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Cleanroom Process Engineer

The Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is looking for a Cleanroom Process Engineer for Micro/Nanofabrication .

The process engineer will be responsible for performing routine fabrication of wafer scale integrated photonic circuits, ensuring optimal operations and reproducability using LPQM’s established process flows in the EPFL clean room facilities (CMi). The candidate will be part of a team closely working with the packaging engineer and characterization scientist to improve and develop new processes and using new material platforms.

Main duties and responsibilities

Cleanroom work in CMi (70%):

• Fabricate photonics chips using advanced semiconductor processing (etching, lithography, thin film depositions)
• Perform statistical analysis of in-line metrology of the fabrication process, develop measurements to ensure reproducibility
• Explore new materials, such as photoresist, cladding oxides, wafers, develop new processes, create look up tables
• Test and learn to use new tools

Packaging work (20%):

• Master the use of the new FICONTEC packaging tool and package photonic chips to fibers, fiber arrays and lasers for the various projects in the group

Documentation (10%):

• Contribute to project reporting
• Maintain the wafer inventory, process library and machine knowledge database
• Keep up to date with the groups electronic logging system and reinforce the same for other members of the fabrication team

Profile

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in engineering or sciences, with background in electrical, chemical engineering, materials science or physics. Candidates with higher qualification will not be considered!
• 3-5 years equivalent experience in process development, instrument operation, and/or the fabrication industry

Technical skills:

• Ability to rigorously follow processes
• Ability to operate instruments with a high level of patience and attention to detail
• Willingness to maintain highly organized data records

Interpersonal skills:

• Ability to work semi-independently, with a high level of responsibility
• Strong communication skills towards the other lab members and CMi staff
• Willingness to work in a multi-national team

Computer/software skills:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Familiarity CAD software packages considered a plus
• Familiarity with 8D and DoD is a plus

Languages:

• Working proficiency in English and French

We offer

• A young, dynamic, flexible and highly motivated R&D environment
• A productive team of high scientific and industrial impacts
• Excellent laboratory conditions at Center of MicroNanoTechnology at EPFL
• Opportunity to work on technology development with potential to seed future deep-tech startups from the laboratory

Information

Contract Start Date : as soon as possible. Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis.

Activity Rate : 75-100%

For complementary information, please contact Prof. Tobias Kippenberg per e-mail: tobias.kippenberg @ epfl.ch