Identify, select, and evaluate new process, equipment and/or technology to support current and future requirements for BEOL area
- Define, development and establish new process, equipment design and/or capability requirements aligned to Process and Packaging Roadmap
- Develop and engage creative solution for new process, equipment capabilities and/or solution to identified constraints or future technology requirements
- Work with equipment suppliers to develop new capability
- Actively participate in Package Development Engineering activities
- Conduct equipment benchmarking to establish the equipment suppliers and platforms for current and future need
- Create decision matrix for equipment and material selection
Installation and qualification of new equipment platform and handover to production group (pilot line setup)
- Plan/submit capital request to acquire new Equipment
- Create purchasing specification (Doc2) document
- Establish the new equipment qualification criteria and activities roadmap with respective functional team
- Establish project handover requirements and procedures upon machine qualification
- Prepare documentation for handing over with respective site owner
- Conduct data gathering for low volume production
- Conduct training for Site representatives/personnel
- Establish the feedback loop for Continuous Improvement after mass volume production
Define, improve and/or maintain a matrix of key equipment platform capability and constraints (TOR - Tool of Records) on current and new equipment platform
- Maintain and regularly update the TOR, with inputs from local or other assembly site
- Maintain general knowledge of process and material characteristics and translate to equipment design requirement
- Search continually for new equipment or suppliers with improved or new capability that is aligned to Process/Packaging need
Collaborate with production group on upgrades of existing production equipment through continuous improvement projects
- Maintain knowledge of design constraints and weakness of existing platform
- Participate in the continuous improvement projects involving equipment improvement and upgrades
