Process Technician

Myrias Optics, Inc. is a fast-growing startup using proprietary nanoimprint technology to revolutionize the way optical components and systems are conceptualized, designed, and manufactured. The company is positioned to disrupt markets across a wide range of applications including consumer electronics, AR, 3D scanners and LiDAR, imaging systems, optical communications, medical equipment, optical computing and more. Our unique all-inorganic imprinted optics enable meta lenses, diffractive optics, wave guides all manufactured using wafer level process.

By removing any organic material, we not only eliminate environmental and reliability issues but at the same time enable more complex designs with unmatched optical performance and highly cost‑effective manufacturing.

Reporting to the Technical Director, the Process Technician will collaborate with a talented team of engineers and scientists to help develop and manufacture cutting‑edge Myrias Optics components and systems. Specifically, this position will support Myrias’ nanoimprint and master fabrication development efforts, working with our design, and fabrication teams to optimize the masters and process conditions to enable accurate final imprinted optical devices with high performance and high yield.

This position will also be responsible for transitioning the technology to our manufacturing team whose goal will be to bring a high volume, high yield nanoimprint process to market for our optical components and subsystems. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and capable technician to gain expertise in the growing fields of meta‑optics, wave guides, and diffractive optics.

Together, we can shape next‑generation optical systems for consumer devices, AR, medical instrumentation, automobiles, robotics, and more.

POSITION TYPE: Full time, on‑site

Travel
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Up to 100% local travel within Massachusetts and the surrounding area

LOCATION: This position requires travel across multiple cleanroom facilities in Amherst (MA), Lowell (MA), Boston (MA), New Haven (CT).

• Develop and optimize nanofabrication processes for imprint masters
• Operate and calibrate Electron Beam Lithography (EBL), RIE/ICP etchers, PECVD systems, evaporation systems, sputtering systems, and thin‑film deposition equipment
• Operate and calibrate lithography, pattern transfer, deposition, and etch processes to meet device requirements
• Perform process integration activities to improve yield, repeatability, and throughput
• Work closely with the Myrias process, characterization and manufacturing teams to develop and optimize ink formulations meeting product requirements and production standards
• Assist with fabrication of components and systems based on Myrias’ proprietary materials and processes meeting quality and optical performance specifications
• Conduct comprehensive nanoimprint ink tests and optimization, including formulation, imprinting, and post‑processing (calcination, ashing, etching, atomic layer deposition and/or over coating)
• Characterize fabricated structures using SEM, profilometry, AFM, ellipsometry, and optical microscopy
• Analyze process data and troubleshoot fabrication issues
• Work closely with design, fabrication, characterization, and manufacturing teams
• Create and maintain SOPs, process flows, and production documentation
• Support technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing
• Create detailed internal reviews and customer product reports
• Assist in expanding Myrias fabrication capabilities through process improvements
• Travel between Myrias facilities and external cleanroom/nanofabrication facilities as required
• Monitor and participate in safe cleanroom practices

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Microelectronics, or related discipline. Master’s degree preferred
• 3–7+ years of experience in semiconductor, photonics, MEMS, or nanofabrication environments.
• Strong understanding of microfabrication and nanofabrication process flows
• Hands‑on experience with Electron Beam Lithography (EBL)
• Experience with RIE, ICP etching, PECVD, PVD, evaporation, sputtering, and thin‑film…