Research Engineer II

Job Title Research Engineer II Agency Texas A&M Engineering Department Electrical Engineering

Proposed Minimum Salary Commensurate Job Location College Station, Texas Job Type Staff Job Description

Engineering has been part of Texas A&M University since its opening in 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Today, the College of Engineering is the largest college on the College Station campus with more than 25,000 engineering students enrolled in 15 departments. Its mission is to serve Texas, the nation and the global community by providing engineering graduates who are well-founded in engineering fundamentals, instilled with the highest standards of professional and ethical behavior, and prepared to meet the complex technical challenges of society.

As the research arm of Engineering, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) is a state agency within the Texas A&M University System with a mission to improve lives through basic and applied engineering research, workforce development and technology transition. Our collaborations with industry, academia and government provide cutting‑edge solutions to global technical challenges. We are deeply committed to recruiting and retaining a talented workforce that embraces our core values of Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Service, by offering competitive salaries, an array of benefits, an extensive support network, and above all, an enriching and highly collaborative working community that is deeply passionate about our vision for higher education, research, and public service.

The Research Engineer II, under the management of the Aggie Fab Laboratory Manager, will be responsible for nanofabrication tool management and process development tasks in support of Aggie Fab, the Core nanofabrication cleanroom facility at Texas A&M University used for research and development. This role will involve the operation, development, and optimization of processes for a broad suite of nanofabrication tools in Aggie Fab.

The equipment includes and is not limited to electron beam lithography, photolithography, thin film deposition (PVD, CVD, and ALD), 3D printing, wafer bonding, reactive ion etching (ICP‑RIE and DRIE), metrology, and advanced analysis (dual‑beam FIB) tooling. Familiarity with a variety of nanofabrication tools is a requirement, and a working knowledge of other general wafer fab operations is a plus. This role will also involve participating in micro/nanofabrication projects that TAMU principal investigators and external customers are engaged in, including MEMS and BioMEMS processing.

• Developing suitable recipes to achieve optimum results from the process tools for various Aggie Fab customer research projects.
• Executing staff runs for academic and industrial customers and preparing detailed reports.
• Establishing standard operating and training procedures.
• Maintaining stable operation of tools under his/her purview by performing periodic. control runs and obtaining inputs from the user base.
• Training users in the operation of tools.
• Working with tool vendors in developing tool operations and performance enhancements.
• Establishing preventative maintenance programs and/or working with tool manufacturers to troubleshoot problems and achieve a high up‑time for the user base.

• Bachelors Degree 2 years of Related Experience

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or related science/engineering major.
• 2 years in an academic nanofabrication facility or in a leading semiconductor R&D or manufacturing facility.
• The preferred education is a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or related science/engineering major.
• The preferred experience is at least 5 years in an academic nanofabrication facility or in a leading semiconductor R&D or manufacturing facility.
• The ideal candidate will understand the principles behind a variety of nanofabrication processes and be able to…