Photonics Fabrication Process Engineer (Hybrid)

Xanadu

15h • Hybrid

About The Position

As an industry leader in photonic quantum computing, Xanadu takes hardware very seriously! In this role, you will work within the Fabrication Process Engineering team to deliver Xanadu’s photonic quantum computing hardware. You will work with our established team of physicists and engineers to support existing efforts to improve the performance of thin-film-lithium-niobate (TFLN) waveguides and electro-optic modulators. In this role you will contribute your experience spanning cleanroom fabrication, thin-film characterization and metrology. A key part of the role will involve travel within Canada and USA for cleanroom development in partner facilities. In addition, you will interface with internal stakeholders to understand the critical performance requirements of the detector technologies you will be building.

Requirements

• PhD in Physics, Engineering, Experimental Sciences, or related relevant discipline with a focus on device fabrication, or Masters with 3+ years of cleanroom process development experience
• Experience in the operation of clean room tools including photolithography, deposition (PVD, CVD), wet & plasma etching (RIE, ICP), and characterization (e.g., XRR/XRD, SEM, AFM, Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence, ellipsometry, etc.)
• Knowledge of birefringent thin film stack metrology, characterization, and optimization
• Experience developing cleanroom recipes and maintaining detailed process documentation
• Experience with statistical process control
• Experience working in a collaborative team-based development environment
• Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple competing priorities
• Experience with data analysis and related software, such as Python, GitHub, JMP, MATLAB, etc.
• Availability for travel required (≤ 20% travel time)

Nice To Haves

• Experience in integrated photonics (familiarity with passive and active photonic components, such as waveguides, modulators, switches, beamsplitters, resonators, MZIs, etc.)
• Demonstrated track record of achieving low loss in integrated photonic components through fabrication process development
• Experience designing photonic components, including performing device simulations and layout
• Experience with large data set analysis and statistical reporting

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and optimization of process modules used to build integrated photonic devices from thin film lithium niobate
• Design and execute fabrication process improvement experiments, including defining fabrication splits, gathering and analyzing inline data, etc.
• Define and execute metrology and failure analysis plans to identify and mitigate failure modes and assess results of process optimization experiments
• Challenge the state-of-the-art in key performance metrics associated with integrated photonics fabrication
• Stay abreast of new developments in the field of photonics fabrication process development and rapidly implement new learnings and discoveries
• Ability to travel weekly to the cleanroom facility is required

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree