Plastic Logic, the leader in flexible display technology, is developing a series of end-user products for the e-Reader market. These products will be based on Plastic Logic´s award-winning technologically breakthrough plastic displays. These products will be available in market in 2010. Plastic Logic´s teams are located in California, UK, and Germany. Manufacturing, engineering and process integration is based in Dresden, Germany.
The city of Dresden is at the heart of high-tech manufacturing in Europe and the leading center for the plastic electronics revolution in "Silicon Saxony". Dresden is enriched with modern, cultural offerings and history in the capital of the federal state of Saxony in Germany with beautiful surrounding countryside and easy access to the major European centers. Dresden is only about two hours away from Berlin.
Our business environment is fast pased, dynamic, and rewarding. We are looking for people with a passion for start-ups and new technologie.
To apply for one of the following jobs, please send a cover letter with your salary expectations, your CV in English and a complete set of certificates to JobsInGermany@plasticlogic.com. Please include the job title in the subject line.
Open Positions for Engineers:
Senior Reliability Engineer (m/f) New
Defect Density Engineer (m/f) New
Inline Metrology Engineer (m/f) New
Reliability Engineer - Organic Polymers (m/f)
Open Positions for Shift Team:
Job purpose is to assess and ensure long term reliability of PL display end product
and cooperate with process and product development, process integration, process
engineering, FA lab, yield enhancement group and IT across all sites. The Senior
Reliability Engineer has responsibility for organisation of the reliability lab, for
reliability engineers and reliability lab technicians.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Strategic planning of reliability methodology, equipment and staff,
- Budget planning and lab representation to external and internal cooperation partners,
- Definition, Planning and Performance of reliability tests regarding split lot evaluation, reliability monitoring, acceleration factor determination, test conditions, test equipment characterization,
- Evaluation of test results based on own experiments and split lot experiments,
- Initiation of failure analysis for deeper understanding of failure mechanisms,
- Delivery of reliability test reports as feedback to interacting functions,
- Development of Product Screening strategy together with test engineering,
- Regular reporting of reliability base line status.
Competencies:
- Expert knowledge in semiconductor physics, reliability methodology and stress mechanisms as well on device level (transistors, dielectrics, metallisation) as on product level (electrical, thermal, climatic, mechanical and combined stress testing),
- Good knowledge of reliability models (activation energies, acceleration factors etc.) and statistical data analysis mathematics and tools,
- Knowledge of international standards for electrical and optical test and environmental stress tests of organic displays,
- Good IT skills,
- Degree with at least five years’ experience in process development or reliability tests,
- Leadership of cross functional and cross site reliability improvement teams,
- Organisational skills and continuous improvement approach,
- Good problem-solving skills and the ability to approach process issues in a structured manner under pressure and with tight deadlines.
Of further advantage:
- Basic knowledge of properties and peculiarities of organic semiconductors (charge carrier, doping mechanisms, surface effects, decomposition),
- Processability of polymer solutions and polymer substrates,
- Basic knowledge in polymer synthetics and polymer structuring,
- Fluent in German and English.
Role Description:
Job purpose is to continuously reduce the defect density in the display production
line in Dresden.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Provide defect detection solution and an effective inline scan strategy for a successful defect reduction,
- Recipe creation and optimisation,
- Analyze defect trends to determine the source of defect, shut down affected process tool in a timely manner,
- Initiate inline defect partition study for defect source and root cause analysis,
- Close collaboration with process, integration and equipment engineers for defect reduction and yield improvement,
- Work with vendors on inspection tool evaluation and upgrade to support technical needs,
- CD and Overlay measurements,
- Training of engineers and technicians.
Competencies:
- Expert knowledge in defect inspection strategies and tools,
- Good knowledge of inline metrology (e.g. ellipsometry, 4 point probe,…),
- Degree with at least three years’ of relevant experience,
- Excellent IT skills,
- Good knowledge of a semiconductor production line and process,
- Leadership of cross functional defect reduction teams,
- Organisational skills and continuous improvement approach,
- Good problem-solving skills and the ability to approach process issues in, a structured manner under pressure and with tight deadlines,
- Fluent in German and English.
Inline Metrology Engineer (m/f)
Role Description:
Job purpose is to continuously monitor and improve the stability of the display
production line in Dresden with various inline metrology methods (e.g. ellipsometry,
four point probe, defect density,…).
