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Research Intern, Thin Films at Periodic Labs | LAYIQ

Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, applied physics, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, or a related field.
Hands-on experience in a university cleanroom, nanofabrication facility, semiconductor lab, photonics lab, MEMS lab, or related research environment.
Practical exposure to lithography, deposition, and etch processes. You do not need to be equally deep in every module, but you should understand how these steps connect in a device fabrication flow.
Experience working with silicon-based microelectronic, photonic, MEMS, optical, or semiconductor devices.
Comfort spending real time at tools, following cleanroom protocols, logging process details, and learning new equipment quickly.
Strong documentation habits and attention to detail. You record what actually happened in the experiment, not just what was intended.
Ability to work independently in shared research facilities while escalating issues appropriately and learning from senior team members.
Especially Strong Candidates May Also Have
Experience with full or partial device fabrication flows involving lithography, deposition, etch, and characterization.
Hands-on experience with specific tools or techniques such as mask aligners, spin coaters, sputtering, evaporation, ALD, PECVD, RIE, ICP-RIE, profilometry, ellipsometry, SEM, or 4-point probe.
Experience fabricating silicon photonics, MEMS, optoelectronic devices, sensors, thin-film devices, or other micro/nanoscale structures.
Experience working in shared cleanroom environments, including completing facility-specific safety training, navigating tool reservation systems, and operating within shared-use norms.
Exposure to functional materials in thin-film or device form, including oxides, nitrides, metals, semiconductors, superconductors, magnetics, ferroelectrics, or multilayer stacks.
Interest in working at the intersection of experimental science, nanofabrication, and AI-driven discovery.
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Location: Menlo Park, CA. This role is expected to be on-site, with work taking place at Periodic’s lab and external cleanroom facilities in the Bay Area.
Term: Internship / fixed-term position.

Research Intern, Thin Films

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