Join Silicon Austria Labs and drive innovation in Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC-) technology on the pilot lines within the framework of the European Chips Act. As a Senior Research Engineer, you will lead process development for PICs and ensure stable, repeatable fabrication processes.
Requirements
- PIC Fabrication & Development:Designing, fabricating, and testing PICs.
- Platform Specialization: Focusing primarily on process development for either Aluminum Nitride (AlN) or Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) Platform.
- Technology ownership: Owning a platform flow (AlN or TFLN) and acting as a go-to person for fabrication topics, including coordination with cleanroom/process engineering and alignment with design/test needs.
- Developing and integrating process modules for stable, repeatable fabrication, increasing Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and pilot-line readiness.
- Planning and executing Design of Experiments (DOE) to optimize processes.
- Driving process integration, stability, and performance improvements for scalable fabrication.
- Defining Process windows
- Performing data-driven root-cause analysis
- Fabrication: Hands-on work with key fabrication processes including lithography, deposition (PVD/ALD/PECVD), dry etch (ICP-RIE), metrology/SPC, and documentation/change control.
- Collaboration & Teamwork: Working closely with SAL’s process engineering team.
- Collaborating to ensure high fabrication fidelity.
- Supporting industry and academic collaborations within multidisciplinary projects.
- Documentation & IP: Reporting and thorough documentation of work.
- Contributing to IP generation and patent applications.
Benefits
- € 4 per day meal allowance in restaurants or € 2 per working day in supermarkets.
- Public transport initiative (subsidy for the “Klimaticket”)
- Internal and external training opportunities for career development.
- Family & children friendly - actively shaping the compatibility of family and career.
- “Vital4SAL” to promote a healthy workplace (e.g. SAL coaching pool, trainings on mental health, physical activities, healthy snacks, 24/7 accident insurance)
