Fab2
Staff Process Development Engineer, Etch
$90K–$220K
Austin · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Experience
- PhD + 10 years of experience (or equivalent) developing nanofabrication processes, device flows, and mentoring technical teams.
- Education
- PhD (or equivalent experience).
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa Sponsorship
About the job
Designs and runs experiments to develop, transfer, and optimize semiconductor etching and thin-film fabrication processes, while analyzing results and troubleshooting tools.
What you'll do
- Design and run lab experiments, using technical literature to inform experimental design.
- Operate semiconductor tools and develop, transfer, and optimize process recipes.
- Analyze process data, troubleshoot recipe or equipment issues, and document findings.
What they ask for
- Experience operating dry etch, thin film deposition, and lithography tools.
- Hands-on cleanroom experience with multi-step fabrication flows.
- Recipe development and optimization in at least one of dry etch, thin film deposition, or lithography.
- Familiarity with metrology such as ellipsometry, profilometry, and SEM.
Nice to have
- Mechanical or maintenance experience with fab tools.
- Full device-flow experience.
Pay
USD $165,000 – $220,000 annual salary; USD $90K – $180K (compensation type not specified)
Tools
dry etch, thin film deposition, lithography, ellipsometry, profilometry, SEM
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