Process Engineering Intern - Winter at Atomic Semi

Process Interns are paid an hourly rate equivalent to an annualized range of $105,000-126,000, depending on experience and education level. This assumes a 40-hour workweek and includes up to 10 hours of pre-approved weekly overtime at 1.5x the base rate; actual earnings vary by internship length and hours.

The role is based at the lab/office in San Francisco, CA, indicating it is an in-person position.

Required qualifications include pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in engineering, ability to learn quickly and troubleshoot, hands-on experience in a cleanroom or semiconductor lab fabricating wafers, experience with wafer fabrication tools (etch, deposition, patterning) and metrology tools (AFM, SEM, thin film measurement), and strong theoretical semiconductor knowledge.

Atomic Semi is an early-stage hardware startup building a small, fast semiconductor fab with a team of exceptional, hands-on engineers across mechanical, electrical, hardware, computer, and process disciplines. The culture emphasizes optimism, pushing technology limits, owning the full stack from atoms to architecture, and a belief that the team can build anything with in-house tools and invention.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in a semiconductor lab/cleanroom, intermediate to advanced process engineering knowledge (planar CMOS devices, CMOS fabrication), and familiarity with data processing in Python as a plus.