Your Key Accountabilities

Purpose of the role :

Space industry is experiencing remarkable growth, particularly with the launch of several new satellite constellations. To address the increasing demand for enhanced space power, our team is developing an innovative product designed to enable the next generation of space solar arrays. Within this new product line, our goal is to overcome the limitations of traditional bulk substrates by providing a thin epitaxial Ge layer grown on germanium nanostructures.

As we prepare for the piloting phase, we are seeking a Germanium epitaxy specialist who can play a pivotal role in shaping this technology. Within the team, the specialist will be responsible for leading the epitaxial growth process and optimizing material performance, ensuring high-quality Ge layer fabrication and contributing directly to product development. Your expertise will be instrumental in advancing our approach and making a significant impact in the industry.

Your detailed responsibilities :

Develop an industrial epitaxy process
You’ll set up the new process

• In the first half year, actively support the installation of an epi tool, a new competence within the company.
• Define a robust high quality epitaxy process.
• Set tool workflows, experimental protocols, and data practices.
• Assist running the epi tool day to day: plan and prioritize work, keep the tool running, manage maintenance and calibration.
• Own baseline EHS (source gases, chemicals, exhaust gases, and waste)

Lead innovation and development of germanium epitaxy
You’ll own germanium epitaxy from R&D to pilot scale

• Lead development projects with clear milestones and realistic timelines.
• Turn assumptions into experiments, and experiments into decisions that produce clear go/no-go recommendations.
• Invent new growth recipes and then drive the winning concept toward scale.
• Stay current on patents and literature, and use that insight to guide our direction.
• Keep EHS compliance as a priority

Work across teams and communicate clearly
You communicate clearly and amplify impact globally

• • Intimately interact with the team with as main focus to make the new pilot line a success.
  • Actively interact with our research partners in Western Europe and North America that developed the original IP.
  • Write technical documents that capture learning, methods, and rationale; timely report to the funding agencies.
  • Present your outcomes internally to the steering committee and externally at conferences and scientific workshops.
  • Support production scale-up and help solve manufacturing issues when they show up.

Who we are looking for

Education & Experience

• Master’s degree in Physics, Chemical Engineering, Material Sciences, or Semiconductor Engineering
• Hands-on experience with semiconductor deposition techniques such as ALD, CVD, MOVPE, MBE, or sputtering is highly valued
• Willingness for training on the job during short term assignments abroad at one of our research partners
• Proven experience managing research projects and taking work from idea to execution

Technical Competencies

• Strong knowledge of material or semiconductor sciences
• Demonstrates strong innovation judgment: excellent taste in choosing high-impact problems, shaping solution approaches, and designing high-signal experiments that lead to clear decisions
• Ability to translate results into clear technical decisions