Process Engineer Epitaxy

The process engineer will support the development of epitaxial growth processes in the fields of CFET, Silicon photonics, Advanced RF and Technology transfers.

You will be a member of the epitaxy research group, which is responsible for the R&D of deposition processes of different semiconductors. This research is organized in close collaboration with imec’s integration departments to develop advanced device concepts for the future. You will work in a cross-functional team of about 20 people with whom you interact frequently. As part of a dynamic multidisciplinary and multicultural environment, you will interact with various researchers, process and hardware engineers, technicians, industrial assignees, and device experts to drive imec’s research.

As a process engineer, your key responsibility is the development and optimisation of epitaxial growth processes in the fields of SiGe alloys and III-V compound semiconductors.

More specifically, you will:

• Define, organize/execute, and validate epitaxial growth processes using vapour phase deposition in close collaboration with your colleagues,
• Carry out structural, optical, and electrical characterization techniques on grown structures,
• Correlate your applied growth conditions with your characterization results to optimize and improve further deposition processes,
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the chemical and physical process as you evolve to an epitaxy specialist,
• Report and discuss your results at team and program meetings to actively contribute to the research programs and joint development projects with external partners,
• Occasionally transfer the optimised processes to the engineering support and operational teams (“line releases”) or to our industrial partners (“tech transfers”). This includes documenting the processes, giving classroom and field trainings, and supporting the engineering support or industrial partners during their initial ramp up phase.

A significant part of your practical work will be in the laboratories and cleanrooms. You will be coached on-the-job by senior scientists.