Intern, Field Process Engineering

About the Role

ASM is seeking a motivated Field Process Engineer Intern to gain hands-on experience supporting process development, optimization, qualification, and troubleshooting activities for advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment. You will work alongside experienced process and field engineers and collaborate with customer engineering teams and global product and R&D organizations. You will gain exposure to how semiconductor processes move from development through qualification and manufacturing while contributing to meaningful technical projects.

Key Responsibilities

Process Development & Engineering

• Support process development, optimization, characterization, and troubleshooting activities on semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
• Assist with the design, execution, and analysis of experiments to evaluate process performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze experimental and process data to identify trends, relationships, and potential areas for optimization.
• Gain hands-on exposure to thin-film deposition, semiconductor processing, vacuum systems, equipment operation, and process characterization.
• Investigate process and equipment issues using structured problem-solving techniques.
• Support process and hardware improvement projects focused on performance, repeatability, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Participate in equipment evaluations, process qualifications, and engineering testing activities.
• Document experimental results, technical findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Contribute to a defined internship project that addresses a real process engineering or semiconductor manufacturing challenge.

Technology & Knowledge Development

• Learn how new semiconductor processes and technologies transition from R&D into qualification and manufacturing environments.
• Assist with collecting and documenting process learnings, experimental results, and best-known methods.
• Gain exposure to the interaction between process engineering, equipment hardware, materials, device requirements, and manufacturing.
• Collaborate with engineers across different technical disciplines and locations.
• Develop an understanding of how process knowledge is documented and transferred across engineering organizations.

Customer & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Gain exposure to a customer-facing engineering environment and learn how field engineers partner with semiconductor manufacturers.
• Participate in technical discussions and project meetings with experienced engineers.
• Help prepare technical data, experiment summaries, reports, and presentations.
• Learn how engineers communicate complex technical findings to cross-functional audiences.
• Build relationships with process, equipment, product, R&D, service, and customer engineering teams.

Requirements & Tech Stack

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
• Foundational knowledge of semiconductor processing, materials, thin films, chemistry, vacuum systems, or related engineering concepts gained through coursework, research, laboratory experience, or technical projects.
• Interest in semiconductor process engineering and advanced manufacturing.
• Experience designing experiments or analyzing technical data through coursework, research, laboratory work, or previous internships.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on engineering or laboratory environment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and other technical professionals.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced technical environment.

What Sets You Apart

Relevant experience may come from coursework, academic research, laboratory work, student projects, previous internships, or other hands-on technical experiences.

• Research or coursework involving semiconductor fabrication or semiconductor devices.
• Experience with thin-film deposition or characterization techniques.
• Exposure to ALD, CVD, epitaxy, or other semiconductor processing technologies.
• Experience with vacuum systems, plasma processing, or semiconductor equipment.
• Familiarity with analytical or characterization techniques used in materials or semiconductor research.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), or data visualization is a plus.
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, JMP, Minitab, or similar analytical tools is a plus.
• Experience troubleshooting experiments, equipment, or process results.
• Previous semiconductor, materials science, research laboratory, or engineering internship experience.