Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS) – Lithography (Quantum Technologies)

Location: Malta, New York, USA; other location: Essex Junction

Salary: $118,000–$210,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a full-service semiconductor foundry providing design, development, and fabrication services across a global manufacturing footprint.

What you will do

• Serve as the QTS technical authority for advanced optical and related lithography processes supporting quantum-device and module development.
• Develop and optimize resist, coat/develop, exposure, alignment, and patterning processes while improving critical dimension control, overlay, pattern fidelity, defectivity, and process windows.
• Translate quantum-device requirements into lithography process specifications, design rules, experiments, and statistically robust process windows.
• Define equipment capability requirements, evaluate Fab 8 and Fab 9 capabilities, lead equipment and material evaluations, and develop technology roadmaps.
• Lead lithography activities for quantum PDKs, experiments, prototypes, demonstrations, process transfer, and process-of-record establishment.
• Mentor technical staff, lead root-cause analysis and technical reviews, influence lithography strategy, and contribute to patents, publications, and invention disclosures.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a related discipline.
• Significant semiconductor process development, technology development, or advanced manufacturing experience, with demonstrated expertise in the relevant process sector and semiconductor process optimization.
• Experience integrating processes with adjacent unit processes and metrology.
• Experience using design of experiments, statistical analysis, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Ability to independently lead technically complex development programs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across engineering, supplier, and leadership organizations.

Nice to have

• Experience with advanced-node or specialty-semiconductor lithography.
• Experience with ArF immersion, KrF, i-line, advanced resist and process technologies, and/or electron-beam lithography.
• Experience developing tight-overlay or high-resolution patterning processes.
• Knowledge of photonics, superconducting devices, quantum devices, MEMS, heterogeneous integration, or advanced packaging.
• Experience working directly with lithography equipment and material suppliers.
• Experience transitioning R&D processes into semiconductor manufacturing.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position supporting semiconductor manufacturing and quantum-technology programs.
• Work must be performed at the specified USA locations.
• All activities must follow Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
• Employment is subject to applicable pre-employment conditions, laws, and regulations.
• Reasonable accommodation is available during the employment process upon request.
• hirify.global is an equal-opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.