Process Engineer, Semiconductors & Photonics R&D

Darwin Quantum; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwin Quantum is seeking a hands-on Process Engineer to join its advanced semiconductor and photonics fabrication team in the United Kingdom. You will support development and optimisation of next-generation III-V semiconductor and photonic devices, building on your academic cleanroom experience to transition into an industrial environment.

Working with process, integration and equipment engineers, you will contribute to wafer fabrication, process development, metrology and baseline stability

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field with semiconductor fabrication focus.
• Hands-on cleanroom fabrication experience in academia or industry.
• Experience across lithography, etching, and deposition processes.
• Experience operating characterization equipment (SEM, profilometers, ellipsometers).

Responsibilities

• Execute cleanroom fabrication workflows across lithography, etching and deposition.
• Support development and maintenance of process recipes.
• Work with RIE, ICP‑RIE, PECVD, ALD, sputtering and evaporation.
• Conduct wafer inspection, metrology and defect analysis.
• Apply DoE and SPC to assess process performance.

Skills

Cleanroom fabrication

Semiconductor processing

Data analysis

Documentation

Team collaboration

Education

PhD in Physics, Materials Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Chemistry

Tools

SEM

Ellipsometer

Profilometer

Beamer

RIE

Job description

Darwin Quantum is seeking a hands-on Process Engineer to join its advanced semiconductor and photonics fabrication team in the United Kingdom. You will support development and optimisation of next-generation III-V semiconductor and photonic devices, building on your academic cleanroom experience to transition into an industrial environment.

Working with process, integration and equipment engineers, you will contribute to wafer fabrication, process development, metrology and baseline stability