Semiconductor Materials Specialist

About the role

Patsnap, a global pre-IPO company that uses domain-specific AI to help IP and R&D teams collaborate across the innovation lifecycle, is looking for an experienced Semiconductor Materials Specialist. The specialist acts as a core domain expert in lithography and etch materials and processes, working with AI engineers and product teams to build and maintain standardized databases of process and materials intelligence for semiconductor reverse engineering. The role is in-office in the Singapore office.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as domain authority for lithography and etch materials within the semiconductor reverse engineering AI products.
• Analyze patents, academic literature and technical data to reconstruct material formulations, process parameters and performance characteristics, extracting structured, comparable data.
• Design and maintain unified data extraction templates and field specifications.
• Clean, normalize and standardize process and materials data, and build database frameworks optimized for AI model training and reasoning.
• Set up data entry specifications, quality checks and version control rules, and track emerging technologies and market updates in lithography and etch materials.
• Deliver data insights and domain logic to AI and product teams, supporting intelligent search, material benchmarking and process recommendations.
• Take part in data verification and AI function performance assessment.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Polymer Materials, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in photoresist, etch materials or related fields such as materials R&D, process development, failure analysis, technical intelligence or data research.
• Thorough understanding of lithography and etch process flows and material systems, able to evaluate material properties and their process correlations.
• Rigorous logical thinking and strong data awareness, and clear communication across functions.
• No advanced programming or software development experience is required.

Preferred qualifications

• Background in process, materials or data analysis at leading semiconductor manufacturers or top-tier material suppliers.
• Experience building materials databases, process parameter libraries or technical knowledge repositories.
• Hands-on experience in patent analysis, material teardown or failure analysis.
• Familiarity with materials informatics tools, database management or data annotation workflows.