The Semiconductor Metrology Systems division of Carl Zeiss SMT has an immediate opening for an Application Engineer, located in Santa Clara, CA, and mainly servicing our Intel account.
31 August 2010Semiconductor equipment and process solution provider SUSS MicroTec has added to its executive team with the appointment of Dr. Rainer Knippelmeyer as vice president of R&D and CTO. Dr. Knippelmeyer’s task in his new roles will involve the overseeing of all research and development activities and spearheading new technologies for the company’s products, with a cross-product technology roadmap being planned for the SUSS MicroTec group.
22 June 2010Semiconductor test company Verigy has promoted its current COO to the role of president and COO as of July 1st 2010. Jorge Titinger will report to Keith Barnes, chairman and CEO, who renounces the role of president, which he has held since joining the company in 2006. Jorge has worked with such companies as KLA-Tencor, Applied Materials and FormFactor over the course of his career.
22 July 2009Arizona State University's (ASU) developed training program for professionals has announced details for the 2009 ‘Facility Manager's Development Program' (FMDP), due to start in September this year.
22 May 2009Further to its approximately 14% cut in staff numbers in October 2008 – only seven months ago, Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has again announced that it is letting staff go in a further attempt at cutting operating costs to stay competitive. Approximately 235 staff, or 20% of its global workforce will be axed from the company’s books, yielding an estimated $25 million in savings per annum.
16 April 2009Xilinx, Inc. has announced plans to restructure the company, including
getting rid of 6% of its workforce, or 200 employees, which would have
a pre-tax charge of US$11-US$13 million for the June quarter, mostly
dealing with severance pay expenses.
16 April 2009Qimonda AG has announced it will be cutting 1,000 employees from its
Portuguese unit, while also suspending the contracts of the 800
remaining workers for the next six months. This unit had stopped
production last month, since parts from Dresden’s Qimonda factory
failed to ship.