Nanofabrication R&D Engineer — ETH Zürich
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 4 days ago
Role overview
Nanofabrication R&D Engineer
100%, Zurich, permanent print Drucken
The Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center (BRNC) at ETH Zurich is a state-of-the-art research facility providing advanced technology, infrastructure, and expertise for nanoscience and nanotechnology.
- Nanofabrication R&D Engineer
- 100%, Zurich, permanent print Drucken
- Your activities will range from process development and technical troubleshooting to user training, safety responsibilities, and routine cleanroom operations.
- Through this combination, you will help maintain an environment in which ambitious academic and industrial projects can progress efficiently and safely.
Main responsibilities
- Your activities will range from process development and technical troubleshooting to user training, safety responsibilities, and routine cleanroom operations.
- Through this combination, you will help maintain an environment in which ambitious academic and industrial projects can progress efficiently and safely.
- This role is well suited to someone who values technical variety, enjoys learning about new scientific developments, and approaches both complex problems and everyday operational tasks with curiosity, initiative, and a strong sense of responsibility. Job description
- Process Engineering & R&D Support: Design, develop, optimize, and document nanofabrication processes.
- Support cutting-edge academic and industrial R&D projects through process evaluation, troubleshooting, and statistical process control.
- Equipment Ownership & Maintenance: Take technical ownership of selected semiconductor cleanroom systems including deposition (e.g. atomic layer deposition), characterization, and wet-processing.
- Coordinate preventive maintenance, repairs, upgrades, vendor interactions, and the evaluation, commissioning, and installation of new equipment.
- Safety Ownership: Act as a key point of contact for safety within the BRNC and contribute to the development and continuous improvement of its safety protocols.
- Assume hands-on and administrative responsibilities related to chemicals, gases, safety equipment, and cleanroom operations.
- User Training & Knowledge Exchange: Train and support researchers, advising on tool usage, process development and optimization.
Additional details
- 100%, Zurich, permanent
- This role is well suited to someone who values technical variety, enjoys learning about new scientific developments, and approaches both complex problems and everyday operational tasks with curiosity, initiative, and a strong sense of responsibility.
- Embrace new challenges and evolving responsibilities as operational and scientific needs develop.
Notes and original content
- Job description
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