A Highly Skilled Materials Analysis (SIMS) Technician is responsible for supporting Engineering to improve processes and solve problems through proficient use of analytical equipment, providing confident results based on material analysis and building up of the Materials Analysis team through training of other Materials Analysis Engineers and Technicians.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

•   Support Materials Analysis Engineering by performing a SIMS Materials Analysis workflow including sample preparation, tool setup, and data collection, with an emphasis on quality, efficiency and on-time to promise.
•   Leads projects and able to work many complex tasks simultaneously.
•   Prepares and publishes SIMS reports tailored to specific audiences.  
•   Maintain laboratory equipment to assure proper operation, reliable data generation, and maximum tool utility. 
•   Identifies developmental opportunities for the Materials Analysis team, creates training presentations and trains or coordinates training in order to mentor peers or technicians.  
•   Identifies opportunities to improve the existing procedures and processes.
•   Establish productive working relationships with the Materials Analysis team, our internal customers, and peers at other facilities.

Education & Experience

Requires a minimum of a 2 year degree with 4 years related experience, or a bachelor degree in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, and other related disciplines.

Skills & Other Requirements

•   MS office suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint and JMP.  
•   Expertise with SIMS or TOF-SIMS analysis for semiconductor wafers, optoelectronic wafers, substrate wafers, and other materials.
•   Strong communication skills and constructively resolving conflicts through problem solving.  
•   Strong interpersonal skills to be able to effectively collaborate, drive actions and generate solutions through cross-functional teams to achieve business unit and organizational objectives.
•   Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. 
•   Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.  

Working Conditions

•   Work in a laboratory controlled with specific temperature and low humidity specification requirements of the SIMS tools for extended periods.
•   Wear ESD attire (shoes, frocks, wrist strap, etc.)
•   Work with and/or around chemicals (such as IPA and Acetone)
•   Participating in team meetings including some outside typical work hours

Physical Requirements

•   Work 12 hour compressed shifts (alternate between 3 and 4 shifts per week).
•   Dexterity sufficient to cleave wafers.  
•   To  have  close  visual  acuity, with or without corrective lenses,  to  perform  an  activity  such  as:    preparing  and  analyzing  data  and  figures;  transcribing;  focusing microscopic images on a microscope or at  a  computer  terminal;  extensive  reading;  visual inspection  involving  small  defects,  small  parts,  and/or  operation  of  precision positioning probes; using  measurement devices; and/or assembly or destructive analysis of parts at distances close to the eyes.
•   Job requires expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word in English; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
•   Job requires perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and  having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine 
discriminations in sound.   
•   Be able to review and investigate using a microscope, which requires employee to bend forward at the waist or spine, up to 1 hour at a time.  
•   Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting and standing up to 4 hours at a time. 
•   Be able to walk considerable distances in the facility, sometimes with shoe covers, up to 500 meters, to reach other areas of the factory.  
•   Light work that includes moving objects up to 25lbs over short distances.
•   Occasionally able to kneel/crouch to reach objects below workstations, requires bending the legs and resting on the knees.  
•   The worker is subject to hazards:  Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to 
moving mechanical parts that can cause pinch hazards and exposure to chemicals.

Safety Requirements

All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corporate EHS standards.  The below additional safety precautions are required.  

•   Nitrile gloves for handling the following: IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol), acetone and wafers, die or any other parts submitted for analysis.  
•   Safety glasses and goggles (prescription or standard) to be used when handling the following: Cleaving wafers, pouring liquid nitrogen and cleaning with chemicals.  
•   Thermal Gloves for handling liquid nitrogen.
•   Face shield for handling liquid nitrogen or cleaning parts with chemicals.
•   Apron and chemical gloves for pouring chemicals.

Quality & Environmental Responsibilities

Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

Culture Commitment

Ensure adherence to company’s values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at II-VI:

Integrity – Create an Environment of Trust
Collaboration – Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas
Accountability – Own the Process and the Outcome 
Respect – Recognize the Value in Everyone
Enthusiasm – Find a Sense of Purpose in Work