Senior Staff Device Engineer

Akoustis is searching for a highly motivated individual with experience in multi-physics Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation of RF piezoelectric MEMS resonators and understanding of RF piezoelectric MEMS resonator physics to join our Device team. RF piezoelectric MEMS resonator/filter wafer fabrication process experience is desired with ideally, a background in bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator technology development.

Akoustis creates challenging new technology using III-Nitride semiconductors to develop BAW resonator-based filter products for a wide spectrum of applications. Thus, knowledge of acoustic resonators, electrical engineering, and BAW resonator technology and metrics is essential. A background in wafer fabrication processes either in MEMS or RF devices is desired. The ability to understand BAW fabrication process in rapid fashion is also desired as this position will interface between the process engineering, wafer manufacturing, and filter design teams. In a startup environment, flexibility is expected along with the skill and willingness to engage in a breadth of technical areas. Job responsibilities include:

• Simulate BAW devices to help define process, material, and layout experiments
• Develop and support externally funded Device R&D projects
• Work within BAW engineering team to define process, material, and layout experiments
• Evaluate experiments via statistical analysis of measured and modeled data
• Support mask generation and layout
• Define and assist in monitoring process and device metrics to validate processed wafer quality
• Work with manufacturing team to translate the impact of wafer processes to resonator and filter metrics

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Physics or related fields and 12 years' experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Device technology experience, ideally in BAW/MEMS technology
• Background in FEM simulation of piezoelectric RF devices, preferably using COMSOL
• Background MEMS devices
• Understanding of semiconductor wafer processing
• Statistical data analysis

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