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In your career, let’s prove what’s possible.
- Design, develop, and maintain electrical and electronic circuits throughout all phases of the product lifecycle.
- Drive component selection, circuit development, design verification, testing, and evaluation of control systems for our products.
- Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary engineering team, including electrical, mechanical, and software engineers, technical support specialists, productivity engineers, and external suppliers, to design, develop, and enhance custom and OEM components.
- Develop, execute, and analyze test plans and procedures to ensure technical and operational requirements are fully met, validated, and documented.
- Collect, evaluate, and present technical data and findings to support informed decision-making during design, project, and program reviews.
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In your career, let’s prove what’s possible.
- Design, develop, and maintain analogue and digital electronic circuits throughout the complete product lifecycle
- Perform component selection, schematic capture, circuit simulation, and PCB design to meet performance, cost, and reliability targets
- Drive technical requirements from concept through implementation, test, and release
- Collaborate with mechanical, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, and service engineering teams during product development
- Support system integration activities involving sensors, actuators, communication networks, and control systems
- Create and maintain engineering documentation including schematics, test reports, BOMs, design reviews, and technical specifications
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Semiconductor Equipment Engineer (all genders)
- Independently carrying out maintenance, troubleshooting, and servicing of high-end cleanroom equipment
- Planning and coordinating preventive and corrective maintenance activities on semiconductor tools
- Supporting the continuous improvement of maintenance processes and equipment reliability within the cleanroom environment
- Performing regular inspections of cleanroom facilities and infrastructure
- Assisting the cleanroom team with daily operational and technical tasks
- Preparing and maintaining technical documentation, maintenance records, and operating procedures
- Working closely with equipment suppliers and process engineers to improve tool performance and support advanced process development
- Coordinating service activities with external vendors as well as internal stakeholders
- Supporting organizational and administrative activities within the team to ensure smooth day-to-day operations
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R&D Process Engineer - Thin Film Deposition (all genders)
- Develop, monitor, and optimize thin film deposition processes (primarily sputtering) to support R&D and prototype fabrication.
- Maintain tool health and stability through performance tracking, SPC monitoring, and preventive maintenance coordination.
- Support researcher use of deposition tools, ensuring safe operation, consistent process quality, and compliance with FAB standards.
- Lead and assist in tool upgrades, process capability improvements, and new equipment evaluation or acquisition.
- Document process parameters, tool performance, and experiment outcomes to ensure traceability and knowledge sharing.
- Serve as the technical interface between the fabrication team and research groups to enable efficient process development and experimentation.
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Villach, Pavia
06.08.2026
Villach, Pavia
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R&D Process Engineer - Stepper-based Lithography (all genders)
- Develop, optimize, and maintain stepper-based lithography processes for a diverse multi-project R&D environment.
- Establish repeatable process baselines and maintain control through SPC and routine performance monitoring.
- Define and document process parameters, recipes, and SOPs to support repeatable user operation.
- Own stepper tool and periphery equipment, ensuring high uptime and consistent performance for multiple technologies and flows.
- Work closely with process engineers and users to ensure lithography compatibility across varied fabrication flows.
- Work closely with equipment maintenance engineers to ensure tool health.
- Lead hands-on troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement in a fast-changing R&D setting.
- Support tool upgrades, new installations, and capability expansion projects.
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In your career, let’s prove what’s possible.
- Provide service, maintenance, and repair support for advanced high-tech equipment at customer sites.
- Troubleshoot technical issues and identify root causes of equipment failures.
- Install, start up, and relocate equipment when required.
- Perform diagnostics and implement solutions to minimize downtime.
- Support equipment upgrades and engineering changes.
- Read and work with electrical and mechanical drawings, diagrams, and manuals.
- Maintain accurate service and project documentation.
- Collaborate with customers and internal teams to ensure excellent service.
- Support and execute smaller technical projects and gradually take ownership of more complex tasks.
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Senior Research Engineer - Process Development for Integrated Photonics Fabrication (all genders)
- PIC Fabrication & Development:Designing, fabricating, and testing PICs.
