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Senior Dry Etch Engineer - On-site - - Eindhoven , Noord-Brabant , Netherlands - Process Engineering Take ownership of the development, qualification, optimization, and continuous improvement of plasma processes used to manufacture advanced photonic components. Job description SMART Photonics is seeking a Senior Dry Etch Engineer to own dry etch and plasma process development, qualification, and optimization for our photonics components. You will ensure production-ready processes that are stable, scalable, and capable, while driving yield, capacity, quality, and cost improvements. The role requires hands-on leadership, strong data-driven problem solving, and collaboration across Process Engineering, Equipment, Operations, and R&D to bring new concepts to reliable production. Your Role As a Senior Dry Etch Engineer in the Plasma team, you will take ownership of the development, qualification, optimization, and continuous improvement of dry etch and plasma etching processes used to manufacture advanced photonics components. Your role? Ensuring that our process steps are stable, capable, scalable, and ready for production, while continuously improving yield, capacity, quality, and cost. You will work at the intersection of process engineering, equipment, operations, integration, quality, and R&D, translating technical challenges into manufacturing solutions. You will lead and execute projects ranging from process optimization and defect reduction to capacity expansion, tool qualification and release, and the introduction of new processes and equipment. A key part of the role is supporting the technology roadmap for InP and other III-V semiconductor technologies, helping transform new process concepts into reliable production processes. This includes understanding the interaction between dry etching and upstream/downstream steps, such as dielectric thin film deposition (PECVD) and protective layer coating. You will apply structu...



