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New College Grad - Physicist/Scientist III - PhD (2027 Summer Cohort)

Santa Clara,CA💼 Full-time💰 $138,000–$138,000🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-27

Core

Develop and apply advanced physics-based and data-driven models for plasma processing applications (etching, deposition, ALE) in semiconductor manufacturing.

Role type

PhD-level Scientist/Engineer (New College Grad)

Builds

Predictive models and simulation tools for plasma-surface interactions

Domain

Semiconductor equipment, materials science, plasma physics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

ab initio quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics (MD), kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC), machine learning, high-performance computing (HPC), plasma-surface interaction modeling, data integration

Responsibilities

Develop models for plasma etching/deposition, combine physics-based and ML approaches, collaborate with experimental teams, maintain internal modeling software/frameworks

Seniority

Entry-level PhD, hands-on IC

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