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R&D Process Engineer Electroplating (all genders) // Job-ID: 215 - 1

Permanent employee, Full-time · VILLACH
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Your future responsibilities
As an R&D Process Engineer, you will take on challenging and responsible tasks with corresponding decision-making scope. You will work independently across all required activities, continuously expand your skill set, and contribute to the growing success of the team. 


Your responsibilities include:

  • Ownership of electroplating equipment and processes within a semiconductor R&D FAB

  • Manage the ramp-up and qualification of a new electroplating tool

  • Develop and optimize new electroplating processes

  • Ensure stable equipment operation and process performance

  • Collaborate closely with research teams within SAL to fabricatestate-of-the-art research vehicles


Your profile

  • Minimum BSc degree in a relevant engineering field, or equivalent professional experience

  • Minimum of 5 years of industry experience as a Process Engineer (excluding university education or postdoctoral research)

  • Proven hands-on experience with equipment operation and process development in a cleanroom environment

  • Solid expertise in electroplating processes; experience in process development is a strong advantage

  • Additional experience in other process engineering areas, especially CMP, is an advantage

  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills combined with a creative approach to developing innovative solutions

  • Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams

  • Excellent command of written and spoken English

  • Willingness to relocate to Austria

Important Facts about SAL
  • Diverse research activities with many technical challenges.
  • State-of-the-art laboratory facilities and equipment. 
  • Location in the heart of Europe in Austria 
  • Internal and external training opportunities for career development.
  • Home office in Austria (max. 40%) and work from anywhere in the European Union possible (< 25%).
  • Family & children friendly - actively shaping the compatibility of family and career.
  • “Vital4SAL” to promote a healthy workplace (e.g. SAL coaching pool, trainings on mental health, physical activities, healthy snacks, 24/7 accident insurance)
  • € 4 per day meal allowance in restaurants or € 2 per working day in supermarkets.
  • Public transport initiative (subsidy for the “Klimaticket”) 
  • Our values: Open door policy, flexibility in working hours, casual dress code, diverse teams, working with people of different nationalities, informal communication, lifelong learning, compatibility of family and career, sustainability, personal growth, and collective advancement.

This position is subject to the Collective Agreement for employees in non-university research (Research CA) starting in occupational group E. We offer competitive salaries and additional benefits based on your experience and qualifications. For this position, your minimum monthly salary starts with EUR 3.963, paid 14 times a year.

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About us

Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) is a top research center for Electronics and Software Based Systems (ESBS). At three locations (Graz, Villach, Linz), SAL is conducting research along the entire ESBS value chain in the areas of sensor systems, power electronics, intelligent wireless systems, microsystems and embedded systems to develop future-oriented solutions for industrial production, health, energy, mobility, safety and more. SAL brings together key players from industry, science and research and thus valuable expertise and know-how and conducts cooperative, application-oriented research along the value chain. Cooperative projects are co-financed by SAL and enable a fast and unbureaucratic project start. SAL is thus shaping the high-tech location Austria and Europe and developing the future 
 
Innovation is our top priority and so are our employees. We are a family-friendly company and support the compatibility of work and family as much as possible. That is why we have been awarded the Work and Family Certificate until 2026. But we are constantly working on new measures to offer our employees an environment where they feel good, healthy and motivated.

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Deine zukünftigen Aufgaben
As an R&D Process Engineer, you will take on challenging and responsible tasks with corresponding decision-making scope. You will work independently across all required activities, continuously expand your skill set, and contribute to the growing success of the team. 


Your responsibilities include:
  • Ownership of electroplating equipment and processes within a semiconductor R&D FAB
  • Manage the ramp-up and qualification of a new electroplating tool
  • Develop and optimize new electroplating processes
  • Ensure stable equipment operation and process performance
  • Collaborate closely with research teams within SAL to fabricatestate-of-the-art research vehicles
Dein Profil
  • Minimum BSc degree in a relevant engineering field, or equivalent professional experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of industry experience as a Process Engineer (excluding university education or postdoctoral research)
  • Proven hands-on experience with equipment operation and process development in a cleanroom environment
  • Solid expertise in electroplating processes; experience in process development is a strong advantage
  • Additional experience in other process engineering areas, especially CMP, is an advantage
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills combined with a creative approach to developing innovative solutions
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
  • Excellent command of written and spoken English
  • Willingness to relocate to Austria
Wichtige Fakten über SAL
  • Diverse research activities with many technical challenges.
  • State-of-the-art laboratory facilities and equipment. 
  • Location in the heart of Europe in Austria 
  • Internal and external training opportunities for career development.
  • Home office in Austria (max. 40%) and work from anywhere in the European Union possible (< 25%).
  • Family & children friendly - actively shaping the compatibility of family and career.
  • “Vital4SAL” to promote a healthy workplace (e.g. SAL coaching pool, trainings on mental health, physical activities, healthy snacks, 24/7 accident insurance)
  • € 4 per day meal allowance in restaurants or € 2 per working day in supermarkets.
  • Public transport initiative (subsidy for the “Klimaticket”) 
  • Our values: Open door policy, flexibility in working hours, casual dress code, diverse teams, working with people of different nationalities, informal communication, lifelong learning, compatibility of family and career, sustainability, personal growth, and collective advancement.
This position is subject to the Collective Agreement for employees in non-university research (Research CA) starting in occupational group E. We offer competitive salaries and additional benefits based on your experience and qualifications. For this position, your minimum monthly salary starts with EUR 3.963, paid 14 times a year.
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Über uns
 
Silicon Austria Labs GmbH (SAL) ist Österreichs Spitzenforschungszentrum für elektronikbasierte Systeme – sie sind das technologische Rückgrat der Digitalisierung. An den Standorten Graz, Villach und Linz wird in den Bereichen Sensor Systems, Power Electronics, Intelligent Wireless Systems, Microsystems und Embedded Systems an zukunftsweisenden Lösungen für Umweltschutz, Gesundheit, Energie, Mobilität und Sicherheit geforscht. SAL bringt dabei wesentliche Akteure aus Industrie und Wissenschaft und damit wertvolle Expertise und Know-how zusammen und betreibt kooperative, anwendungsorientierte Forschung entlang der Wertschöpfungskette. Kooperative Projekte werden von SAL kofinanziert und ermöglichen einen unbürokratischen und schnellen Projektstart. Damit gestaltet SAL den Hochtechnologiestandort Österreich und Europa und entfaltet die Zukunft.
 
Innovation steht bei uns an erster Stelle, und das gilt auch für unsere Mitarbeiter*innen. Wir sind ein familienfreundliches Unternehmen und unterstützen die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie so weit wie möglich. Deshalb sind wir bis 2026 mit dem Zertifikat "Beruf und Familie" ausgezeichnet worden. Aber wir arbeiten ständig an neuen Maßnahmen, um unseren Mitarbeitern ein Umfeld zu bieten, in dem sie sich wohlfühlen, gesund und motiviert sind.
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