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Senior Process Engineer - Dry Etch

Aleron
United States, California, Newport Beach
Dec 17, 2025
Description Acara Solutions is hiring a Senior Process Engineer for our Newport Beach client's Dry Etch department. This is a full time direct hire position with great benefits. Salary: 100-150k Overview: Sustain, improve, and develop etch processes in a volume manufacturing facility. Partner with Operations, Equipment Engineering Support, Integration, and R&D to deliver products on time to customer specification. Interface with global counterparts to benchmark and improve etch processes and procedures company wide. Create and/or modify operations specifications. Responsibilities: Sustaining and improving etch processes in a high volume manufacturing environment. Monitoring and controlling etch processes, troubleshooting yield problems, developing process enhancements, and implementing new processes to address quality and bottleneck situations. Installing and qualifying new tools and process technologies. Supporting process and technology transfers. Participating in troubleshooting taskforces as needed and helping develop solutions that prevent recurrence. Supporting Integration team and Quality organization to ensure technologies meet all qualification and reliability requirements. Using lean manufacturing and six sigma processes. Job Requirements Required Skills / Qualifications: Either B.S. Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Solid State Physics, Electrical Engineering, or other relevant engineering physical science discipline is required. Preferred Skills / Qualifications: Prefer minimum 5 years etch process engineering experience with B.S. Degree or 3 years' experience with advanced degree. Demonstrated expertise with TEL Unity, AMAT DPS, MXP and/or LAM2300, 9400, 9600 etch tools and processes. Demonstrated expertise with Akrion, DNS, SEZ, and/or Semitool wet etch tools and processes. Knowledge of PROMIS wip management software and JMP Statistical analysis software. Six sigma certification Demonstrated knowledge of etch principles, theories, concepts, and techniques. Ability to execute definable portions of a project or lead own small projects. Ability to use knowledge to provide solutions to a variety of difficult problems. Strong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and able to react to shifting priorities to meet business needs Experience with design of experiment techniques and data analysis Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments Excellent interpersonal skills, energetic, and self starter Outstanding communication skills - both written and verbal Demonstrated ability to work well within a global team or environment Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran. Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status. Apply