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Process Technician, Thin Films at Periodic Labs | LAYIQ

3+ years of hands-on experience operating thin-film deposition and/or metrology equipment in a semiconductor fab, R&D line, or equipment supplier environment. You have spent real time at a tool, not adjacent to one.
Working knowledge of at least one deposition technique at the level of practical detail: what a bad pump-down looks like, when a source needs conditioning, why a recipe that ran fine last week is now off-rate.
Sample prep skill with delicate materials — dicing or cleaving, mounting, cross-sectioning, and cleaning without introducing artifacts.
Comfort with basic metrology data: reading a thickness map, sanity-checking a film measurement, spotting delamination or particles in an image.
Mechanical aptitude and hands-on maintenance instinct. You are comfortable inside a chamber, with fittings and fasteners, and with following a service procedure precisely.
Rigorous documentation habits and attention to detail. You understand why "what I intended" and "what I did" are different records.
Cleanroom experience and full respect for protocol, chemical safety, and contamination control.
The ability to work independently, prioritize across several engineers' requests, and escalate anomalies early.
Especially Strong Candidates May Also Have
Associate degree or technical certificate in a related field, or equivalent military or industry training.
Experience in a high-mix, low-volume R&D environment where the recipe changes daily and no two lots are identical.
Vacuum system troubleshooting, RF matching and plasma tuning, or mass flow and pressure control calibration.
Experience with LIMS, MES, or other systems for tracking samples, runs, and characterization results, and the instinct to treat logging as part of the experiment.
Wafer-level metrology experience: thickness and resistivity mapping, stress and warpage, at wafer scale rather than coupon scale.
Familiarity with in-situ or real-time process monitoring during deposition.
Prior work at university nanofabrication facilities or shared cleanrooms, including facility safety training and tool reservation systems.
Mechanics
Engagement type: Contract position. Initial term of 6 months with potential to extend or convert based on lab needs and performance
Minimum education: High school diploma or equivalent, plus relevant hands-on experience; technical degree or certificate preferred
Location: On-site in Menlo Park, CA
Schedule: Standard weekday shift, with occasional flexibility for tool PM windows, vendor installs, or time-critical experiments

Process Technician, Thin Films

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