This SkyWater Technology Development Principal Engineer will design, develop, and support superconducting offerings in a technologist-level role.
Responsibilities:
- New device development, transfer, and integration in a manufacturing environment.
- Liaison with Design Enablement, process integration, and reliability groups on matters relating device construction, manufacturing design rules, and PDK development for superconducting technologies.
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver device design, test chip layout, and product characterization.
- Provide process and device simulations to support new technology development.
- Serve as a subject matter expert to customers and SkyWater colleagues for technology elements, test setup, design rule constraints, and device performance targeting.
Minimum Qualifications:
- MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field with Master's and 8+ years experience, or PhD with 3 years experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in related advanced device development.
- Comprehensive knowledge of superconducting device and interconnect performance, optimization, and yield limiters relevant to interposer process flows.
- Expertise in cryogenic device characterization to meet process control and modeling requirements.
- Familiarity with device, process, interconnect, and IC modeling such as TCAD, COMSOL, field solvers for RC extraction, Spectre, Verilog, Cadence Virtuoso ADE, or comparable software.
- Experience in dealing with both internal and external customers. Able to articulate thought processes in both technical and business settings.
- Knowledge of DOE, SPC, and 6-sigma concepts and applications.
- US Citizenship Required: This position will require the holding of or ability to obtain government security clearance which requires U.S Citizenship.
Preferred Qualifications:
- At least 10 years of advanced device development experience.
- Process development, modeling, yield, or reliability background for fields such as: CMOS, MEMS, photonics, or superconducting.
- Background in device characterization and modeling including parasitic coupling, noise, ESD, and stress effects.
- Experience in DOE and CMOS device design for extreme environments such as cryogenic, radiation, or high temperature.
- Understanding of typical mixed-signal IC design.
- Experience in project technology transfers into or out of a semiconductor foundry.
