Group 08-35 | Microfabrication Engineering Co-Op | Microelectronics Laboratory | Jan - Aug 2027

About the role

The Microelectronics Laboratory is seeking students to apply their science and engineering skills in a US Government's advanced wafer fabrication facility. Successful candidates will design, run, and analyze experiments to improve wafer fabrication processes, supporting national security interests.

Responsibilities

• Create and improve wafer fabrication processes through experimental design and analysis.
• Implement process improvements in support of advanced technologies such as superconducting circuits, quantum computing circuits, radiation hardened electronics, RF devices, integrated photonics, and charge coupled imagers.
• Work in a cleanroom environment, focusing on areas like photolithography, reactive ion etching, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, wafer bonding, wet chemical processing, and ion implantation.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, or statistics.
• Willingness to work in a cleanroom environment.
• Enthusiasm for problem-solving and teamwork.
• US citizenship.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate background in relevant fields.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Basic understanding of semiconductor fabrication techniques.

Benefits

• Compensation for 2025: $24.50 - $31.00 per hour (based on year in school).
• Administrative Co-Op compensation: $21.50 - $25.00 per hour (based on year in school).

Pay

• Technical Co-Op: $24.50 - $31.00 per hour.
• Administrative Co-Op: $21.50 - $25.00 per hour.

Schedule

• Full-time co-op position.

Benefits

• Pre-employment background investigation.
• Secret level DoD security clearance required.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer.