Pilot Line Process Integration Lead (all genders)

Silicon Austria Labs (SAL); Villach; Vor Ort; EUR 63.000 - 77.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Relocation support

Training opportunities

Meal allowance

Public transport subsidy

24/7 accident insurance

Family friendly policies

Zusammenfassung

Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) invites a Staff Research Engineer to lead Pilot Line PDK & Design Enablement in Austria. You will serve as the central technical interface across SAL’s technology platforms, ensuring end-to-end process coherence, strong documentation and traceability, and coordination between R&D teams, pilot-line leads and SAL MicroFab.

You will translate external requests into executable technical scopes, drive process integration across photonics, MEMS and related stacks, and

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of semiconductor process integration and wafer fab execution in an applied R&D / microfabrication environment.
• MSc/PhD in EE, Physics, Materials Science, Microsystems, or comparable.
• Strong understanding of thin-film and microfabrication process flows and interface points.
• Demonstrated strength in documentation discipline; experience with traceability/MES workflows is a plus.
• Structured, data-driven problem solving; SPC/DoE basics appreciated.
• Strong communication and coordination across technical teams; interface with external partners/users.

Aufgaben

• Cross-platform process integration: maintain end-to-end overview of process flows and module interfaces across photonics, MEMS and related stacks.
• Baseline flows & readiness: define and maintain reference flows; support readiness reviews and release criteria for stable execution.
• Process change control & documentation discipline: ensure recipe/version control, run cards, parameter windows, and structured documentation of decisions and learnings.
• Know-how capture: support structured capture of process know-how; clarify what can be shared externally vs protected.
• Traceability / data backbone: ensure wafer genealogy, run history, recipe versions, and measurement linkage.
• Coordination interface: act as key technical coordination contact with SAL MicroFab for run readiness and release criteria.
• Stability & continuous improvement: drive variability reduction and feedback into baseline flows and documentation.
• External request (open access): translate external requests into executable technical scopes and match to platform capability.

Kenntnisse

Semiconductor process

Documentation discipline

Structured problem solving

Cross-functional coordination

English fluency

Data-driven analysis

Traceability/MES knowledge

External collaboration

Ausbildung

MSc/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Microsystems, or related

Jobbeschreibung

Pilot Line PDK & Design Enablement Lead (all genders)

In the position as Staff Research Engineer you are the central technical interface across SAL’s technology platforms and pilot-line activities. You ensure coherent end-to-end process flows, strong documentation and traceability, and effective coordination between R&D teams, pilot-line technical leads, and SAL MicroFab. You also support external requests by translating them into executable technical scopes.

Your Future Tasks Include

• Cross-platform process integration: maintain an end-to-end overview of process flows and module interfaces (e.g., thin films, lithography, etch, metrology closure) across integrated photonics, MEMS and related technology stacks.
• Baseline flows & readiness: define and maintain reference flows versus development lanes; support readiness reviews and ensure clear release criteria for stable execution.
• Process change control & documentation discipline: ensure recipe/version control, run cards, parameter windows, and structured documentation of decisions and learnings.
• Know-how capture: support structured capture of process know-how and clarify what can be shared externally vs protected, in collaboration with responsible functions.
• Traceability / data backbone: ensure wafer genealogy, run history, recipe versions, and measurement linkage are consistently captured to build a scalable single source of truth.
• Coordination interface: act as the key technical coordination contact with SAL MicroFab to align run readiness, documentation requirements, execution constraints, and release criteria (without owning MicroFab operations).
• Stability & continuous improvement: drive variability reduction and improvement loops (metrology closure, deviation handling, root-cause analysis) and feed improvements back into baseline flows and documentation.
• External request (open access): support business development and pilot-line teams by translating external requests into executable technical scopes (capability check, feasibility, assumptions/risks, measurement package, deliverables) and matching requests to the right platform capability.

Your Profile

• Proven experience (min. 8+ years) in semiconductor process integration and wafer fab execution in an applied R&D / microfabrication environment.
• MSc/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Microsystems, or comparable.
• Strong understanding of thin-film and microfabrication process flows and interface points (module integration, variability drivers, metrology closure).
• Demonstrated strength in documentation discipline; experience with traceability/MES workflows is a plus.
• Structured, data-driven problem solving (variability/yield thinking, root-cause analysis; SPC/DoE basics appreciated).
• Strong communication and coordination skills across technical teams in a matrix organization; comfortable interfacing with external partners/users.
• Fluent English; German is a plus.

Important Facts About SAL

• Diverse research activities with many technical challenges.
• State-of-the-art laboratory facilities and equipment.
• Location in the heart of Europe in Austria – relocation support for non-European nationalities.
• Internal and external training opportunities for career development.
• Family & children friendly - actively shaping the compatibility of family and career.
• Vital4SAL to promote a healthy workplace (e.g. SAL coaching pool, trainings on mental health, physical activities, healthy snacks, 24/7 accident insurance)
• € 4 per day meal allowance in restaurants or € 2 per working day in supermarkets.
• Public transport initiative (subsidy for the Klimaticket)
• Our values: Open door policy, flexibility in working hours, casual dress code, diverse teams, working with people of different nationalities, informal communication, lifelong learning, compatibility of family and career, sustainability, personal growth, and collective advancement.

This position is subject to the Collective Agreement for employees in non-university research (Research CA) starting in occupational group F (F1 salary = EUR 4.868, paid 14 times a year) based on 38,5 hours per week). For this position we offer competitive salaries and additional benefits based on your experience and qualifications, starting with a minimum gross salary of EUR 70.000 (annual, based on an All-in contract and bonus).