Senior Chemist, Technical Laboratory Operations
Entegris
The Role
Entegris is currently seeking a Senior Chemist, Technical Laboratory Operations to join our Analytics & Metrology, Wet Lab team. This position will be based in our Burnet facility.
In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring reliable, high-throughput analytical metrology in a production laboratory supporting semiconductor-grade precursors and wet chemical cleans. This role focuses on measurement execution, data quality, contamination control, and instrument performance to ensure materials consistently meet stringent semiconductor specifications. The position plays a key role in maintaining analytical readiness, resolving production-related issues, and ensuring measurement systems remain stable, precise, and audit-ready.
What You’ll Do
- Execute and oversee routine analysis of semiconductor chemicals (metals, anions, organics, particles) using established methods
- Review and approve analytical results to ensure accuracy, consistency, and conformance with product specifications
- Ensure timely release of materials by meeting required turnaround times for production testing
- Daily monitoring of analytical results for trends or shifts that may indicate process or contamination issues
- Maintain measurement system capability (precision, accuracy, repeatability) for production testing
- Apply statistical tools (SPC, control charts, trending) to monitor ongoing method and instrument performance
- Investigate out-of-control conditions, excursions, and anomalous data
- Support measurement system analysis (MSA) activities and ensure methods remain fit-for-purpose
- Serve as technical expert for production instrumentation (IC, HPLC, GC, Raman, FTIR, XRF)
- Perform advanced troubleshooting of instrumentation, focusing on uptime, sensitivity, and stability
- Ensure proper calibration, system suitability, and preventive maintenance are executed and documented
- Support instrument qualification, performance verification, and lifecycle management
- Ensure compliance with customer specifications, ISO 17025 (where applicable), SEMI standards, and internal quality systems
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