Cleanroom Fabrication Engineer for Scalable Quantum Processors

ETH Zurich; Zürich; On-site; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exposure to quantum tech

Collaborative R&D environment

Access to cleanroom facilities

Job summary

ETH Zurich's Quantum Device Lab in the Department of Physics is seeking a Cleanroom Fabrication Engineer to advance quantum processor devices, ranging from tens to hundreds of qubits. You will scale microfabricated chips, develop TSVs, and enable high-quality superconducting films to improve device size and signal routing.

You will work across premier cleanrooms at ETH Hönggerberg, IBM Rüschlikon, and PSI Villigen in a multidisciplinary team, emphasizing documentation, process development, and

Qualifications

• Hands-on cleanroom experience with semiconductor or superconducting processing techniques.
• Proven ability in surface characterization and metrology.
• Ability to communicate findings to collaborators in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Master's degree or equivalent in micro- and nanofabrication, material science, physics, electrical engineering or a related field; PhD helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Device fabrication: perform and refine micro- and nano-fabrication runs.
• Process development: optimize fabrication processes for scalable architectures.
• Yield improvement: apply metrology to improve yield.
• High-coherence compatibility: collaborate with researchers to assess process impact on qubit coherence.
• Documentation: maintain run logs and process metrics.

Skills

Hands-on cleanroom

Process control

Specialized equipment

Research experience

Education

Master's degree in micro/nanofabrication

PhD helpful

Tools

Electron beam lithography

Photolithography

Dry etching

Wet etching

Thin film deposition

Vacuum technology

Job description

ETH Zurich's Quantum Device Lab in the Department of Physics is seeking a Cleanroom Fabrication Engineer to advance quantum processor devices, ranging from tens to hundreds of qubits. You will scale microfabricated chips, develop TSVs, and enable high-quality superconducting films to improve device size and signal routing.

You will work across premier cleanrooms at ETH Hönggerberg, IBM Rüschlikon, and PSI Villigen in a multidisciplinary team, emphasizing documentation, process development, and