Research Engineer, Semiconductor

AI research and deployment company building AI scientists and autonomous laboratories for physical-science discovery.

Menlo Park, United States
About Periodic Labs

Periodic Labs develops specialized AI models and high-throughput autonomous labs that run and analyze physical experiments, initially for materials discovery including superconductors, magnets, and semiconductor applications.

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About the Role

You will design, fabricate, and characterize device test vehicles for electrical performance. You will build patterned devices, deposit thin-film stacks, perform probe-station measurements, create custom test benches, document results, and translate customer needs into experimental plans.

Requirements

  • Materials science
  • Electrical engineering
  • Physics
  • Semiconductor
  • Device physics
  • Process integration
  • Lithography
  • Thin-film deposition
  • Etch
  • Metrology
  • Probe station
  • Electrical measurement
  • PVD
  • PLD
  • MBE
  • ALD
  • CVD

Responsibilities

  • Design, fabricate, and characterize device test vehicles
  • Build patterned devices using lithography, deposition, etch, and metrology
  • Deposit thin-film stacks with engineered interfaces
  • Perform electrical characterization on probe stations
  • Design and build custom electrical measurement test benches
  • Connect materials and interface properties to device outcomes
  • Translate customer needs into experimental plans and results
  • Document experimental methodology, results, and learnings

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Visa sponsorship
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