Senior MEMS/NEMS Architect & Micro‑Robotics Lead

Devyantram; Ashburn (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Devyantram in Ashburn, GA is seeking a senior MEMS/NEMS engineer to lead design, fabrication, and integration of microsystems and distributed micro/nano-robotic platforms. You own the microsystem layer and coordinate with photonics, bioengineering, controls, and mechatronics teams.

The role emphasizes end-to-end hardware, process development, test, and IP generation, with mentorship of junior engineers and long-term roadmap planning.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD required in EE, Physics, ME, or Materials Science.
• 8+ years in MEMS/NEMS design and micro/nanofabrication.
• Strong cleanroom and foundry experience including process development and device characterization.

Responsibilities

• Design MEMS/NEMS devices for sensing, actuation, and interfacing.
• Own micro/nanofabrication workflows from cleanroom to foundry.
• Define packaging, integration, and scaling strategy for microsystem devices.
• Establish device level test, metrology, and reliability practices.
• Architect distributed micro and nano-robotic platforms and coordination strategies.
• Enable cooperative, hierarchical, and adaptive behaviors across large distributed units.
• Define locomotion, actuation, and power approaches for micro/nano scale.
• Contribute microsystem elements to brain-inspired compute hardware.
• Co-design with photonics, bioengineering, controls, and mechatronics teams for integration.
• Translate system requirements into physical micro/nano implementations.
• Generate IP across MEMS/NEMS and micro/nano-robotics; lead invention disclosures.
• Define long-term microsystem hardware roadmap and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

MEMS/NEMS design

Microfabrication

Cleanroom

Device characterization

Experimental design

System integration

Test & validation

IP strategy

Education

MS/PhD in EE, Physics, ME, or Materials Sci

Job description

Devyantram in Ashburn, GA is seeking a senior MEMS/NEMS engineer to lead design, fabrication, and integration of microsystems and distributed micro/nano-robotic platforms. You own the microsystem layer and coordinate with photonics, bioengineering, controls, and mechatronics teams.

The role emphasizes end-to-end hardware, process development, test, and IP generation, with mentorship of junior engineers and long-term roadmap planning.