Principal Technical Specialist

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Pall Corporation, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation.

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The Principal Technical Specialist is responsible for providing technical support to US Microelectronics customers in support of achieving Sales targets. You will use your acquired experience and knowledge of the semiconductor industry to be the technical leg of a triad, that includes Marketing and Sales. Together you will work with our customers to recommend or develop filtration solutions that meet their process requirements, solve technical issues, present filter application performance data, coordinate technical review meetings, conduct filtration seminars, and obtain technical voice-of-customer (VoC) about filtration technologies. The position gives you the opportunities to grow and learn in this fast-paced and challenging industry.

This position reports to the senior manager and is part of the technical support team in MicroE Scientific and Lab Services and will be working remotely to cover the west region, preferably based in Oregon (other locations to be considered).

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and manage the testing plans and technical projects to achieve business goals. Develop and recommend appropriate filtration processes for various applications (Wet Cleans, Photolithography, CMP, UPW, etch, gas, etc) with minimum guidance.

• Independently solve challenging and complicated customer issues. Apply the learnings to the future work.

• Write and present technical reports to convey complicated and difficult technical messages to internal and external stakeholders in concise and clear ways.

• Collect and report VOC about filter performance gaps and requirements for next generation processes. Promote and report the results of prototype filter evaluations.

• Work with global sales, marketing, R&D and engineering teams.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physics or Materials Science.

• A minimum of 10 years (8 years for M.S. or 5 years for Ph.D.) of scientific and engineering experience in Micro‐ electronics or Semiconductor Industry (either processes, e.g, in IDM & OEM, and/or Materials).

• Knowledge of a process module (Photolithography, Wet Etch/Cleans) in the semiconductor manufacturing process.

• Understanding of on-wafer defect and material characterization techniques.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Up to 25% travel, locally and internationally.

• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Working knowledge of or experience in filtration for Microelectronics related materials or processes.

• Experience working directly with customers.

Pall Corporation, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Pall we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Pall can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $140,000 – $165,000 USD.  This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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