# Photolithography Process & Equipment Development Engineer

Apple is seeking a talented Process or Equipment Engineer to join our Photolithography Engineering team. In this role, you will drive the research, development, and continuous improvement of cutting-edge lithography processes, materials, and equipment. You will play a pivotal role in advancing core manufacturing capabilities that directly influence the evolution and performance of future Apple products. Description In this role, we are looking for a proactive and curious engineer who demonstrates strong ownership in identifying technical challenges and driving innovative solutions. Your scope extends beyond traditional process tuning-you will actively optimize equipment capability, tooling performance, and overall fab operational efficiency. Collaboration is essential to your success. Throughout the development cycle, you will partner closely with the cross-region team and diverse cross-functional engineering groups to refine, validate, and bring your ideas to fruition. To build a holistic, hands-on mastery of photolithography, you will also engage in the maintenance and sustaining of our R&D line equipment, gaining critical insights directly from tool behaviors. This role bridges

- **Id**: 4055052
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-photolithography-process-equipment-development-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Taiwan
- **Countries**: TW
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T01:33:32Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T08:43:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3271
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Semiconductor Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers, Tablets

## Company

- **Id**: 12
- **Name**: Apple
- **Domain**: apple.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/apple>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Apple Jobs

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 824
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.214
- **Repost share**: 0.006
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 122
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **Design of Experiments** — Optional: no
- **Ellipsometry** — Optional: no
- **Photolithography** — Optional: no
- **FMEA** — Optional: yes
- **LLM** — Optional: yes
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T04:10:36Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 122
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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