Fabrication Engineer II

Job Description

Job Title: Fabrication Engineer II. Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Responsibilities:

• Fabricate, characterize, and perform quality control testing of current-generation and next-generation quantum processing units (QPUs)
• Operate clean-room equipment including metal deposition systems, electron-beam lithography, optical lithography, and wet and dry etching tools
• Perform routine maintenance of fabrication equipment and support qualification of new tools;
• Design and execute statistical process control (SPC) and design of experiment (DOE) procedures to monitor fabrication performance
• Analyze process yield and metrology data to identify and resolve manufacturing issues
• Conduct failure analysis on defective devices and determine root causes;
• Develop and execute experiments to improve device quality, fabrication processes, and production efficiency
• Support the development and commissioning of D-Wave's new fabrication facility in New Haven

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of semiconductor manufacturing or related fabrication industry experience
• Experience working in clean-room production environments
• Experience with wet etching, dry etching, metal deposition, and optical lithography processes
• Experience using metrology tools such as SEM, AFM, and profilometers;
• Ability to execute manufacturing processes with high precision and consistency
• Ability to independently design and perform fabrication experiments
• Strong documentation, communication, and technical reporting skills
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary physics and engineering teams

Benefits And Compensation:

• Annual salary range of $76,400 to $114,600
• Competitive compensation package including potential equity, bonus, benefits, and additional perks
• Opportunity to contribute to both annealing and gate-model quantum computing technologies
• Career growth within a leading quantum computing company;
• Inclusive and collaborative work environment focused on innovation and professional development

Other Information:

• Work involves fabrication of advanced superconducting quantum computing hardware
• Participation in the build-out and qualification of a new fabrication facility planned for 2027
• No third-party candidates will be accepted;
• Equal employment opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion