Focus on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated devices in a hands-on cleanroom environment.
About the role
This role focuses on semiconductor nanofabrication, process development, and the continuous improvement of manufacturing processes for advanced TFLN photonic integrated devices. It is a hands-on cleanroom position within the Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) photonics foundry team.
What you'll do
- Perform hands-on semiconductor and photonic device fabrication in a cleanroom using tools including e-beam and photolithography systems, plasma etchers, CVD, PVD, e-beam evaporators, and metal electroplating equipment.
- Design, lead, and execute R&D experiments to improve nanofabrication results, process stability, repeatability, yield, and overall process capability.
- Facilitate the transition of research-scale, chip-level processes to low- and medium-volume wafer-scale manufacturing.
- Use metrology tools, including CD-SEM, AFM, ellipsometry, profilometry, XPS, XRD, and optical interferometry, for process characterization and defect analysis.
- Troubleshoot process deviations, particle contamination, and unit-process performance issues, implementing corrective actions and continuous-improvement strategies.
- Establish and maintain statistical process control (SPC) systems for process monitoring and optimization.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on semiconductor process engineering experience, with expertise in at least one area: e-beam lithography, photolithography, plasma dry etching, wet etching and cleaning, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, e-beam evaporation, or metal electroplating.
- Hands-on experience with metrology tools such as CD-SEM, AFM, ellipsometry, film-thickness measurement systems, and particle-measurement systems.
- Experience with data analysis, statistical process control (SPC), and design of experiments (DOE).
- Experience defining and implementing inspection methods, calibration systems, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Nice to have
- 5+ years of industry experience in compound semiconductor fabrication or photonic integrated circuit processing.
- Experience with nanofabrication of photonic devices, process integration, photonic material properties and modification, and the integration of MEMS and electronic devices.
- Experience applying large-scale data analytics to track-and-trace datasets for predictive insights and real-time defect containment.
- Experience with heterogeneous wafer-to-wafer or chip-to-wafer bonding.
- Experience with 5S and Six Sigma methodologies.
Skills: photolithography, plasma etching, deposition, cleanroom, CD-SEM, SPC
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 61-day median for Process Engineering roles.
Process Engineering · Semiconductor Process
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Open roles in category
1066
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Median days since first seen
61 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$137k
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| Metric | Quantum Computing Inc. | All employers we track in this specialty (1066 roles · 55 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 1066 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 19 | 10705 · 136 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 0 d | 61 d (+61 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $137k |
Skills observed across this category: photolithography, plasma etching, deposition, cleanroom, CD-SEM, SPC
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 297 open roles · median 119 d
- Applied Materials · 62 open roles · median 77 d
- Texas Instruments · 62 open roles · median 62 d
- Entegris · 56 open roles · median 27 d
- GlobalFoundries · 55 open roles · median 38 d
- Lam Research · 55 open roles · median 26 d
How we counted: 1066 open Process Engineering (Semiconductor Process) roles from 55 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.