- Platform Specialization: Focusing primarily on process development for either Aluminum Nitride (AlN) or Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) Platform.
- Technology ownership: Owning a platform flow (AlN or TFLN) and acting as a go-to person for fabrication topics, including coordination with cleanroom/process engineering and alignment with design/test needs. This includes mentoring and knowledge transfer, proactive risk/bottleneck identification and mitigation, and contributing to roadmap/benchmarking and experimental strategy.
- DOE- Driven process development:
- Developing and integrating process modules for stable, repeatable fabrication, increasing
- Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and pilot-line readiness.
- Planning and executing Design of Experiments (DOE) to optimize processes.
- Driving process integration, stability, and performance improvements for scalable fabrication.
- Defining Process windows
- Performing data-driven root-cause analysis
- Fabrication: Hands-on work with key fabrication processes including lithography, deposition (PVD/ALD/PECVD), dry etch (ICP-RIE), metrology/SPC, and documentation/change control.
- Collaboration & Teamwork:
- Working closely with SAL’s process engineering team.
- Collaborating to ensure high fabrication fidelity.
- Supporting industry and academic collaborations within multidisciplinary projects.
- Documentation & IP:
- Reporting and thorough documentation of work.
- Contributing to IP generation and patent applications.
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In your career, let’s prove what’s possible.
- Responsible for providing quality on-site repair and maintenance service of complex electro-mechanical systems.
- Analytical troubleshooting of technical problems to component level.
- Performs complete installation/relocation start-up services
- Troubleshoot equipment problems and conduct diagnostic procedures to isolate problems and take steps to minimize downtime or system interruptions and eliminate equipment malfunctions. Determine corrective actions as required.
- Installations and/or relocations of equipment at customers’ sites.
- Remain up to date on equipment/tools through appropriate training, manuals, factory periodicals and other relevant materials.
- Assist in complex field modifications and updates as released in Engineering Change Notifications.
- Maintain records and reports as required to properly coordinate activities with supervisors and customers.
- Planning, management, and execution of projects of a limited scope and duration
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Senior Research Engineer – Nitride Thin-Film Materials (Wide Band Gap) (all genders)
- Development of thin films for piezoelectric and wide-band-gap applications.
- Design and execute experiments to optimize nitride thin film materials, guided by device specifications and performance feedback.
- Structural and functional (e.g. dielectric, electrical, ferroelectric) characterization of the deposited thin films.
- Collaboration with design, fabrication, characterization, and process engineer teams to optimize full process flow and device performance.
- Definition of strategies for material optimization and pursuing scientifically relevant investigations.
- Development of strategies to address novel material properties and novel fields of application.
- Contributing to the standardization of procedures and workflows within the Unit.
- Filing IP disclosures whenever possible and appropriate.
- Contribution to scientific dissemination (publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, presentations at conferences).
- Contribution to Unit workflows, project acquisition and project management.
- Position is offered within the Chips JU Pilot Lines.
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Villach, Pavia
07.08.2026
Villach, Pavia
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Senior Research Engineer – Technology development and process integration for MEMS-based applications (all genders)
- Technology development for MEMS-based devices in various fields such as optics, acoustic, inertial sensors from concept to prototype.
- Development and implementation of DOE to improve device performance.
- Microfabrication and prototyping in cleanroom facility by using 200 mm wafer level technology.
- Advanced testing of developed MEMS devices (electrical, mechanical, acoustic, …).
- Scientific communication / reporting of research results.
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Senior Research Engineer – Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuit Design and PDK development (all genders)
- Designing photonic integrated circuits (passive components and modulators) for quantum applications based on AlN.
- Contributing to the development and validation of PDK components, including layout, simulation, and documentation.
- Generating layout from design and performing design rule checks
- Characterizing fabricated devices in the lab (optical/electrical testing) and analyzing measurement data
- Designing improvements based on characterization results to enhance device performance and yield
- Collaborating closely with process and fabrication teams to ensure high design-to-fab fidelity
- Contributing to reporting, documentation, publication, IP generation, and patent application
- Supporting industry and academic collaborations within multidisciplinary projects
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