Senior Research Engineer - Semiconductor Fabrication & Packaging

Georgia Tech Institute for Matter and Systems; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech Institute for Matter and Systems seeks a Research Engineer to lead and advance shared microelectronics capabilities. You will own semiconductor fabrication, process integration, and device characterization, and drive experimental development with cross‑disciplinary teams.

You will collaborate with faculty and industry partners to translate research questions into executable experiments and contribute to proposals, reviews, and publications while mentoring users of the facility.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or closely related discipline.
• Significant hands-on experience in semiconductor fabrication, micro/nanofabrication, or semiconductor process integration.
• Demonstrated experience in experimental research, process development, experimental design, data analysis, and technical problem-solving.
• Experience operating in cleanroom or advanced semiconductor fabrication environments.
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, graduate researchers, technical staff, and external research partners.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively engage diverse technical users and multidisciplinary research teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and advance research capabilities in semiconductor fabrication and process integration, advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration, and device/interconnect characterization.
• Develop new processes and technology platforms through experimental development, design of experiments, and validation.
• Collaborate with faculty, students, startups, industry and government partners to translate research questions into executable experiments.
• Maintain readiness and performance of capabilities and ensure reproducibility and proper SOPs.

Skills

Semiconductor fabrication

Micro/nanofabrication

Process integration

Experimental research

Cleanroom experience

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Cleanroom equipment

Probe stations

Job description

Georgia Tech Institute for Matter and Systems seeks a Research Engineer to lead and advance shared microelectronics capabilities. You will own semiconductor fabrication, process integration, and device characterization, and drive experimental development with cross‑disciplinary teams.

You will collaborate with faculty and industry partners to translate research questions into executable experiments and contribute to proposals, reviews, and publications while mentoring users of the facility.