MEMS Process Engineer

General Description:

HRL's compact, high-performance Inertial Sensors (IMU) are redefining navigation systems by providing reliable guidance in GPS-degraded environments. Designed with navigation-grade precision, these IMUs offer a cost-effective, scalable solution for automotive, aerospace and other demanding applications where traditional GPS reliance is no longer sufficient. These innovations aim to deliver a first-of-its-kind navigation-grade component, providing industries with a reliable, economical alternative to traditional IMUs and advancing capabilities for autonomous systems and precise navigation.

Essential Duties:

As an important member of our MEMS cleanroom fabrication team, you will have the opportunity to innovate and create novel microfabrication processes and integrate them into fully optimized process flows that will be applied to our cutting-edge wafer-scale sensors and actuators R&D efforts. 

You will participate in the design, layout, fabrication, and characterization of MEMS-enabled devices and subsystems. 

You will also conduct layout design and designs of experiments. 

Through in-process wafer inspections and metrology data, you will provide timely feedback to project teammates. 

Required Skills:

Hands-on semiconductor wafer processing experience in an R&D Environment. This requires sufficient knowledge of microfabrication processing steps such as photolithography, thin film deposition, dry etch, deep silicon etch, wafer bonding, etc. 

Solid verbal and written communication skills in a multi-person team environment and enable cross-laboratory collaboration and coordination

Ability to conduct metrology such as optical/infrared microscope inspections, interferometric measurements and scanning electron microscopy with elemental analysis and is required.  Design and characterize process control monitors (PCM) for in-process verification.

Desired Skills:

Hands-on experience with both surface and bulk micro-machining is highly desired.

Ability to design, modify and/or review mask layouts in CAD layout software such as L-Edit or Python is a major plus.

SPC/ Analysis Software such as JMP

Proper documentation of fabrication experiments

Back-end wafer process experience in wafer grinding, CMP, die singulation and assembly processes into packages is a plus

Required Education:

BS + 2/3 years of relevant experience or MS + 0/ 2 years of relevant experience. Relevant experience includes but is not limited to wafer fabrication/ process engineering. Candidates with different experience levels will be considered for other positions.  

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to perform safely in a MEMS microfabrication cleanroom and follow standard operating practices

Special Requirements:

US Citizenship. Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance.

Compensation:

The base salary range for this full-time position is $99,705 - $124,683 + bonus + benefits.

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