Support Engineer, Manufacturing Technician, Quantum Computing

Amazon • Pasadena, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and technicians, on a mission to develop a fault-tolerant quantum computer. We are looking to hire a Support Engineer with microfabrication experience in deposition and dry etching. The candidate will support deposition and dry etching processes needed for superconducting circuit fabrication. The position is on-site at our lab, located on the in Pasadena, CA. The ideal candidate will have had prior experience semiconductor or superconducting device fabrication. We are looking for candidates with strong manufacturing principles, resourcefulness, communication, and organization skills. Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Inclusive Team Culture Here at Amazon, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship and Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Our team is comprised of scientists and engineers who are building hardware that enables quantum computing technologies. Doing that requires the fabrication of quantum devices, which necessitates staying close to the details and feeding that back to process improvements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical support experience
• 5+ years of superconductor or semiconductor microfabrication experience
• Hands on experience in sustaining deposition or etch manufacturing in a cleanroom environment
• Excellent communication and writing skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with sputterer, electron beam evaporation, or thermal evaporation based deposition systems
• Experience working with dry etch based fabraction systems
• 5+ years working in a microfabrication research and development setting

Responsibilities

• Operate deposition and etching tools in support of production and development projects
• Perform manual spin coating and wet bench processing
• Operate metrology including Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM), automated optical inspection, electrical test, and profilometry
• Inspect wafers and write reports documenting process defects
• Perform tool qualifications for process monitoring
• Work with engineers and scientists to resolve tool and process issues

Benefits

• Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed