JOON-IL KIM

Process Engineer @ Applied Materials

About

Experienced Process Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the semiconductors industry. Skilled in high aspect ratio etch process for 3D NAND.

Country

United States

City

Fremont

Industry

Semiconductors

Skill

Spintronics, Experimental Condensed Matter, Characterization of Semiconducting Materials, Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Quantum Dots, He-4 and He-3Cryogenics, PPMS, MPMS, AFM, Dip Pen Nanolithography, SEM, Device Fabrication, Photolighography, E-beam lithography, Ion Milling, Oxygen Plasam Cleaning, Thermal evaporation, Wet Chemical Etching, PDMS Stamping, Low-noise electronics, Scientific Numerical Work/Programing

Experience

Process Engineer

Applied Materials

2020-12 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

Santa Clara, California, United States

- Conductor Etch Logic: Dec. 2020 - July 2022 - Dielectric Etch Memory: Aug. 2022 - July 2023 - Selective Etch Product for Logic and Memory devices: Aug. 2023 - Aug. 2024 - Epi Memory: Sep. 2024 - Present

Process Engineer

Lam Research

2017-9 - 2020-11 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Fremont, CA

Dielectric Etch Memory

Postdoctoral Fellow

Northwestern University

2016-6 - 2017-8 · 1 yr 3 mos

Evanston, IL

Characterizing optoelectronical properties to investigate charge transport behaviors and analyze defects in semi-insulating wide bandgap semiconductors for gamma-ray and X-ray detection.

Research Assistant

Florida State University

2010-5 - 2016-5 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Tallahassee, FL

- Conducted spin transport measurement in the persistent photoconductor, Al0.3Ga0.7As:Si - Conducted magnetic measurement of quantum dots (QDs) of the diluted magnetic semiconductor, (In,Cr)As, by using semiconductor micro-Hall devices - Developed device fabrication procedures for spin transport devices and semiconductor micro-Hall magnetometers - Trained new graduate students and other users for using all device fabrication equipment. - Supervised undergraduate and international intern students to conduct researches + Characterization of persistent photoconductor, Al0.3Ga0.7As:Si (June 2010 ~ August 2010) + Fabrication of bio-sensing devices utilizing SnO2 nanobelts (September 2010 ~ August 2011) + User friendly platform for spintronics data analysis (September 2013 ~ April 2014) + Utilizing local annealing method to make Ohmic contacts on 2DEG (June 2014 ~ August 2014)

Teaching Assistant

Florida State University

2009-8 - 2012-5 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Tallahassee, FL

Graded and administered weekly assignments and quizzes: - Fundamental Physics (about 60 students) - College Physics B (about 400 students) - Optics (15 students) - Quantum Theory of Matter B (about 25 students) Led recitation classes for Optics

Instructor

Tech University of Korea

2006-9 - 2008-6 · 1 yr 10 mos

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Taught undergraduate Students: General Physics I & II, General Physics Lab I & II

Research Assistant

Seoul National University

2000-9 - 2008-2 · 7 yrs 6 mos

Seoul, South Korea

- Conducted research of the kaon condensation and Skyrmion lattice in dense nuclear matter. - Developed web-based physics tutorial guide for fundamental physics class at Information Center Physics and Research (ICPR)