Domain
Process Engineering
Process engineers own lithography, etch, deposition, CMP or diffusion modules inside a fab, driving yield and reliability.
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Daily work
- Monitor process control charts
- Run DOEs on tools
- Yield excursion analysis
- Work with equipment vendors
Required skills
- Semiconductor physics
- Statistical process control
- Materials science
- Cleanroom discipline
Career roadmap
- Device physics
- Fabrication steps
- SPC & DOE
- Module ownership
Future scope
India's new fabs (Dholera, Sanand, Assam) create a first-generation process engineering workforce.
Learning path for Process Engineering
Beginner roadmap
- Semiconductor devices
- Unit processes
- Metrology
- Yield engineering
Recommended books
- Silicon VLSI Technology — Plummer
- Fundamentals of Semiconductor Fabrication — Sze
Practice projects
- TCAD simulation of a MOSFET
- SPC dashboard on sample fab data