Microfabrication & Molding - Process Engineer Responsibilities

- Develop, optimize, and validate precision microfabrication, micro-hole formation, molding, casting, and advanced materials processes for semiconductor, microelectronics, advanced packaging, PCB/substrate, soft wearable, and mOSAT-related applications.
- Support small-hole and micro-feature formation using laser drilling, micro-CNC drilling, micro-machining, EDM, mechanical drilling, controlled-depth drilling, via formation, and related advanced manufacturing methods.
- Design and optimize mold cases, mold tools, fixtures, coupons, and custom hardware using CAD, CFD, mold-flow analysis, FEA, prototyping, and design-for-manufacturability principles.
- Operate and improve compression molding, transfer molding, liquid injection molding, micro-molding, casting, and related polymer or elastomer processing systems.
- Work with silicone, epoxy molding compound, polymers, elastomers, metalized substrates, advanced electronic materials, and semiconductor packaging materials to support material selection, process compatibility, and sample development.
- Plan and execute DOE, feasibility trials, parameter studies, process capability studies, prototype builds, analytical testing, metrology, dimensional inspection, microscopy, and related characterization activities.
- Create and maintain process documentation, including equipment recipes, mold setup sheets, process parameters, travelers, SOPs, inspection criteria, test coupons, data summaries, and engineering reports.
- Troubleshoot process issues, support root cause analysis and corrective action, and improve yield, repeatability, dimensional accuracy, cleanliness, cycle time, and customer deliverable readiness.




- Collaborate with engineering, R&D;, PCB/substrate manufacturing, mOSAT, cleanroom, quality, procurement, vendors, external manufacturing partners, and customer-facing teams to support build readiness, scale-up, and customer deliverables.
- Maintain secure laboratory, cleanroom, molding, laser, machine, chemical, ESD, and advanced manufacturing practices while communicating technical risks, equipment constraints, material concerns, schedule impacts, and customer-impacting issues in a timely manner.

Minimum Qualifications

- Master's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Semiconductor Engineering, Microelectronics Engineering, Applied Physics, or a directly related technical engineering or physical science discipline.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in precision microfabrication, precision machining, micro-machining, laser processing, EDM, micro-drilling, molding, casting, polymer processing, semiconductor packaging, PCB/substrate manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, process development, or related technical engineering work.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with CAD and prototyping; SolidWorks experience preferred.
- 2+ years of experience with one or more of the following: micro-molding, liquid injection molding, compression molding,



transfer molding, mold tool design, mold-flow FEA, or related molding process development.
- Experience with design for manufacture for molding of polymers, elastomers, silicones, epoxy molding compounds, or related materials.
- Experience working with silicone and epoxy molding compound.
- Experience developing, optimizing, validating, or troubleshooting manufacturing processes involving small features, tight tolerances, metal processing, advanced materials, substrates, molded parts, packaging structures, or precision components.
- Experience applying engineering judgment to process development, parameter selection, tooling or consumable selection, fixture design, mold design, material selection, process validation, technical troubleshooting, or documentation.
- Experience using or supporting precision equipment such as CNC machines, micro-drilling systems, laser processing systems, EDM systems, molding systems, metrology tools, microscopes, profilometers, CMMs, optical inspection systems, or related tools.
- Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, design files, tolerance requirements, material specifications, process documentation, customer requirements, and inspection criteria.
- Basic understanding of dimensional tolerance, GD&T;, tolerance stack-up analysis, and design for manufacturability.
- Experience collecting, analyzing, and documenting process data, inspection results, test results, deviations, defects, corrective actions, and technical findings.
- Strong technical writing skills, including the ability to prepare process notes, equipment recipes, setup sheets, SOPs, eng

📌 Microfabrication & Molding Process Engineer (Redmond)
🏢 Noisefigure Research
📍 Redmond