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Senior Process Engineer
$200K–$300K
San Francisco · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Feb 13, 2026
- Experience
- 7 years of hands-on micro- or nanofabrication experience in cleanroom user facilities; preferred: 5+ years in characterization, 3+ years in inductively coupled plasma etching, and 3+ years in industrial R&D.
- Education
- M.S. or higher degree in a specified or related physical or engineering sciences discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
About the job
Develops and prototypes nanofabricated optical devices and MEMS/NEMS components through process development, fabrication, materials characterization, and research-facility buildout.
What you'll do
- Design, fabricate, and characterize nanofabricated optical devices and MEMS/NEMS using lithography, deposition, and etching.
- Own fabrication strategies and process flows; optimize designs and process parameters through testing and characterization.
- Coordinate experiments at user facilities, contribute to internal facility installation, and report data and results to the team.
What they ask for
- 7 years of hands-on micro- or nanofabrication experience in cleanroom user facilities.
- M.S. or higher degree in chemical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, physics, or a related physical or engineering sciences discipline.
- Demonstrated ability to lead work safely and collaboratively in a cleanroom user facility.
- Willingness and ability to work several days per week at user facilities around the San Francisco Bay Area.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with characterization techniques such as electron microscopy and scanning probe microscopy.
- Experience operating a Raith EBPG 5200/5200+, including aligned exposures.
Pay
$200,000-$300,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
photo- and electron beam lithography, thin film deposition, wet and dry etching, mask layout CAD, profilometry, ellipsometry, XPS, SEM and AFM
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