DescriptionWe are seeking a Senior Electronic and Optical Materials Device Fabrication Engineer to help us fabricate world-class micro- and nanoscale devices. The role is predominantly fabrication-focused, with a majority of working hours spent in a cleanroom or laboratory environment, including the cleanroom at JHU-APL in Laurel, MD and other multi-user facilities within a 20 min to 1 hr drive. You will be joining a hardworking team of engineers and scientists who are passionate about developing ground-breaking solutions to solve the nation's critical challenges!
In this role, you'll...
- Design and optimize multilayer layouts with Python scripting for layout generation and data analysis.
- Develop advanced fabrication recipes for multilayer optics using e-beam lithography and direct-write lithography on various optical substrates.
- Build and maintain version-controlled GDS/layout databases with Python-based automation for parametric layout generation, fracturing, and design rule checking, and develop data-analysis pipelines linking design, fabrication, and metrology data for CD, overlay, and yield trends.
- Apply AI and machine-learning approaches to improve fabrication processes
- Refine deposition techniques across systems such as e-beam, thermal, and sputter evaporators, PECVD, ALD, and MOCVD to enhance device quality.
- Characterize thin films and processes using tools like SEM/EDS, XPS, XRD, AFM, ellipsometry, and film stress analysis to ensure quality and performance.
- Execute precision etching processes to meet tight design specifications and tolerances.
- Maintain and update process documentation, including runsheets, for accuracy and repeatability.
- Collaborate with teams to innovate and improve fabrication workflows.
QualificationsYou meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you...- Have a Masters degree in Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Have 7+ years experience working in a microfabrication or nanofabrication cleanroom environment.
- Are proficient in multilayer layout design and modification, with expertise in Python scripting for both design automation and data analysis.
- Have experience optimizing etch and deposition processes, including thermal evaporation, e-beam, sputtering, PECVD, ICP RIE, and ion mill techniques. E-beam lithography experience is a requirement for this posting.
- Are willing and able to travel locally to shared cleanrooms and laboratory facilities
- Are able to obtain Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain Top Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.
You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you...- Have a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Have experience using e-beam lithography to pattern meta-optic or integrated photonics devices.
- Have experience patterning materials for photonic integrated circuits, adaptive optics, RF, IR, or MEMS devices.
- Familiarity with sophisticated characterization tools, including SEM/EDS, XPS, XRD, AFM, ellipsometry, and spectroscopic reflectometry.
- Experience working with metaoptic and integrated photonics designers
Minimum Rate$105,000 Annually
Maximum Rate$290,000 Annually
