Lithography / IMEC Assignee
Role Overview
The ideal candidate will have a strong scientific background and hands-on experience in a cleanroom/semiconductor fabrication environment, and a collaborative working style. This role involves both independent material evaluation and also clear communication with internal teams and external partners.
You will be a member of Irresistible Materials' EUV Lithography team, joining the existing Irresistible Materials assignee at imec based in Leuven, Belgium, responsible for running lithography experiments to test out our various resist formulations against key requirements from our customers and partners, undertaking metrology, providing feedback, and suggesting improvements needed, using our processing and development of EUV patterning materials, tackling impactful projects within the timelines of global customers and partners.
Key Responsibilities
• Carry out experiments in imec’s high-tech cleanroom, using the most advanced EUV lithography equipment.
• Facilitate R&D activities for MTR™ photoresist in collaboration with imec and imec’s patterning material suppliers.
• Assist and drive Joint Development Projects (JDP’s) with various partners to improve MTR™ photoresist performance.
• Contribute to advanced process development that is critical to the success of our programs and projects.
• Work effectively with material and equipment suppliers to identify issues, propose and evaluate material and process modification to meet needs and goals.
• Develop innovative solutions to challenging problems utilizing your academic background, work experience, and various tools/methods.
• Collaborate with imec experts on material characterization
• Undertake data analysis, interpretation of results and building understanding
• Report and present the key findings to our various industry partners and colleagues.
• Stay abreast of all recent developments in the field, by studying literature, Interacting with your colleagues, and building up an industry network.
• Travel internationally, as necessary to support job responsibilities.
• Identify ideas which can be converted to potential patent filings, give presentations at conferences, and write articles for scientific and technical journals.
About Irresistible Materials
Irresistible Materials is a UK based SME company developing novel resist solutions for the EUV lithography market. We are currently expanding our work force to drive faster and further improvements to MTR resist. We offer you the opportunity to work at one of the world’s premier Semiconductor Research Centres in nanotechnology at imec’s headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. We will actively invest in your development to further your technical and professional growth. IM is an innovative company which is growing rapidly and has just closed a significant financing round.
Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate compensation package.
Key Requirements
• PhD in Physics, Chemistry, or Material Science or Chemical Engineering with a minimum of 2 years of industry experience or a Master’s Degree with a min of 4 years of industry experience or equivalent by experience.
• Detailed knowledge of and experience in lithography and photoresist materials.
• Have keen interest, or preferably, have experience with both doing experiments in a high-tech cleanroom and Advanced (EUV) Lithography
• Hands-on style and willing to work in the cleanroom on a regular basis.
• Outstanding communication skills to work successfully in an international dynamic team environment.
• Good networking skills and comfortable with having regular interactions with our customers and partners.
• Strong project management skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit who enjoys pioneering work.
• Technical problem-solving skills and ability to multitask.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Enthusiastic and motivated team player
• Based at imec in Leuven, Belgium