IS WORK OVER?

Automation index

How much of a Semiconductor technician’s job can AI already do?

A wafer recipe comes earlier. The batch coming out without eating the cleanroom do not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

Semiconductor technician

Where the time goes

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

TaskShareAIPoints
Recipe, tool and the batch.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%40%+6.4
Room, the suit and the one that contaminates.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%14%+2.5
Metrology, the defect and stopping.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%28%+4.5
Shift, the yield and not hiding it.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%22%+3.5
The engineer, the change and not touching blind.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%18%+3.2
The batch comes out, and the room intact.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%12%+1.9
Total100%22%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

Skills and activities

  • wafers
  • cleanroom
  • yield
  • metrology
  • process recipes
  • contamination
  • chip batches
  • suits

Sources for this job· O*NET 51-9141.00· ESCO/ISCO 3114

Process engineer

Where the time goes

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

TaskShareAIPoints
P&IDs, balances and the operating procedure.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%48%+8.6
Plant, trials and the real bottleneck.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%22%+3.5
Capacity, yields and the improvement report.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%40%+6.4
Start-up, shutdown and the shift that skips the SOP.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%18%+2.9
Process safety and the HAZOP that hurts.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%14%+2.5
Not overloading the reactor, and signing the change.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%12%+1.9
Total100%26%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

Skills and activities

  • P&IDs
  • mass balances
  • HAZOP
  • plant start-up
  • improve yields
  • SOP
  • bottlenecks
  • process safety

Sources for this job· O*NET 17-2112.00· ESCO/ISCO 2141

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