Periodic Labs
Nanofabrication Intern - Summer 2026
Menlo Park · Intern · Internship
H1B sponsorship availableDetected 57 days ago
SEMMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringMicroscopyResearch
About the role
- A central challenge in that mission is connecting materials discovery with real, scalable device-relevant form factors.
- Materials our AI predicts and our lab synthesizes must ultimately be validated through thin films, patterned structures, and device-relevant process flows for applications across semiconductors, memory, photonics, and advanced materials.
- We are looking for a hands-on Nanofabrication Intern with experience in cleanroom-based microfabrication or nanofabrication.
Responsibilities
- Support lithography processes such as spin coating, baking, mask alignment, exposure, development, lift-off, and optical inspection.
- Operate or support thin-film deposition processes such as sputtering, evaporation, PVD, PLD, ALD, PECVD, or related techniques.
- Perform basic structural, optical, electrical, or morphological characterization, potentially including profilometry, ellipsometry, SEM, optical microscopy, XRD/XRR, 4-point probe, or related metrology.
- Collaborate with materials science, AI, and automation teams to connect fabrication results with model predictions and experimental planning.
- Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas and will do everything we can to assist in this process with our legal support.
Requirements
- Prepare substrates, manage process flows, track samples, and maintain detailed experimental records that meet the metadata and data quality standards required for AI training.
- Follow rigorous laboratory safety and facility protocols, including those required by external shared cleanroom facilities.
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, applied physics, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, or a related field.
- Experience with full or partial device fabrication flows involving lithography, deposition, etch, and characterization.
- Hands-on experience with specific tools or techniques such as mask aligners, spin coaters, sputtering, evaporation, ALD, PECVD, RIE, ICP-RIE, profilometry, ellipsometry, SEM, or 4-point probe.
Compensation
- Compensation: Competitive and based on experience.
Visa & Work Authorization
- We sponsor visas and will do everything we can to assist in this process with our legal support.
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