Director, Process Engineer – Dry Etch

About the Role Intel is seeking a Director, Process Engineer – Dry Etch within the Manufacturing Development and Customer Engineering (MDCE) organization. This role leads dry etch process engineering to drive technology development, process capability, and manufacturability across advanced CMOS technologies, including development, optimization, and sustaining of dry etch processes across modules such as plasma etch, reactive ion etch (RIE), atomic layer etch (ALE), conductor etch, dielectric etch, thermal etch, and related post-etch treatment or clean processes. What You'll Do

• Define and execute process experiments, analyze data, resolve tool and process issues, partner with cross-functional stakeholders, and deliver robust etch solutions that meet Intel foundry technology roadmap requirements.
• Drive safety, quality, performance, throughput, process capability, profile control, critical dimension uniformity (CDU), selectivity, lower defectivity, improved yield, and lower cost for dry etch processes, especially for new or transferred processes.
• Partner with internal organizations, factory teams, and external suppliers to meet Intel foundry customer needs on schedule.
• Support process development, transfer, optimization, and sustaining activities that deliver significant yield improvement, performance enhancement, defect reduction, variation reduction, and cost improvement for multiple technology nodes.
• Work with teams across Integration, Lithography, Thin Films, Cleans, Yield, Defect Metrology, and suppliers to deliver modular solutions that meet technology targets. What We're Looking For
• Strong technical depth in dry etch fundamentals, plasma chemistry, etch mechanisms, profile control, CDU, and related process physics.
• Expertise in plasma processing, etch equipment, process integration, and metrology interpretation.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and external suppliers to deliver robust solutions that align with technology roadmap.
• Demonstrated capability to develop, transfer, optimize, and sustain processes in a high-volume manufacturing environment.