Lead Epitaxy Growth Engineer – Infrared Sensor Tech

FLIR Systems, Inc.; Camarillo (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary & benefits

Health Insurance

Paid time off

401(k) match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Teledyne Imaging Sensors seeks an Epitaxy Growth Engineer to lead MBE growth and characterization of HgCdTe wafers for infrared focal plane arrays and detectors. The role covers tool ownership, growth design, recipe writing, and post-growth analysis to correlate growth results with device performance.

Strong background in MBE growth of semiconductors and related materials, with production experience and demonstrated communication skills, is essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise with MBE growth of semiconductors is required.
• Experience in MBE tool maintenance and repair.
• Background in opto-electronic semiconductor devices, optics, electronics, software, cryogenics, radiometric, and modelling, test, and analysis methods.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Five plus (5+) years of related hands-on work experience in III-V or II-VI semiconductor MBE growth and characterization of semiconductor materials (direct HgCdTe experience is preferred).

Responsibilities

• MBE growth production and characterization of HgCdTe wafers for infrared focal plane arrays and detectors.
• MBE tool ownership from tool use planning, tool maintenance and repair, growth structure design, recipe writing, wafer growth, post growth wafer characterization and correlation of MBE growth results with device performance.
• Innovate new growth and characterization techniques for yield improvements and increased wafer throughput.

Skills

MBE growth

Tool maintenance

Semiconductor devices

Communication skills

Laboratory teamwork

Education

PhD in Engineering

MS in Physics

Tools

MBE equipment

Wafer characterization tools

Job description

Teledyne Imaging Sensors seeks an Epitaxy Growth Engineer to lead MBE growth and characterization of HgCdTe wafers for infrared focal plane arrays and detectors. The role covers tool ownership, growth design, recipe writing, and post-growth analysis to correlate growth results with device performance.

Strong background in MBE growth of semiconductors and related materials, with production experience and demonstrated communication skills, is essential.