Tool Engineer - Superconducting Microfabrication

Stanford University; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, invites applications for the Tool Engineer position in the Detector Microfabrication Facility (DMF) within the Fundamental Physics Directorate. You will oversee, maintain, and repair the DMF tool suite to ensure high-performance lithography, deposition, etch and metrology equipment for superconducting microelectronics fabrication.

The role requires extensive hands-on experience with a broad range of fabrication tools, strong

Qualifications

• Extensive experience (10+ years preferred) stewarding a broad range of microelectronics fabrication equipment including lithography, deposition and etch tools for optical microfabrication.
• Disciplined operations in a research-scale cleanroom facility.
• Experience in environments committed to quality, safety and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the operation, maintenance, and repair of fabrication and metrology tools to ensure optimal performance and reliability of the equipment.
• Re-qualify tools after maintenance or hardware changes.
• Identification and resolution of equipment malfunctions and process-related issues swiftly. Employ root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions to minimize downtime.
• Develop and implement meticulous calibration and qualification protocols to ensure proper operation of tools in compliance with industry standards and laboratory specifications. To create and maintain detailed documentation of the calibration records.
• Improve hardware capability and reliability while maintaining safe operation.

Skills

Fabrication equipment stewardship

Cleanroom operations

Root cause analysis

Team collaboration

Tools

Lithography tools

Deposition tools

Etch tools

Metrology tools

Job description

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, invites applications for the Tool Engineer position in the Detector Microfabrication Facility (DMF) within the Fundamental Physics Directorate. You will oversee, maintain, and repair the DMF tool suite to ensure high-performance lithography, deposition, etch and metrology equipment for superconducting microelectronics fabrication.

The role requires extensive hands-on experience with a broad range of fabrication tools, strong