Fabrication Technician (Cleanroom) (Contract)

London, UK. Posted 9 days ago

The role

You will run a micro-fabrication process flow in a London cleanroom. You will follow written procedures and work closely with process engineers to create samples for AI infrastructure prototypes.

What you will do

Run established process steps from written procedures
Run cleanroom process steps such as substrate preparation and photolithography
Operate and look after process tools
Inspect work in progress for defects using metrology tools
Take routine measurements such as thickness, surface profile and feature dimensions
Prepare samples for test and hand them over to the engineering team
Keep accurate run records
Keep the cleanroom running including gowning, housekeeping, and safe chemical handling
Support engineers on experiments and report observations

Required qualifications

At least one year of hands-on work in a cleanroom (ISO 7 or better) in industry or as a regular research cleanroom user
Practical fabrication experience
Demonstrated ability to independently operate fabrication processes and record measurement results using metrology tools
Excellent contamination control
Careful defect inspection under a microscope
Meticulous record-keeping
Safe working with chemicals, hot equipment, UV light and lasers
Right to work in the UK

Nice to have

Experience across several process areas, such as coating, bonding, wet processing, deposition or etch
Metrology: stylus or optical profilometry, confocal microscopy and thickness measurement
Work in a production or pilot-line setting (semiconductor, MEMS, PCB, display or medical devices) as well as in R&D
A degree, or study towards one, in physics, materials science, chemistry or engineering
Simple data handling in Excel or Python for run logs and SPC charts

Before you apply

Eligibility depends on most recent citizenship or permanent residency status due to U.S. export control regulations
Generally unable to consider applicants whose most recent citizenship or permanent residence is in certain restricted countries including Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Russia, Belarus, China, Hong K

About the company

OLIX is an AI hardware company developing the Decode Accelerator 1 (DX-1) to address the infrastructure gap in AI technology.