Job Description
Job Overview:
For more than 50 years, Photronics has been a global leader in photomask technology, powering the innovation behind the world’s most advanced devices. Our success is built on collaboration, quality, and the dedication of our people.
Join Photronics and be part of a collaborative, high-tech manufacturing environment where learning, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement are core to everything we do.
We are hiring a Process Integration (NPI) Engineer is responsible for the successful introduction of new photomask products, technologies, and customer designs from development through high-volume manufacturing. This role owns end-to-end mask process integration, ensuring seamless interaction between data prep, writing, etch, inspection, repair, and final quality while meeting CD, overlay, defectivity, cycle time, and cost targets.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical depth in photomask processes, disciplined change control, and the ability to operate in a high-mix, low-volume, precision manufacturing environment where first-pass success is critical.
Location: Photronics – Boise, ID (US). This is an on-site position, and we are not open to remote candidates currently.
Travel: Less than 5%.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end process integration for new photomask products across logic, memory, analog, and test applications.
- Serve as the primary technical owner from customer tape-in through qualification and production ramp.
- Optimize process flows, window specifications, and control strategies.
- Drive first-time-right execution for new nodes, layers, and mask architectures.
- Interface across all mask fabrication modules including MDP/OPC/fracture, writing, resist processing, etch, metrology, inspection, repair, and final QA/shipment.
- Identify and resolve cross-module handoff gaps that impact yield, quality, or cycle time.
- Lead root cause analysis for NPI yield loss, CD errors, registration issues, and defect excursions.
Qualification
- Hands-on experience with lithography process development and troubleshooting in a cleanroom or manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of photolithography and patterning processes.
- Ability to interpret large datasets and drive actionable insights.
- 5–7 years of hands-on experience in semiconductor manufacturing, photolithography, photomask engineering.
- 3+ years of experience in semiconductor, photomask, or advanced microfabrication manufacturing, with direct experience in photolithography or patterning processes.
- Experience with inspection, defect analysis, or yield engineering.
- Experience with SPC, data analysis, and root cause methodologies.
- Familiarity with Cleanroom operations.
- Experience qualifying new tools, materials, or recipes in R&D and/or high-volume manufacturing, a plus.
- Experience with scripting, automation, or data analysis tools, a plus.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
Why Photronics
- Be part of a global technology leader driving innovation for the world’s biggest tech companies.
- Work in a collaborative, growth-focused environment where your expertise will have a real impact.
- Enjoy stability, challenge, and opportunity at a company with more than 50 years of proven success.
- Competitive salary and annual bonus program.
- Equity compensation eligibility.
- Full suite of health and welfare benefits.
- 401k with company match.
Equal Opportunity Statement: We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for team members’ disabilities and religious beliefs or practices.
Agency Notice: Photronics does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach from search firms or employment agencies. Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee regarding this opening. Resumes submitted outside of our approved agency engagement process will be considered the sole property of Photronics, and no fees will be paid if such candidates are hired. Only agencies with a valid agreement in place with Photronics and assigned to this role may submit candidates.
