Lila Sciences
Microfabrication Scientist I/II
$108K–$170K
Cambridge, MA USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
Alewife, Cambridge, MA - Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on cleanroom experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field; advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) preferred.
About the job
Fabricates and characterizes prototype devices and test structures to assess novel materials, developing cleanroom processes that support high-throughput discovery workflows.
What you'll do
- Design and fabricate prototype devices and test structures for evaluating novel materials.
- Develop, optimize, troubleshoot, and execute thin-film deposition and other cleanroom processes.
- Characterize films and devices, and integrate fabrication processes into automated, high-throughput workflows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on cleanroom experience in research, development, or manufacturing.
- Deep expertise in thin-film deposition, including recipe development and troubleshooting.
- Proficiency in photolithography, wet/dry etching, thin-film deposition, and metrology; track record implementing novel fabrication process flows.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.).
- Experience with epitaxial deposition, device fabrication, lift-off patterning, high-throughput or combinatorial process integration, or Python for scientific data analysis.
Pay
$108,000 — $170,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
thin-film deposition, photolithography, wet/dry etching, profilometry, ellipsometry, SEM, electrical probing, Python
AI focus
Works with machine learning scientists on fabrication campaigns; experimental outputs feed into closed-loop discovery campaigns.
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