Researcher in Residence EU - 2D Pilot Line Project

Researcher in Residence EU - 2D Pilot Line Project

Date: 6 Feb 2025

Location: Wiesbaden, DE

Job Function: Technical

Business Unit: Plasma Technology

At Oxford Instruments, we enable the world’s leading industrial companies and scientific research communities to image, analyse and manipulate materials down to the atomic and molecular level. With a sixty-year history and fourteen Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

At Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, we offer flexible, configurable process tools and leading-edge processes for the precise, controllable, and repeatable engineering of micro- and nanostructures. Our systems provide process solutions for the etching of nanometre sized features, nanolayer deposition, and the controlled growth of nanostructures.

This new role, Researcher in Residence – EU 2D Pilot Line Project (fixed term, 3 years), involves conducting 2D material integration R&D activities within the EU graphene flagship funded 2D pilot line. This is an exciting research opportunity at the interface between academia and industry to drive the development of new technologies that could impact future electronics and optoelectronics. This position will be located at AMO in Aachen, Germany.

Role Purpose

This role is critical to build on our success and experience in the graphene and 2D materials sector. You will collaborate with all relevant partners in the EU graphene flagship funded 2D Pilot Line Project to enable the next stage of technology readiness of 2D materials devices. Particular emphasis will be on developing low-damage ALD processes for encapsulation of 2D materials and enabling integration of ALD layers into 2D devices.

Key Responsibilities

• Enable activities and deliverables within the 2D pilot line project.
• Fabricate and characterise 2D devices using the facilities at AMO to ascertain quality of ALD layers via materials and device characterization experiments.
• Analyse the results of characterisation work, optimize fabrication processes, and produce technical reports.
• Develop technical understanding of the challenges of 2D material integration in scaled up applications.
• Foster collaboration between Oxford Instruments and partners towards 2D materials device applications.
• Form liaison between Oxford Instruments applications, technology, and strategic business development teams and consortium partners to drive mutually beneficial advances in both organizations.
• Attend exhibitions and conferences to represent Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology and collaborators by publishing technical papers and generating IP on graphene and 2D materials processing for scaled up applications.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• PhD in Physics, Materials Science, Electronics & Electrical Engineering or related fields.
• Minimum of 12 months experience in fabricating and characterising 2D devices.
• Expertise in operating ALD, CVD tools and developing processes; experience with Oxford Instruments tools is advantageous.
• Significant hands-on experience using ALE, ICP, and RIE etch systems is an advantage.
• Experience with photolithography and E-beam evaporation.

Professional Skills/ Abilities

Personal Qualities:

• Process development and optimization towards device integration via device, materials characterization feedback.
• Use of photolithography, E-beam evaporation, and plasma etch tools.
• Experience in optoelectronic device characterization.
• Nanotechnology characterization skills (SEM, Ellipsometry, AFM, etch depths/profiles).
• Previous experience in developing Atomic Scale Processing technologies including ALD and ALE.
• Demonstrate understanding of how changes to plasma processes affect device performance.
• Experience working in large, funded projects.
• Strong communication skills that support both public speaking and team working.
• Previously presented at relevant conferences on work related to 2D devices along with co-authoring several recently published papers.
• Exposure to using software tools such as Origin Pro and MATLAB.
• Familiar with project management tools and techniques.
• Fluent in English; ability to speak German is an advantage but not a requirement.
• Self-starting, diligent, and enthusiastic; a professional approach to working independently and managing your time.
• Highly innovative with good lateral thinking skills for identifying opportunities for improvements.
• Focused on excellent customer service.
• Good diagnostic skills and problem-solving abilities; positive and enthusiastic attitude to technical challenges and flexibility to cope effectively with changes to specifications or priorities.
• Team player who makes the best use of contributions from others and has the ability to work constructively with others.
• Excellent written and oral communication; able to articulate, present, and report on technical or complex issues clearly and succinctly.

To apply for this job, please send us your CV and a motivation letter outlining the relation of your experience to the project.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.

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