KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Modeling chemical reactions in the gas phase and on semiconductor surfaces in quantum mechanical scale.
• Include quantum mechanical reaction into fluid dynamic models to better understand and optimize vapor and liquid etch processes.
• Building fluid dynamic models into simulation software to optimize tool design.
• Participating in system engineering specification development, system documentation and implementation of system prototypes.
• Interfacing with development team to define project strategy and deliverables.
• Fully documenting work to provide colleagues with enough detail to maintain engineering simulations and/or code.
• Strong emphasis is placed on candidates that can find solutions to complex problems through structured project management while working in a team environment.
• Good communications skills are considered critical. The candidate will communicate project goals and status updates internally.
• Some travel might be required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND PREFERENCES:

• The candidate must have a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry, Physics or equivalent field.
• Experience in modeling quantum mechanical chemical reactions is required.
• Experience with GAUSSIAN, VASP, or equivalent software is required.
• Experience with Density Functional Theory (DFT) is required.
• Experience with Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics software is desirable.
• Knowledge of fluid dynamics is desirable.
• Experience with simulation software like STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, COMSOL, etc is desirable.
• Experience with programming languages such as MATLAB, python, C/C++, etc. is desirable.
• Knowledge of the semiconductor industry is desirable.