Electronic Materials(CHIPS Funded Project)

Overview

This PREP position focuses on developing on-wafer metrology for tunable dielectrics, anisotropic
materials, and out-of-plane permittivity. The position requires finite element simulations, programming,
network analysis, dimensional metrology, web-based programming, and other skills. The position will
use on-wafer methods to develop a materials characterization technique for mmWave industry to
validate the authenticity of integrated circuits.

Work Location is Physically at NIST (Boulder, CO).

Qualifications

• A Doctorate degree in Physics, Materials Science Engineering, or a related field.
• 2 years of relevant experience with on-wafer calibration, and materials metrology.
• Familiarity with programming in MATLAB.
• Experience with HFSS, Circuit, and Q3D.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Research Proposal

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• The PREP student will coordinate all stakeholder engagement to understand industries need and coordinate regular updates to solicit feedback.
• The PREP student will design, simulate, and assemble on-wafer devices for mmWave test and measurement.
• With the measurement systems integrated, the PREP student will perform all measurements and analysis on the data.
• In coordination with NIST researcher, the PREP student will develop and carry out a plan that test new materials characterization metrologies.