SMTS Quantum Etch Engineer

Location: USA - New York - Malta

Expected salary range: $118,000.00 - $210,000

Company

hirify.global is a full-service semiconductor foundry providing design, development, and fabrication services with manufacturing operations across three continents.

What you will do

• Serve as the technical authority for plasma etch, dry etch, and advanced pattern-transfer technologies supporting quantum devices and manufacturing platforms.
• Develop and optimize etch processes for silicon, dielectric, metal, compound-semiconductor, and specialty-material applications.
• Control profile, selectivity, critical dimensions, uniformity, loading, residues, surface condition, and defectivity while managing plasma-induced damage.
• Partner with lithography, deposition, cleans, metrology, integration, and manufacturing teams to create complete pattern-transfer solutions.
• Define equipment requirements, qualify chambers and hardware, assess fab capabilities, and develop quantum etch technology roadmaps with suppliers.
• Lead quantum PDK, module, prototype, customer-demonstration, process-transfer, root-cause, and manufacturing-control activities.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a related discipline.
• Significant semiconductor process development, technology development, or advanced manufacturing experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in the relevant process sector and semiconductor process optimization.
• Experience integrating processes with adjacent unit processes and metrology.
• Experience using DOE, 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 ICP, CCP, RIE, or other advanced plasma-processing platforms.
• Experience etching silicon, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, metals, superconducting materials, compound semiconductors, or other specialty materials.
• Experience with low-damage plasma processing, sensitive surface/interface requirements, atomic-layer etch, or other highly controlled pattern-transfer approaches.
• Knowledge of photonics, superconducting devices, quantum devices, MEMS, heterogeneous integration, or advanced packaging.
• Experience working directly with major semiconductor etch-equipment suppliers and transferring development processes to manufacturing.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Work must be performed at the Malta, New York, USA location.
• Support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
• Employment is subject to applicable pre-employment conditions and laws.
• Reasonable accommodation is available during the employment process upon request.