About the role#
Kilby Labs is seeking an Analog Design Engineering intern to focus on GaN and thin-film device technology. You will work on process and device design, characterization, modeling, and optimization for power, RF, and optoelectronic applications. This role involves defining and developing new IP in collaboration with business units and customers to address complex technical problems.
What you'll do#
- Design, optimize, and TCAD-model power, RF, and optoelectronic devices to understand performance and construction-related bottlenecks.
- Define and develop mixed optical and electrical test and characterization infrastructure.
- Perform on-wafer and in-package electrical tests, including IV, breakdown, and CV tests.
- Collect optical test data on the impact of visible-to-UV wavelength illumination.
- Analyze data and quantify generation efficiency, IQE, and the impact of BEOL metals on optical flux.
- Study changes in device electrical characteristics, such as VT, IDSAT, and RDSON, versus optical flux or bias.
- Define compact modeling requirements for optoelectronic devices.
- Work with circuit designers and system engineers to determine desired device figures of merit for customer use cases.
- Develop novel device architectures to address device and system requirements.
- Perform process-flow simulations and recipe optimization in collaboration with process development teams.
What you'll need#
- A Ph.D. degree or current enrollment in a Ph.D. program in Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a master's degree with 3+ years of experience.
- Strong background in GaN/thin-film device physics, characterization, GaN compact modeling, optical testing, and GaN/TFT processing.
- Familiarity with GaN/TFT process and device TCAD.
- Experience in semiconductor technology development, modeling, test development, device/module qualification, Verilog-A coding, and lab management.
- Completed coursework in Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Process Technology and Device Design, Integrated Circuit Design (Digital, Analog, Radio Frequency and Mixed Signal), Power Systems, Power Electronics, and Compact Modeling.
- Preferred: Ability to measure, quantify, and develop device solutions to improve optical performance of power devices.
- Preferred: Experience testing and characterizing devices IV, CV, and BV and studying parametric response to optics.
- Preferred: On-wafer probe testing experience in electrical and optical domains, including B1500, SMUs, CMUs, and probes.
- Preferred: Experience with device simulator tools such as Sentaurus, Cadence, ADS, and Verilog-A.
Location & details#
- Location: Santa Clara, California
- Modality: On-site
- Employment: Full-time internship
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a public semiconductor company founded in 1930. Based in Dallas, Texas, it designs and manufactures analog and embedded processing chips. The company serves clients in the industrial, automotive, and personal electronics sectors. It operates with over 33,000 employees globally.
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