Equipment & Process Development Technician
About the job
- A technical degree, apprenticeship, technician certification, or equivalent practical experience.
- Three to five or more years of semiconductor equipment, process, manufacturing, or technician experience.
- Hands-on experience in one or more of CMP, wet cleaning, plating, wafer processing, equipment engineering, process development, or chemical systems.
- Strong hands-on troubleshooting and maintenance experience.
- Basic knowledge of pumps, valves, filters, tubing, sensors, motors, vacuum, chemical and fluid delivery, and equipment controls.
- Hands-on work in a cleanroom and support for a fast-paced startup and new-fab environment.
- English proficiency.
- Support equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, startup, operation, and maintenance.
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and equipment recovery.
- Act as a first responder for equipment alarms, abnormal conditions, and out-of-control events.
- Monitor tool health, equipment performance, and process conditions to maintain high uptime and reliability.
- Support CMP, wet cleaning, plating, graphene, and chemical supply systems.
- Manage critical consumables such as CMP pads, diamond disks, filters, PVA brushes, plating consumables, and chemicals.
- Support process development, engineering experiments, process qualification, characterization, and optimization.
- Support graphene transfer, wet processing, patterning, equipment operation, and process development.
- Assist Process and Equipment Engineers with tool tuning, recipe optimization, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
- Collect and document equipment and process data and maintain accurate maintenance, qualification, and process records.
- Support development and improvement of standard operating procedures, preventive-maintenance procedures, and equipment standards.
- Follow cleanroom, chemical-handling, environmental health and safety, and contamination-control requirements.
- Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Facilities, EHS, R&D, and equipment suppliers.
- Support other technical activities as required by business and FabONE priorities.
- Experience with process development, equipment qualification, calibration, or optimization.
- Graphene or advanced materials processing experience.
- Ability to learn and support multiple equipment platforms and technologies.
- German proficiency.
About the company
Black Semiconductor develops chips that combine graphene-based photonics with traditional electronics to enable optical chip-to-chip communication. Its process embeds optical components into the outer layers of CMOS-like chips, allowing electrons to be converted to photons and back via graphene acting as a translator. This integration aims to overcome interconnect bottlenecks, enabling multiple chips to act as a single faster, more energy-efficient system for AI hardware, data centers, HPC, and autonomous driving. The company plans wafer-scale fabrication with a 300mm FabONE in Aachen, targeting pilot production by 2027 and mass production by 2031, supported by European funding and equity investors.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total Funding
$287.4M
Headquarters
Aachen, Germany
Founded
2020
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Critical Manufacturing started FabONE MES work in December 2025, signaling real construction progress.
- RWTH Aachen honored Black Semiconductor on 5 September 2026, boosting local talent and partner credibility.
- LinkedIn showed 141 employees in July 2026, indicating hiring momentum across process, packaging, and facilities.
What critics are saying
- FabONE still lacks proven pilot production; one process failure delays 2027 output and 2031 volume.
- €228.7 million public support ties survival to German and NRW budget discipline and IPCEI milestones.
- Intel, Broadcom, and silicon-photonics incumbents can outspend Black Semiconductor before first revenues.
What makes Black Semiconductor unique
- Black Semiconductor integrates graphene photonics and CMOS electronics on one wafer, not separate packages.
- FabONE in Aachen targets the world’s first 300mm graphene photonic pilot fab.
- Applied Nanolayers brought in-house graphene production, shortening its scaling path versus pure fabless rivals.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Flexible Work Hours
- Stock Options