Process Engineer

About the Position

We are looking for a Process Engineer to join our team in San Martino di Lupari, Italy. This role is pivotal in transforming process ideas into repeatable processes on a partner’s substrate. If you are an engineer who thrives in a lab environment and is eager to own processes, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Responsibilities

• Own process steps end to end. You will set the parameters, define the process window, and be the reference for sample preparation, wet and electrochemical processes, sample post-processing, inspection, and metrology.
• Design experiments, not just run them. Build test matrices and size them to ensure conclusive outcomes using Design of Experiments (DoE) and applied statistics.
• Find root causes. Methodically analyze problems when yield drops or dimensions drift, considering data, equipment, material, and method.
• Turn results into standards. Write procedures and best-known methods to maintain processes in your absence.
• Own the equipment and its costs. Handle qualification, maintenance planning, acceptance of new tools, technical dialogue with suppliers, and justify tooling and consumables within the agreed budget.
• Work across the lab. Collaborate with electronics, chemistry, mechanics, and production to ensure processes work on both samples and products.
• Mentor junior engineers and technicians. Provide practical guidance at the bench, with numbers, and on reasoning.

Requirements

• Degree in Materials Science, Materials, or Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• 3 to 7 years hands-on experience in a lab, pilot line, or process production environment.
• Regular cleanroom experience, and at least one process you can honestly say you owned.
• Semiconductor process familiarity from direct experience: electrochemical deposition and plating are the closest fit; thin films, microfabrication, laser processing, and advanced packaging are close enough.
• Data skills you can defend: distributions, variability, capability, DoE, in Python, R, JMP, or Minitab.
• Fluent English, written and spoken. Italian is a plus.
• Judgment about safety: chemicals, lasers, and cleanroom discipline are non-negotiable.

Who You Are

• Hands-on, genuinely. This role does not delegate bench work; you keep doing it.
• Precision and traceability. Your results are reproducible by someone else because your records are detailed enough for them to follow.
• Curiosity and initiative. You proactively look for solutions and propose experiments before they are asked for.
• Clear technical writing. An unreadable report is a result that does not exist.
• Small team, short cycles, visible mistakes. We value people who say what they think early and change their mind when the data says so.
• Open mindset. You are not afraid to challenge assumptions and want to contribute to advancing the state of the art.

We Offer

• Growth: dedicated Learning & Development budget.
• Financials: relocation package, performance-based bonus (MBO), and meal vouchers.
• Well-being: health insurance plan and supplemental pension fund.

About the Company

Your process work ships inside a product rather than ending in a report, and the scope grows as the line and the team grow.

Being Honest About the Job

You will spend a significant part of your week gowned and standing, and the work alternates between interesting problems and the careful repetition that makes those problems solvable. The team is small: there is no layer between you and the decision - and none between you and the consequence either.