Applications Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About Us :

Nanoverse Technologies is a well-funded startup with a Center of Excellence in Beaverton, Oregon. We create innovative metrology and laser processing that have a disruptive and immediate impact in high technology industries.

This is a unique opportunity to join a rapidly growing company developing best-in-class solutions.

About the role :

The Applications Engineer will apply knowledge of semiconductor engineering and physics to solve complex problems. Primary responsibilities include process workflow development, system calibration, sample preparation and measurement, data analysis, report writing and presentation of results to senior technical staff and external customers with guidance and oversight from his / her manager.

The Applications Engineer will have, or acquire in the course of work, a technical understanding of our customer’s manufacturing processes and needs.

Assignments call for up to 10% domestic and international travel.

About You :

An individual that thrives in a collaborative working environment that flexes your skills as an Applications Engineer. You enjoy taking on new challenges, a fast-paced environment, and delivering innovative solutions.

You bring skills and experience to the team but are also driven by knowledge, learning, problem solving, and a passion to build quality products.

What you will do :

• Develop and qualify workflows for process and inspection equipment.
• Perform sample measurement, data analysis, and data interpretation using optical metrology instruments
• Support commissioning of equipment by providing process workflow verification.
• Closely collaborate with customer to develop processes to meet their needs. Provide demonstrations of our equipment as required.
• Participate in engineering development activities by providing feedback on equipment performance and suggestions for improvement.
• Contribute to operations, training and maintenance manuals.
• Support sales and marketing activities including, but not limited to, customer visits, tradeshows, preparation of sales and marketing materials such as demo reports, applications notes, data analysis, etc.
• Design experiments to support research and testing
• Build understanding of the customer use-cases to refine the lasing techniques for the desired process
• Collaborate with various disciplines and departments to develop and deploy new products
• Actively participate in concept and design reviews

What we are looking for :

• M.S. in Applied Physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Semiconductor Engineering, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years proven experience with lasers, optics, metrology, and testbench hardware.
• A strong working knowledge of semiconductor process engineering, laser processing / machining, microscopy, surface inspection, and engineering statistics are preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

How we measure success :

• Contribute as an individual and work as part of a team.
• Produce high quality work with attention to detail
• Do what it takes to meet the schedule and communicate timely / openly obstacles and identified risk.
• Track and communicate issues related to functionality or performance back to the agile team and program management.

Where will this position be :

Beaverton, OR