Device Engineer Job Application

Job Description:

Overview: Synergy Research Labs, Inc. (SRL) is a deep-tech startup pioneering the next generation of high-power electronics. We are the first company to commercialize high-quality native gallium oxide epiWafers alongside high-performance device architectures, addressing a acritical global shortage in next-generation electronic materials. Utilizing our proprietary scalable growth process, SRL delivers UWBG materials at unprecedented growth rates and quality to enable ultra-high voltage, energy-efficient, and miniaturized power systems.

SRL is seeking a highly motivated, hands-on Device Engineer to bridge the gap between material growth and device performance. You will work closely with our materials synthesis team in a fast-paced, collaborative startup environment to translate SRL’s proprietary epiWafers into industry-leading power components. Located in Urbana, Illinois.

Compensation: SRL offers top-tier compensation and quality packages commensurate with the strategic importance of this role.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Design and optimize lateral/vertical gallium oxide diodes and transistors

  • Create and execute DOEs and interpret device data to advance R&D

  • Work closely with epitaxial experts to co-guide growths and correlate material quality to device performance

Required Qualifications:

  • Experience in semiconductor cleanroom facilities: photolithograph, wet/dry etch, evaporation, sputtering

  • Experience with electrical analysis via probe station

  • Proven ability to independently analyze, graph and interpret complex data sets

  • Proactive, self starting attitude comfortable with high-intensity early stage start-up work under minimal oversight

  • Strong technical communication skills to effectively translate device data into actionable feedback

  • Degree in Physics, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering or pertinent field

  • U.S. Citizenship

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Intimate theoretical understanding of device physics and material science

  • Experience with UWBG (especially gallium oxide) semiconductor materials

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