Senior Photonics Process Integration Engineer

Xanadu; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

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Job summary

Xanadu seeks a senior fabrication process engineer to advance photonic quantum computing hardware. You will lead development and optimization of fabrication processes for integrated photonic devices using electro-optic materials, particularly thin film lithium niobate, while coordinating with Xanadu’s design teams and external foundries.

You will own wafer lots, run process improvement experiments, and define metrology and failure analysis plans to mitigate issues.

Qualifications

• PhD in physics, materials science, electrical engineering or related field.
• ≥ 10 years of experience working in a foundry environment for semiconductor and/or integrated photonics products.
• Experience with full product development cycle, from R&D through volume ramping.
• Experience coordinating with and managing external partners, including major semiconductor and photonics foundries.
• Demonstrated track record of achieving low loss in integrated photonic components through fabrication process development.
• Familiarity with metrology and failure analysis techniques (SEM, TEM, AFM, ellipsometry, XRR/XRD, SIMS, Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence).
• Strong communication skills and teamwork; willing to travel ≤ 20%.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and optimization of process modules for integrated photonic devices, e.g., thin film lithium niobate.
• Collaborate with Design to improve yield and build complex stacks of components.
• Independently own wafer lots processed at Xanadu’s foundry partners.
• Design and execute fabrication process improvement experiments and analyses.
• Define metrology and failure analysis plans to identify and mitigate failure modes.
• Collaborate with internal and external photonics engineers and foundry partners.
• Challenge state-of-the-art metrics in integrated photonics fabrication.
• Stay abreast of new developments and rapidly implement learnings.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Travel readiness

Problem-solving

Education

PhD in physics, materials science, electrical engineering or related field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

GitHub

JMP

Job description

Xanadu seeks a senior fabrication process engineer to advance photonic quantum computing hardware. You will lead development and optimization of fabrication processes for integrated photonic devices using electro-optic materials, particularly thin film lithium niobate, while coordinating with Xanadu’s design teams and external foundries.

You will own wafer lots, run process improvement experiments, and define metrology and failure analysis plans to mitigate issues.