Raith is a medium-sized, steadily growing company with a team-oriented, international corporate culture.  We empower the world with reliable nanofabrication solutions and thus help fulfill the immense promise of the nanoscale.  We deliver innovative, high-technology instrumentation and exceptional support for industrial, government, and university nanoscale communities around the world, helping them stay at the forefront of device production, research, and development.  Raith America, Inc. operates in Troy, NY yet most of our staff are located outside New York and close to our customers.  Our growing customer community motivates our full-time position for Applications Engineer.
 
Raith is seeking a motivated Applications Engineer based in the nano@stanford facilities at Stanford University, California to support applications development in electron beam lithography and SEM-based metrology.

• Join Raith’s global applications development team in generating new workflows, features, and products related to electron beam lithography and SEM measurement systems.
• Become an advanced user of Raith nanofabrication systems at the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) and/or Stanford Nano Shared Facility (SNSF), including but not limited to the EBPG 5200 Plus EBL system and CHIPSCANNER150_Two-HS SEM.
• Support customer applications for EBL and SEM inspection systems, including some travel to customer sites in the region
• Actively support development topics of interest to Raith and our customers, particularly related to EBL and SEM metrology / inspection: 
  • Standardized wafer test structures
  • Tool monitoring strategies, yield control, and process window analysis
  • Automated workflows for both EBL and metrology
  • BKM’s for technology transfer between facilities

• A passion for nanoscale instrumentation and fabrication processes informed by a hands-on background in the physical sciences or engineering.  
• Exceptional team working and communications skills are critically important, as well as being results-driven.
• Outstanding problem-solving skills and experience with nanofabrication, metrology, and data-driven analysis.
• Ph.D. in physics, materials science, electrical engineering, or related field.
• Preferred:  Experience with Electron Beam Lithography, DUV Optical Lithography, metrology and characterization with CDSEM, process control methodologies, SPC, and Design of Experiment.
• Preferred: Experience scripting for scientific data processing using Javascript, JMP, MATLAB, Python, R, etc. 
• Preferred: Ability to do some travel in the Americas and to Europe.

Rhonda Bachman
Human Resource Business Partner – US
rhonda.bachman@raith.com