Senior Process Technician, Packaging

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Process Technician, Packaging

Location:

• College Park, Maryland, USA
• Five-minute walk from the Metro
• Approximately 80% of the workday is spent in the cleanroom

Job Type:

• Full-time
• On-site, five days per week
• Standard weekday schedule
• Overtime as needed, but minimal
• Travel: less than 5%

Responsibilities:

• Execute released procedures to clean, assemble, bond, inspect, and test packaged ion traps and related quick-turn hardware.
• Operate complex packaging equipment personally.
• Handle small, fragile, high-value components under a microscope with steady hands and careful attention.
• Perform incoming inspection and accurately record results.
• Complete travelers, work orders, and discrepancy reports.
• Collect process and test data and provide first-pass interpretation.
• Identify trends and anomalies and report them to the engineering team;
• Stop work and escalate when actual conditions differ from established procedures.
• Draft recipe or program adjustments within engineer-defined limits.
• Support daily cleanroom operations, including 5S, cleaning equipment and workspaces, restocking consumables, and preparing parts for work orders.
• Complete training and qualification on approximately 7 to 8 critical packaging processes during the first six months, including precision cleaning, epoxy and assembly work, die bonding, wire bonding, reflow, plasma cleaning, inspection, and testing.

Qualifications:

• Approximately 2+ years of hands-on experience in a high-tech manufacturing, laboratory, or precision-assembly environment.
• Relevant backgrounds may include semiconductor, photonics, RF, medical device, aerospace, or related industries.
• Demonstrated fine motor skills when working with small components.
• Professional microscope experience, microelectronics rework, or comparable precision handcraft experience.
• Ability to accurately read and follow blueprints, specifications, and operating procedures;
• Good judgment to stop work when procedures and actual conditions do not agree.
• Comfortable spending approximately 80% of the workday in a fully gowned cleanroom performing physical and sometimes repetitive work.
• Reliable attendance and ability to remain focused on hardware production schedules.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Basic proficiency with Google Workspace or Microsoft Office.

Preferred:

• Experience operating and troubleshooting automated equipment such as wire bonders, die-attach or pick-and-place machines, reflow ovens, epoxy dispense systems, or metrology tools.
• Experience working in an ISO Class 6 or cleaner gowned cleanroom.
• Two-year technical degree or higher.
• Experience with ERP, PLM, or MES systems, including NetSuite, Duro, or Jira.
• Experience with cryogenic or ultra-high-vacuum hardware.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Base salary: $79,040 to $120,640 USD per year.
• Total compensation includes base salary, bonus, equity, and benefits.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Matching 401(k).
• Unlimited PTO and paid holidays.
• Parental and adoption leave.
• Legal insurance.
• Home technology stipend.

Physical Requirements:

• Extended cleanroom gowning.
• Standing and microscope work for long periods.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Regular handling of solvents and epoxies while using appropriate PPE.

Hiring Process:

• Includes an in-person, hands-on bench evaluation at the College Park facility.
• Employment is subject to applicable background, risk, export control, and government contract requirements.

Export Control Requirements:

• The position involves access to technology subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions.
• Candidates may need to verify U.S. Person status, obtain a required license, or qualify for a license exception;
• U.S. Person status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, and individuals lawfully admitted as refugees or granted asylum, where applicable.
• Additional immigration-status questions may be reviewed by compliance personnel for export control purposes.