Educational Cooperative in Newburyport, Massachusetts at Rochester Electronics

The Intern/co-op may operate across a variety of areas or specialize in manufacturing and semiconductor assembly in support of the company’s products. Areas include, but are not limited to, assembly/process engineering, package engineering, wafer fab integration engineering, product engineering, test engineering, failure analysis, design engineering, quality engineering and reliability engineering.

This role is entry-level and targets co-op and internship candidates for a future in semiconductor fabrication.

Responsibilities

• Utilize computer-based manufacturing systems to record data
• Analyze/process data pursuant to project goals
• Organize documentation and department records
• Perform computer-aided design, process-flow, manufacturing setup, and other applicable software support
• Adjust, calibrate, align, or modify equipment and record effects on unit performance
• Complete paperwork associated with testing and troubleshooting
• Follow defined specifications and reaction paths in the basic operation of equipment
• Execute instructions and perform experiments for improving performance
• Summarize learnings and provide verbal and written reports of results to stakeholders
• Maintain a well-organized and audit-ready work area
• Apply 6S, Six-Sigma, and LEAN concepts to practice

Unit Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Failure Analysis
  • Understand and safely use physical, chemical, and electrical concepts surrounding semiconductor function and manufacturing
  • Carry out analytical processes such as electrical verifications, chemical and physical de-processing, performing cross-sections, etc
  • Conduct optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) on samples
• Assembly Engineering
  • Tasks related to semiconductor assembly engineering
• Test Engineering
  • Tasks related to semiconductor test engineering
• Packaging Engineering
  • Tasks related to AutoCAD semiconductor assembly drawings and packaging
• Automation & Innovation
  • Tasks related to the automation of RE assembly processes
  • Knowledge or interest in software coding and computer science is helpful
• Planning or Project Management
  • Tasks related to workflow planning and organization
  • Knowledge or interest in Python and Power BI is helpful

Qualifications

• Working towards a high school diploma or college degree is required
• The successful candidate should be interested in math, science, engineering, and/or semiconductor assembly, or a related field.
• Work with statistical methods or Statistical Process Control charts is helpful, but not required
• Able to read, understand, and execute Standard Operating Procedures
• Skills
  • Basic computer skills
  • Ability to communicate verbally
  • Pay close attention to detail
• As a Rochester employee, it is expected that the individual represents, supports, and encourages the Rochester culture by adherence to work policies and practices set forth within the company

For the last 40 years, Rochester Electronics, in partnership with over 70 leading semiconductor manufacturers, has provided our valued customers with a continuous source of critical semiconductors. As an original manufacturer stocking distributor, Rochester has over 15 billion devices in stock encompassing more than 200,000-part numbers, providing the world’s most extensive range of end-of-life (EOL) and broadest range of active semiconductors. As a licensed semiconductor manufacturer, Rochester has manufactured over 20,000 device types. With over 12 billion die in stock, Rochester can manufacture over 70,000 device types.