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.

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• Key job 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

A day in the life
This role is flexible but is mainly 2nd shift. The position may require occasional weekend work.

The candidate will spend most of the day in a cleanroom environment, performing hands-on fabrication tasks using semiconductor fabrication equipment. The candidate will carry out wafer processing steps including deposition, etching, spin coating, wet bench processing, and metrology operation for quantum computing product chips, as well as for development projects led by scientists and engineers. The role may include occasional off hours work including evenings, nights and weekends.

About the team
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.

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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USA, CA, Pasadena - 90,400.00 - 158,200.00 USD annually