Fabrication Technician (Cleanroom) (Contract)

Job description

About OLIX AI is growing faster than any technology in history and the explosion in demand has created a massive infrastructure gap; we can no longer build chips or power stations fast enough to keep up. The industry is still leaning on a ten-year-old hardware blueprint that has reached its limit. A new paradigm that is faster and more efficient will be the biggest economic opportunity of the next century and create the most important company of the next decade. The OLIX Decode Accelerator 1 (DX-1) is the first accelerator architected specifically for decode. Rack-scale co-design of logic, data movement, packaging, optics and interconnect enables a step change in system level performance. About the role This is a chance to get hands-on at the heart of a fast-growing AI hardware company. You'll run a micro-fabrication process flow in our London cleanroom, and the samples you make go straight into the prototypes our engineers are building for the next generation of AI infrastructure. This role suits someone with excellent cleanroom discipline who takes pride in careful, repeatable work and wants to see it make a difference fast. This is a 3-6 month contract role. What you'll do You'll run established process steps from written procedures, working closely with our process engineers Run cleanroom process steps such as substrate preparation and photolithography, following SOPs exactly Operate and look after process tools: routine checks, simple maintenance and flagging faults early Inspect work in progress for defects using metrology tools and decide when to stop and escalate Take routine measurements, such as thickness, surface profile and feature dimensions, to set methods Prepare samples for test and hand them over to the engineering team. Keep accurate run records so every sample is traceable Keep the cleanroom running: gowning discipline, housekeeping, consumables, materials storage and safe chemical handling Support engineers on experiments and report clearly what you observed What you'll bring Excellent cleanroom practice is the core requirement; we'll train you on our specific tools and recipes At least one year of hands-on work in a cleanroom (ISO 7 or better), in industry or as a regular research cleanroom user Practical fabrication experience: demonstrated ability to independently operate fabrication processes and record measurement results using metr…