Science and Engineering Crystal Growth Technician

Individual will be responsible for setting up and growing ribbon on the crystal growth furnaces, running experiments, making experimental measurements and recording data, and equipment assembly and maintenance.

This position is a first shift position. The weekly work schedule will vary between three or four 12 hour days to attend to 24 hour crystal growth furnace operation, interfacing with a night shift technician, and five 8 hour days, depending on the experimental demands. Flexibility to occasionally work overtime, nights, and weekends is required.This position is scheduled to work alternating weekends.

Specific responsibilities include:

Assembling hot zone set-ups and preparing crystal growth furnaces for growth runs

Growing silicon ribbons from experimental set-ups on multiple furnaces, including in a clean room environment

Laser cutting, inspecting, and measuring the wafers produced, including thickness and flatness profiles, minority carrier lifetime and resistively measurements, optical microscopy, and other measurements as they are developed

Recording growth run data, observations, and measurement results in writing and on the computer network in appropriate file locations and formats including Excel

Performing experiments, including measuring temperature, thickness, voltage, and other furnace parameters with thermocouples, voltmeters, and other laboratory tools

Maintain a clean working laboratory area, including maintaining part, tool, and supply

Furnace and other equipment assembly and maintenance
REQUIREMENTS
Associates degree or equivalent required; technical training desired with 3-5 years experience as a manufacturing technician.

Ability to work independently, including attention to detail, troubleshooting problems, motivation to complete assignments, and ability to ask for and receive help when needed

Familiarity with and experience using laboratory tools (thermocouples, multi-meters, micrometers, etc.) and complex analytic equipment, for example the Semilab lifetime measurement, optical microscopy, and resistively measurement and mapping

Experience and skill working with delicate electro-mechanical assemblies

Computer literacy, including facility with MS Excel, MS Word, and network navigation

Experience with crystal growth, preferably silicon ribbon growth, and clean room experience strongly preferred