Overlay Metrology Engineer

International Business Machines Corp

Albany, NY

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Automation, Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Data Analysis, Diffraction, Metrology, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Operational Control, Operational Strategy, Performance Metrics, Process Improvement, Quality Metrics, Reporting Skills, Root Cause Analysis, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Technical Presentation, Trend Analysis
LOCATION
Albany, NY
POSTED
30+ days ago
  • Monitor and analyze overlay KPIs through daily performance readouts and weekly reports, identifying trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
  • Provide real‑time line support for overlay metrology operations, addressing spec violations, measurement failures, tool behavior issues, and recipe-related constraints.
  • Drive continuous improvement of overlay measurement robustness, precision, and stability across Image‑Based, SEM‑Based, and Diffraction‑Based overlay methodologies.
  • Design, develop, and optimize overlay marks and KERF structures, ensuring compatibility with advanced device architectures and enabling high‑quality measurements across multiple metrology platforms.
  • Create, refine, and maintain overlay measurement recipes, partnering closely with technicians to support complex or novel process layers.
  • Collaborate with process owners, device integration, and lithography teams to ensure metrology solutions meet technology roadmap requirements for next‑generation nodes.
  • Evaluate and qualify new tool capabilities through direct interactions with equipment vendors, defining areas of collaboration and driving joint improvement projects.
  • Perform detailed data analysis and communicate technical findings clearly to cross‑functional engineering teams through presentations and written reports.
  • Contribute to the development of automation, infrastructure upgrades, and workflow improvements that enhance overlay control and operational efficiency.

About the Company

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International Business Machines Corp

At IBM, you don’t need a degree to shape the future. Just bring your skills—and your passion. To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate.

Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. To lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems. Let’s get to work.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1911
WEBSITE
http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/us/