Technical Associate - Research & Development

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Job description

Technical Associate R&D
External ID # 7918
Marlborough, MA- ON SITE
12 month W2 contract (with potential to extend or transition to perm)
Pay rate: $30-35/hour - Depending on Education and Experience

Summary:
Our client's Electronics & Industrial (E&I) Advanced Circuits and Packaging (ACP) is seeking a talented, eager to learn associate investigator for its advanced packaging lab and fab facility in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

The Advanced Circuits and Packaging team develops new products that address technical challenges in the semiconductor packaging industry, supporting well-known, industry-leading fabricators producing world-class semiconductor devices. This role is suited for individuals with experience in lab operations and ideally in clean room environments performing formulation, fab coating, thermal analysis, lamination, and material testing.
This position is on a team comprising scientists and engineers developing new material product formulations, new processing methods, and device makers fabricating new devices.

• This role will require hands-on execution of lab and clean room processing of material formulations, including coating, exposure, develop, cure, metrology and analysis of wafer-level and panel-level material processing.
• Work to formulate new materials for testing, thermal analysis and sampling will also be required.
• These activities will support process window development, performance optimization, integration troubleshooting, and formulation development across multiple steps of semiconductor fabrication.
• An ideal candidate will also have introductory organic synthesis skills to support material development as well as previous fab operation exposure.

Responsibilities:

• Associate investigator focusing on panel and wafer-level processing techniques, comfortable with exploring advanced/non-standard methods for unique applications
• Adept at hands-on lab work, creative thinking, problem solving in a unique and fast-paced laboratory environment
• Assume responsibility for execution of project workflows, such as laminations, coatings, lithography and cure techniques, as well as thermal and mechanical analysis.
• Support additional prototyping and optimization development initiatives relevant to strategic goals as they arrive.
• Create, maintain, and leverage close relationships with internal analytical collaborators to drive characterization and performance data collection and analysis.
• Clearly and concisely communicate research to team members of varying technical backgrounds
• Donstrate ability to work well on cross-functional and global teams with personnel at multiple levels, including Asia-based customers and commercial points of contact

Skills/Requirements:
Required

• B.S. or Associate degree in a technical or scientific field with industrial lab experience with clean room + wafer level processing methods & tools.
• 1-2 years hands-on industrial experience in semiconductor fab or similar environment
• Familiarity with material characterization, wafer-level metrology and/or thin film analysis
• Experience with thermal and mechanical analysis tools and techniques
• English fluency

Education/Experience:

• Education: B.S. or associates degree in chemistry, physics, engineering or materials science
• Previous cross-functional or global project experience in semiconductors is desirable

What's In It For You?
We welcome you to be a part of one of the largest global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh's network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh's extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh's vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you.

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
• 401K Retirement Saving Plan
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Direct Deposit & weekly ePayroll
• Employee Discount Programs
• Referral Bonus Programs

Estimated Min Rate: $24.30
Estimated Max Rate: $34.72

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Visit to contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.

For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.

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