R&D Engineer, SiPho

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Responsible for research, development and improvement of existing and newly developed devices & process technologies for manufacture of Silicon Photonics-related devices in a semiconductor wafer foundry. The employee exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria.

• Process technology development and implementation in a VLSI manufacturing, foundry environment.
• Silicon photonic device design, characterization and optimization
• Participate in and coordinate experiments toward technology development and yield enhancement.
• Work with process engineering team, test team, customers to define goals and manufacturing solutions.
• Design test structures (in CAD environment) and define tests for device characterization (ICCAP, LabView).
• Provide support to resolve customer issues, problems and questions.
• Support transfer from development to production for processes variants.
• Support process transfer to worldwide fabrication facilities if needed.

• You can provide support to resolve customer issues, problems, and questions.
• You process technology development and implementation in a VLSI manufacturing, foundry environment.
• You are an expert in Silicon photonic device design, characterization and optimization
• You can participate in and coordinate experiments toward technology development and yield enhancement
• You can work with process engineering teams, test team, customers to define goals and manufacturing solutions.
• You can design test structures (in CAD environment) and define tests for device characterization (ICCAP, LabView)
• You can support transfer from development to production for processes variants.
• You can support transfers to worldwide fabrication facilities if needed.

• Position requires very strong analytical and people skills.
• Expert-level understanding of silicon photonic and optoelectronic devices.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Silicon Photonics-related process and device development role or 5-year PhD program in related field.
• Specific computer skills desired: experience with optical simulation software (e.g. Lumerical) ability to read and edit mask layout data (e.g. Cadence Virtuoso software), experience with statistical data processing software (e.g. R or JMP), device and process TCAD simulation tools (e.g. Medici, Sentaurus etc.), experience with semiconductor fab lot management software (e.g. PROMIS or Workstream).
• B.S. or M.S. OK, PhD preferred, in engineering discipline: Electrical Eng, Materials Sci & Eng, Physics or related.