About the role
Principal Engineer – Process Development, Cell Film, NAND role based on the published job description. Key responsibilities and requirements were extracted directly from the posting for quick review.
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Key Responsibilities
- The Principal Engineer provides technical leadership for Cell Film process development, defining technical direction, fostering innovation, and ensuring successful integration of new processes into manufacturing to enable next-generation NAND device scaling.
- Defines and implements technical strategy
- Leads cross-functional teams
- Owns end-to-end module development with manufacturability/scalability readiness.
- Resolves complex technical challenges with business impact and drives transfer and ramp readiness into high-volume manufacturing.
- MainResponsibilities Strategy, Roadmap & Technical Direction Define and implement technical strategy for cell film process development aligned to business and technologyobjectives.
Requirements
- Minimum Qualifications / Experience PhD≥5yrs, or Master's ≥7yrs, or Bachelor's ≥10yrs of relevant experience in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field, With experience in thin film R&D for microelectronic devise, with a proventrack recordof leading complextechnologydevelopment Must-Have Technical Skills Deep hands-onexpertisein ALD/CVD thin film processes for 3D NAND cell applications, including process development, optimization, and sustainment in manufacturing.
- Strong understanding of process–device interactions , scaling challenges, and reliability behavior, with the ability to diagnose film-related performance and yield issues.
- Proven ability to drive materials, chemistry, and process improvements (including tool-related optimizations) through structured experimentation and cross-functional collaboration.
- Proficient in DOE, SPC, and data analytics tooptimizeprocesses and resolve complex issues, while serving as a technical lead/mentor across process, integration, and manufacturing teams.
- Must-Have Soft Skills Structured problem-solving and learning agility in an R&D environment.
- Clear communication and cross-functional collaboration.