which are in advanced pathfinding flows, to support local improvements to module stability and repeatability. These are flows which are immature enough that the whole flow cannot be ‘platformized’,  
  • Platform Modules: working on small modules which are used across several programs at IMEC.  Determine the optimal processes and conditions to provide consistently effective results, utilizing windowing and process margin understanding. 
• Be responsible for the progress of the project, working in a matrix organization. 
• Help define the goals and schedule of the projects.  Set high level schedule, deliverables, and ensure resource allocation for proper execution.   
• Manage technical issue resolution.  Discuss with process teams, device, and other integration members to scope, review, and define process to solve technical hurdles. 
• Leverage your experience to window and margin test modules, working to establish optimal settings which work across major program families which are inherently dissimilar, and have their own unique needs. 
• Communicate status and issues to your peers, customers, as well as the management team at imec.   

What we do for you

We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will determine the society of tomorrow.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth. 

We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits. 

Who you are

• Experience in the Semiconductor sector is required, with expertise in Process Integration.
• Minimum Master's Degree in Engineering or other science-based field. 
• 7+ years of experience in a production or development environment required. 
  
  • Candidates with only post-doctoral experience will not be considered. 
• Logic, memory device or 3D Integration Engineering direct experience with 300mm processes. 
• Demonstrated project leadership experience for integration problems.  Successfully leading projects from plan to execution, working through issues and challenges. Contributing technically, as an individual expert, to those projects as well. 
• Personality and temperament to lead a team of high performing engineers. 
• Ability to work with the team to set priorities, define project assignments, manage progress of the team members.  Act as a technical guide in cases of technical challenges, while utilizing the extensive background of the team members as well. 
• Good communication and interaction with the other groups within the department, as well as with other departments and Fab Operations, is a major requirement for this job.  
• You are outgoing. You enjoy taking initiative, and you are persuasive and assertive, while keeping a constructive attitude.  
• Working across diverse projects appeals to you. 
• Ability to draw conclusions from limited data, make suggestions on how to validate assumptions and conclusions. 
• Given the international character of imec, excellent English verbal and written communication skills are required to be effective in this position.  
• Willingness to relocate physically to Leuven, Belgium. 

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