MEMS Process Integration Engineer

HRL Laboratories • Malibu, CA

64d • $132,765 - $165,983

About The Position

HRL's compact, high-performance MEMS IMUs are redefining navigation systems by providing reliable guidance in GPS-degraded environments. Designed with navigation-grade precision, these IMUs offer a cost-effective, scalable solution for automotive, aerospace and other demanding applications where traditional GPS reliance is no longer sufficient. These innovations aim to deliver a first-of-its-kind navigation-grade component, providing industries with a reliable, economical alternative to traditional IMUs and advancing capabilities for autonomous systems and precise navigation.

Requirements

• Strong track record of process development, process optimization, design of experiments methodology, statistical data analysis and problem solving.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills in a multi-person team environment.
• Ability to combine disparate process recipes into a full fabrication flow and understand the impact of process interdependence.
• Experience and process development expertise in contact/stepper photolithography, wet and plasma dry etches, high aspect-ratio deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) of silicon, glass and other MEMS relevant materials.
• Experience in chemical vapor deposition, dielectric and metal depositions, wafer bonding and vacuum encapsulation of microscale structures.
• Ability to conduct metrology such as optical/infrared microscope inspections, interferometric measurements and scanning electron microscopy with elemental analysis.
• Ability to design and characterize process control monitors (PCM) for in-process verification.
• Ability to design, modify and/or review mask layouts in CAD layout software such as L-Edit or Cadence.
• Hands-on experience with both surface and bulk micro-machining.
• Proper documentation of fabrication experiments.
• Back-end wafer process experience in wafer grinding, CMP, die singulation and assembly processes into packages.
• Ability to utilize data analysis software such as JMP, MATLAB, or python.
• Automation of fabrication data collection and analysis.
• Device simulation such as mechanical, thermal, or electrical Finite element analysis (FEA) modeling in COMSOL or SolidWorks.

Responsibilities

• Join a diverse team of applied scientists and engineers in the development of next generation MEMS-enabled sensors and actuators for high-performance aerospace, automotive and industrial applications.
• Innovate and create novel microfabrication processes and integrate them into fully optimized process flows for wafer-scale sensors and actuators’ R&D efforts.
• Participate in the design, layout, fabrication, and characterization of MEMS-enabled devices and subsystems.
• Conduct layout design and designs of experiments.
• Provide timely feedback to project teammates through in-process wafer inspections and metrology data.
• Serve as a task lead and provide project leadership.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $132,765 - $165,983 + bonus + benefits.
• EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
• Drug-free workplace with pre-employment substance abuse testing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees