Senior Microfabrication Engineer - Pilot Line Operations

Silicon Austria Labs GmbH; Faak am See; On-site; EUR 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Career development

Meal allowance

Public transport subsidy

Job summary

Silicon Austria Labs in Villach, Austria, invites seasoned experts to join the Pilot Line Operations team within the Microsystem Division. You will work hands-on in microfabrication, translating research concepts into fabricable flows while coordinating with researchers and tool owners.

You will develop and optimize process flows, run fabrication campaigns, and help establish standardized practices, contributing to SAL’s advanced microsystems program and cleanroom operations.

Qualifications

• MSc/PhD in microelectronics, microsystems, semiconductors, physics or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in semiconductor, MEMS, photonics or microfabrication technology, preferably in a cleanroom environment.
• Expertise in fabrication process development and integration with ability to troubleshoot processes.
• Broad understanding of multiple microfabrication modules and their interactions.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to move between hands-on work, process engineering, documentation and coordination.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills for technical reporting.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent spoken and written English (German is a plus).

Responsibilities

• Hands-on execution of microfabrication processes across lithography, deposition, etching, cleaning, metrology and related modules.
• Develop, integrate, troubleshoot and optimize complex process flows with cross-tool interactions.
• Execute and lead fabrication runs, analyze results, identify root causes and deviations.
• Assess technology and pilot-line maturity.
• Translate new research concepts into fabricable process flows and experimental runs.
• Collaborate with cleanroom tool owners to ensure tool-capability alignment.
• Define and maintain process documentation, run sheets, recipes and change logs.
• Establish standardized ways of working for process development, integration and scale-up.
• Platform specialization while working across multiple projects (Quantum, Photonics, PiezoMEMS, Magnetic Microsystems).

Skills

Hands-on fabrication

Process development

Documentation

Cross-functional work

English communication

Education

MSc/PhD in microelectronics, microsystems, semiconductors, physics

Tools

Cleanroom tooling

Job description

Silicon Austria Labs in Villach, Austria, invites seasoned experts to join the Pilot Line Operations team within the Microsystem Division. You will work hands-on in microfabrication, translating research concepts into fabricable flows while coordinating with researchers and tool owners.

You will develop and optimize process flows, run fabrication campaigns, and help establish standardized practices, contributing to SAL’s advanced microsystems program and cleanroom operations.