Senior Research Scientist

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At EUV Tech, we enable the frontiers of semiconductor manufacturing and material science through the development of world-leading extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray instrumentation and techniques. EUV Tech stands at the forefront of the next era in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, delivering new and innovative solutions worldwide.

If you are looking to push the limits of cutting-edge technology in an impactful role with a talented team, we would love to hear from you!

About the Role

The Senior Research Scientist will work with a team of engineers and scientists to develop the next generation of EUV metrology solutions. This position will be responsible for conducting research projects to quantify and improve hardware and software performance for EUV metrology systems. This position will be leading projects with the applications engineering team to meet customer needs in complicated metrology tasks. This position will also be preparing and presenting cutting-edge research at international semiconductor manufacturing conferences.

Reporting Line

Reports to the Vice President, Research and Development.

Your Role

• Responsible for designing, implementing, and co-optimizing data acquisition strategies and advanced processing algorithms for various EUV metrology applications
• Responsible for developing computational imaging solutions with co-optimized acquisition strategy, data analysis, and auto-calibration algorithms
• Responsible for leading projects with the applications engineering team to optimize acquisition and data analysis in order to meet customer needs in complicated metrology tasks
• Able to independently study and optimize physical and algorithmic tradeoffs relating to measurement throughput, accuracy and precision
• Able to independently determine requirements for data quality, calibration, and alignment to optimize performance of complicated metrology tasks
• Able to independently identify and explore the implications of potential improvements to hardware, software, calibration, and alignment of EUV metrology systems
• Responsible for identifying and developing methods to reliably quantify the performance of EUV metrology systems including leveraging existing hardware and identifying new hardware and software needs as they arise
• Responsible for developing automated calibration and alignment processes to improve the performance of EUV metrology systems
• Accountable for updated status across multiple projects
• Interface with multiple teams to integrate R&D efforts into new and existing products
• Generation of procedural documentation and interacting with technical writing staff
• Submission of research papers to relevant publications and industry conferences
• Identify and develop content for patent applications
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications (Required)

• Engineering PhD and relevant industry experience or equivalent
• Extensive knowledge of algorithms for computational imaging, signal processing, statistical inference, and machine learning
• Ability to engage a cross-functional team towards a desired outcome
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong leadership, problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to organize and plan use of time and people effectively and efficiently
• Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with highly technical peers, and the capability to manage workload among changing priorities

Qualifications (Bonus to Have)

• Extensive knowledge of EUV lithography industry and overall challenges particularly relating to phase shift, mask 3D effects (M3D), and metrology needs
• Extensive knowledge of physics, optics, and control systems to understand and improve EUV metrology systems
• Thrive in a dynamic startup environment and ha