Description
A new paradigm of computing
At Magic Leap, you can explore innovative solutions and use your talents to solve real-world problems. Working alongside industry experts, you can grow your skills while helping make our technology available to millions of people as a partner in the AR ecosystem.
The opportunity
As a Staff Lithography Engineer on our Optical Process Engineering team, you will help develop and scale advanced lithography processes used in next-generation optical waveguide manufacturing for smart glasses. You’ll work cross-functionally with R&D, Equipment Engineering, Manufacturing, Metrology, and Quality teams to transition new technologies into high-volume production environments.
This is a highly visible, hands-on role focused on process development, yield improvement, process transfer, and manufacturing scale-up within a cleanroom semiconductor-style environment.
Location:
This position requires being fully onsite at our Austin, TX facility to support hands-on collaboration and daily operations. Relocation assistance is available for non-local candidates.
Responsibilities
- Lead lithography process development, optimization, and sustainment for wafer-based manufacturing processes
- Drive process control, yield improvement, and tool performance using DOE, SPC, data analysis, and structured root cause methodologies
- Support transfer of processes from R&D/NPI into manufacturing, including process qualification activities such as IQ, OQ, PQ, and capability studies
- Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Equipment Engineering, and vendors to troubleshoot issues and improve process stability
- Develop manufacturing documentation including SOPs, work instructions, process standards, and control plans
- Analyze process and metrology data to improve optical quality, throughput, OEE, and defect reduction
- Lead root cause investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies such as Six Sigma and DMAIC
- Support implementation of advanced process analytics, automation, SPC strategies, OCAPs, and PFMEA activities
- Collaborate with distributed R&D and manufacturing teams, including support for process transfer activities between facilities
- Mentor engineers and technicians while helping scale robust, production-ready manufacturing processes
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in nanofabrication, wafer lithography, semiconductor processing, or related microfabrication environments
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field
- Hands-on cleanroom wafer processing experience within semiconductor or optical device manufacturing
- Experience with process development, recipe optimization, yield improvement, and manufacturing scale-up
- Strong understanding of SPC, DOE, process capability analysis, and structured root cause methodologies
- Experience troubleshooting complex process and equipment issues in high-volume manufacturing environments
- Solid foundation in plasma physics and plasma-surface interactions related to etch or lithography processes
It's exciting if you also have
- M.S. or Ph.D. in a related engineering discipline
- Experience with wafer-level optics, photonics, or advanced optical manufacturing
- Familiarity with JMP, statistical analysis tools, FDC, or process automation systems
- Metrology experience using SEM, TEM, or related characterization tools
- Six Sigma certification
- Experience supporting new tool installs, vendor qualifications, or manufacturing scale-up initiatives
- Experience working in fast-paced or evolving manufacturing environments
Additional Requirements
- Occasional travel, including trips to Plantation, FL for cross-site collaboration
- Approximately 10% travel required