About the company
The company is a newly formed, venture-backed hardware startup spinning out of Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It is developing a next generation of electron-beam lithography systems for high-resolution, high-throughput patterning in semiconductor, photonics, and general nanofabrication applications.
The company is now building its first dedicated lab and prototypes. Early employees will work closely with the founding team and will have significant ownership of the technology, the lab, and the culture of the company.
The company is part of the COMPASS first cohort. Read about the venture.
About this position
The company is looking for a lithography process technician to develop and run resist processing and exposure procedures. You will build standard operating procedures for resist spinning and development with resist suppliers, and work closely with physicists to iterate rapidly on exposure parameters as the company develops and qualifies custom equipment.
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area, on-site
- Type
- Full-time
- Reports to
- Chief Technology Officer
- Start date
- January 2027
Responsibilities
- Develop and qualify processes for industry-standard and novel resists: spinning, baking, exposure requirements, development, and etch or liftoff.
- Perform dose calibrations, contrast curves, and process window studies.
- Characterize patterns in resist with SEM, SPM, and other metrology to study resolution, critical dimension, uniformity, and line-edge roughness.
- Write and maintain standard operating procedures for nanofabrication.
Required qualifications
- MS in materials science, chemistry, or a related field, or a BS with relevant experience.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in cleanroom nanofabrication facilities, especially with lithography process optimization.
- 2+ years of experience with resist characterization tools, such as electron microscopes, scanning probe microscopes, ellipsometers, profilometers, and other lithographic metrology tools.
- Strong data analysis and technical documentation skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with electron-beam lithography, especially at sub-20 nm critical dimensions.
- Experience establishing new nanofabrication processes and bringing up new tools in a lab environment.
Compensation and benefits
$110,000 to $140,000 base salary, plus equity and benefits. Final compensation will reflect experience and qualifications.
Apply for this role
Process Technician, Lithography
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This listing is not an endorsement of the company or of any applicant by COMPASS, the national laboratories, or the Department of Energy.