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Provide inline metrology solutions for an effective monitoring of the production line,
- Analyze parameter trends to determine the source of excursions, shut down affected process tool in a timely manner,
- Close collaboration with process, integration and equipment engineers
- to improve the stability of the line and
- to support optimisation and development of new processes and tools,
- Work with vendors on metrology tool evaluation and upgrade to support technical needs,
- Evaluation of new metrology methods suitable for organic electronic,
- Training of engineers and technicians.
Competencies:
- Expert knowledge of metrology strategies and tools,
- Good knowledge of defect density engineering,
- Degree with at least three years’ of relevant experience,
- Excellent IT and statistics skills,
- SPC,
- Good knowledge of a semiconductor production line and process,
- Leadership of cross functional teams,
- Organisational skills and continuous improvement approach,
- Good problem-solving skills and the ability to approach process issues in, a structured manner under pressure and with tight deadlines,
- Fluent in German and English.
Equipment Engineer (m/f)
Role Description:
An Equipment Engineer plays a key role in the equipment engineering and maintenance of Plastic Logic’s brand new and partially customized. The role will also require involvement in equipment development and automation, as well as setting up and ramping up of production on the new tools. The focus of the Equipment Engineer is to guarantee the tool up-time in the Dresden manufacturing line. He will be expected to technically support the manufacturing team and also plan, execute and document maintenance, service and calibration activities as well as trouble shooting.
The position requires working in clean room area for significant time (75% on daily basis) of working hours. The Equipment Engineer reports to the Director of Manufacturing. The role will be based in Dresden. However occasional international business travel may also be required.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- To ensure up-time of wet coating equipments in the Dresden manufacturing line,
- To troubleshoot and repair state-of-the-art and customized equipment (electrical and mechanical components),
- To establish a close relationship with tool suppliers,
- To plan, coordinate and execute service, maintenance and calibration,
- To provide technical training of the relevant technicians,
- Working close together with the Test and Process Engineers in terms of test development, continuous improvements and adaption on further product requirements,
- To issue and realize equipment improvement program (cycle time, up time, total cost of ownership etc.),
- Support and do mechanical CAD.
Competencies:
- Degree (Dipl.-Ing. Elektrotechnik/Elektronik/Feinwerktechnik) and qualified with at least 5 years of experience in area of wet coating equipment used in electronics and semiconductor industries,
- Chemical backround required.
- Experience in equipment installation, ramp-up and continuous improvement in mass production environment,
- Expertise in troubleshooting and bug fixing up to component level on complex systems,
- The ability to analyze and solve equipment issues using standardized methods,
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels,
- Experience in 2D or 3D CAD system, AutoCad preferred,
- Fluent in German and English,
- Programming language skills, e.g. LabView.
Schichtleiter (m/f)
Wir suchen ab sofort Unterstützung im Produktionsbereich:
Aufgaben:
- Leitung, Organisation, Lenkung und Überwachung eines Schichtteams (ca. 20-25 Personen),
- Verantwortung für das Erreichen von Produktionsvorgaben unter Beachtung von Qualitäts- und Sicherheitsrichtlinien, insb. auch der Reinraumordnung,
- Technische Überwachung und Steuerung des Produktionsprozesses, einschließlich technischer Mitarbeit,
- Koordination und Vorbereitung von Instandhaltungsarbeiten an produktionstechnischen Anlagen,
- Führung und Motivation einer Schicht,
- Aktive Teilnahme an leistungsbezogenen und disziplinarischen Mitarbeitergesprächen,
- Strukturierte Einarbeitung von neuem Personal sowie stetige Weiterbildung und Förderung des Teams,
- Kontinuierliche Analyse und Optimierung der Prozesse, insbesondere Verringerung von Ausschuss, Ausfallzeiten und Behebung von Stillstandursachen,
- Administrative Aufgaben hinsichtlich Personaleinsatz und Dokumentation der Betriebsdaten.
Anforderungen:
- Technischer Ausbildungsberuf,
- Mindestens 3 Jahre Berufserfahrung als Schichtleiter in Produktionslinien der Halbleiter- oder Elektronikindustrie wünschenswert,
- Erfahrungen in Fertigungsausführungssystemen wünschenswert,
- Gute Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift,
- Kenntnisse in MS-Office,
- Teamfähigkeit.
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