# Senior Process Engineer at Substrate

- Company: Substrate
- What the company does: Substrate is building America. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://substrate.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/substrate/f814da84-fd20-41d5-bf7d-e1831fedc008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/substrate-senior-process-engineer/

## About the role

Collaborating closely with Substrate’s technical team to conceptualize, design, prototype, and characterize nanofabricated optical devices Hands-on fabrication of MEMS/NEMS devices using techniques such as photo- and electron beam lithography, thin film deposition, and wet and dry etching. This work will be done in several user facilities (primarily around the San Francisco Bay Area, but with the possibility of travel beyond the Bay Area)

## What they're looking for

- 7 years of hands-on micro- or nanofabrication experience in cleanroom user facilities
- Demonstrated ability to lead work safely and collaboratively in a cleanroom user facility
- Willingness and ability to work in several user facilities around the San Francisco Bay Area several days per week
- Demonstrated experience handling delicate samples and operating complex fabrication and characterization equipment
- Deep understanding of, and ability to design based on, micro- and nanofabrication considerations such as top-down vs. bottom-up, pattern transfer, material compatibilities, etch selectivity and directionality, and thin film and surface engineering
- Deep understanding of the mechanical, optical, and chemical properties of materials which typically determine the performance of nanofabricated devices

Tags: Scientific