Fab2
Staff Process Development Engineer
$165K–$220K
Austin · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 28, 2026
- Experience
- PhD plus 10 years of experience developing nanofabrication processes, device flows, and mentoring technical teams, or equivalent.
- Education
- PhD (or equivalent experience).
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship offered.
About the job
Designs and runs experiments to develop, optimize, and transfer semiconductor and thin-film fabrication processes, while analyzing results and troubleshooting tools.
What you'll do
- Design and run lab experiments; use technical literature to inform experimental plans.
- Operate semiconductor tools and develop, transfer, and optimize process recipes for consistency, yield, and throughput.
- Analyze process data, troubleshoot recipe or equipment issues, and document findings.
What they ask for
- Experience operating thin-film deposition, dry etch, and lithography tools.
- Hands-on cleanroom experience with multi-step fabrication flows.
- Recipe development and optimization in thin-film deposition, dry etch, or lithography.
- Familiarity with metrology such as ellipsometry, profilometry, or SEM.
Nice to have
- Mechanical or maintenance experience with fab tools.
- Full device-flow experience.
Pay
USD $165,000 – $220,000 annual base salary
Tools
thin film deposition, dry etch, lithography, ellipsometry, profilometry, SEM
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