Systems Engineer 4

About Mattson

Company: Mattson Technology, Inc., a 38-year Silicon Valley company, designs, manufactures, markets, and globally supports plasma and rapid thermal processing equipment to fabricate integrated circuits for the global semiconductor industry.

Mattson Technology, Inc. offers processing equipment that utilizes innovative technologies to deliver advanced processing capabilities and high productivity for the fabrication of current and next-generation integrated circuits. Our equipment and technologies are used by leading memory and logic, analog /power device manufacturers worldwide. Innovations from Mattson Technology in Atomic Surface Engineering address the most critical logic and memory manufacturing challenges.

In May 2016, Mattson Technology was acquired by Beijing’s E-Town Capital. Our new investor’s vision is that Mattson Technology, with its Silicon Valley DNA, will continue to operate as a global, market-driven technology provider serving worldwide semiconductor manufacturing customers. In July, 2025, the company successfully listed in Shanghai’s STAR Exchange. As the external trade compliance environment evolves, Mattson Technology now operates independently from the parent company in product, business, and operations, serving customers outside of China.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform process/hardware characterization for process development/enhancement

• Perform various diagnostic measurements such as particles, metal contamination, etc.

• Measure or interface with analytical vendors for measurement, on hardware pieces in dimension, surface morphology, composition, etc.

• Data analysis and summary for identifying root cause during troubleshooting, and improvement during development/CIP projects

• Work closely with Lab Team and Etch Process on lab tool and process baseline.

• Communicate with customers to stay updated with the customers processes for hardware improvement characterization.

• Operate on Lab tools, test and identify hardware pieces that have the most impact to process and system performance.

• Publish results internally and externally

• Support transfer of solution to field and support activities at key customer accounts.

• Carry out company product development plan in different phases of product release, documentation, etc.

• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• BS/MS in engineering fields such as mechanical, electrical, chemical, or physical sciences such as physics, material science

• Data analysis skills, including numerical and statistical analysis of data, treatment of experimental errors and graphical presentation of diverse (potentially multidimensional) datasets.

• Problem solving skills at a system level.

• Cross functional communication and co-ordination skills to work with multiple functional teams.

• Must be able to work independently under deadline pressure in a dynamic environment.

• Must be able to work safely in a laboratory environment containing high-energy machinery and hazardous gases

• Must be able and willing to travel outside the US 10%

• May be required to lift up to 25 pounds

Salary Range: $127,000 - $174,420