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The Nanodevice Fabrication Group is seeking a Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Specialist to operate a new high temperature CVD chamber, which was newly installed and designed for the growth of 2D material silicene (crystalline monolayers of silicon). The CVD Specialist will operate the new CVD vacuum chamber and troubleshoot the equipment with the goal of growing silicene materials on Burnaby campus of SFU under the direct supervision of Dr. Michael Adachi in the School of Engineering Science.  This position involves interacting with and training/mentoring graduate students and working on an interdisciplinary team.

The Nanodevice Fabrication Group fabricates new devices in the Engineering Science cleanroom facilities for developing new fluid biomarker sensors, gas sensors, and electronic devices. The group synthesizes and characterizes 2D materials, and incorporates them in new sensing applications. One of the challenges of 2D materials is upscaling high qualify 2D material growth at the wafer-scale. CVD is a promising method to grow high qualify large scale 2D materials.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with vacuum deposition equipment (chemical vapor deposition, evaporation).
• Familiarity with inductive heating systems, water cooling, etc.
• Expertise working with or maintaining vacuum equipment (e.g. rotary and turbo pumps)
• Interest in novel material growth and sensor development.
• Demonstrated communication skills.

Position type: Part-time or Full-time

Semester: Fall, 2026