Physics Modeling Engineer — Flexible Hours & Remote Work

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Wien; On-site; EUR 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career & Development

Team Culture

Health & well-being

Bonus program

Job bike

Events & team building

Employee discounts

Flexibility

Catering

Mobility

Job summary

IMS Nanofabrication, headquartered in Austria with Vienna operations, seeks a Physics Modeling Development Engineer to advance physics-based models and calibration algorithms for multi-beam mask writer systems.

You will analyze machine and experimental data, refine correction models, and translate insights into robust, production-ready workflows in Python, ensuring validation, deployment and long-term effectiveness. Collaborating across teams, you help shape future semiconductor technology.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Physics, Applied Physics, Engineering Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computational Science or a comparable discipline, with 2–3 years of experience; PhD acceptable.
• Very good Python skills for scientific computing, numerical modeling, automation and data analysis.
• Strong background in physics-based or numerical modeling and translating complex phenomena into quantitative models.
• Experience developing and validating models, algorithms or simulation software against experimental or real-world data.
• Understanding of professional software development practices (version control, structured code, tests).
• Fluent English; strong collaboration across technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze machine and experimental data to understand physical effects impacting system performance (registration, CD).
• Investigate complex system and customer performance issues via data analysis, debugging and root-cause analysis.
• Refine and extend physics-based correction models and calibration algorithms; develop new approaches as needed.
• Implement and automate models, algorithms, and analysis workflows using Python; integrate into tool software.
• Develop and maintain standardized tuning, calibration and verification workflows with automated data evaluation.
• Validate model predictions and correction strategies against experimental and machine data; improve performance.
• Drive new modeling and correction approaches from concept to test, verification, implementation and roll-out.
• Provide 3rd-level technical support for complex system issues; contribute to root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Application & Testing, Application Lab, Engineering, Software Development, Product Management and Service.

Skills

Python

Numerical modeling

Data analysis

Physics concepts

Version control

Unit testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Physics or related field

PhD in relevant discipline

Tools

Python

Job description

IMS Nanofabrication, headquartered in Austria with Vienna operations, seeks a Physics Modeling Development Engineer to advance physics-based models and calibration algorithms for multi-beam mask writer systems.

You will analyze machine and experimental data, refine correction models, and translate insights into robust, production-ready workflows in Python, ensuring validation, deployment and long-term effectiveness. Collaborating across teams, you help shape future semiconductor technology.