Engineer GaN Epi Development

About GF

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Summary of Role

The New Graduate College candidate will join the GlobalFoundries Technology and Innovation organization to support GaN integration for Power and GaN Power Systems. The candidate will have a 3 years local contract assignment at GF Labs at IMEC in Leuven Belgium with a path to Burlington VT (USA). During the 3 years assignment in Leuven the candidate is expected to support GlobalFoundries technology development focus within the IMEC Industrial Affiliation Programs in GaN Power including hands-on experiments and integration also understanding system architectures that require advanced power solutions. Additionally the person will organize and lead joint-development projects at IMEC for learning and tech. transfer to respective GlobalFoundries R&D teams. Post doc candidates are welcome to apply.

Essential Responsibilities

• Learn and transfer GaN epi and integration steps for Power (Strain Relief Buffer layer back-side barrier selective S/D regrowth) from IMEC Program to internal GF R&D

• Partner with IMECs GaN ecosystem to explore new materials (e.g. slurries for CMP cleaning passivation etc) and new integration schemes e.g. co-integration.

• Own and drive joint-development projects between GlobalFoundries and IMEC

• Build and maintain relationships with semiconductor GaN material and tooling vendors

• Contribute to Intellectual Property by writing innovative invention disclosures

• Contribute to publications and conferences with scientific results

• Understand application domains for GaN in the fields of Power Electronics at 1200V 650V 100V and lower voltages and high frequency millimeter wave and RF applications.

• Influence IMEC Program and collect feedback from GF on technical content and development plans. Participate in IMEC Partner Technical Week 2x year and support all executive readouts

• Travel expectation is about 1-2x year to GlobalFoundries R&D team

Other Responsibilities

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental Health Safety & Security requirements and programs

• Other duties as assigned by manager

• Expectation of writing reports and preparing presentations

Required Qualifications

• Education:PhD in physics electrical engineering microelectronics or related field.

• Experience: Preferred minimum 1 year of study in the GaN field

• Skills: fundamental knowledge about semiconductor power and high electron mobility devices

• Travel: up to 10%

• Fluency in English Language: written & verbal

Preferred Qualifications

• Post doc candidates are welcome to apply

• Experience: GaN research epi and integration

• Skills: expertise in industrial integration of GaN device process development and device testing

• Project management skills - i.e. the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong planning & organizational skills