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The team you'll be part of

III-V Lab, the joint lab of Nokia Bell Labs, Thales TRT and CEA Leti :
III-V Lab is an industrial Research Laboratory created in 2004 by Alcatel-Lucent (now part of Nokia) and Thales; Nokia is one of the leaders in communication technologies (mobile, fixed, IP and Optics technologies), applications and services, while Thales is a major electronic systems company acting in areas such as defence, aerospace, security and safety, information technology, and transportation. In 2010, III-V Lab was extended with the entrance of the “Laboratoire d’Electronique et de Technologie de l’Information” (LETI) from CEA in the capital, as well as 20 people from the LETI, opening the way to hybrid III-V on Si integration. CEA is one of the largest public research organisations in France, acting mainly in the fields of low carbon energies, information technologies, health technologies, large research infrastructures and global security.
Under the guidance of its members, III-V Lab conducts R&D activities in the field of micro/nano-electronics and photonics semiconductor components for different application: telecoms, defence, security, safety, space etc.
These activities cover the following topics:
- Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for telecoms;
- Micro/nano-electronic circuits for telecoms: 40Gb/s, 100Gb/s and over;
- GaN microelectronic circuits for microwave and power applications;
- High resolution infrared imagery sensors ;
Located in Palaiseau, near Paris, its facilities include 4,000 m2 of clean rooms. Its staff is composed of around 100 permanent Researchers, plus around 25 PhD Students.
III-V Lab masters the different steps needed to manufacture III-V components from design to characterisation:
- Design and modelling: electro-optical modelling for DFB, DBR and FP lasers, modulators and photo-detectors, electrical and thermal modelling of RF and power components;
- Epitaxy: MOCVD, MOVPE, MBE and GSMBE, including re-growth, selective area growth (SAG), butt-joint » and buried layers. Materials: GaN, AlGaN, InAlN, GaAs, InP, InGaAs, GaSb etc…
- Process: metal and dielectric layer deposition, electronic lithography, stepper, etching (IBE, RIE, ICP, e-beam…);
- Reliability: aging test-benches for electronic components and lasers ;
- Hybridisation: III-V on Si or other (molecular adherence, Indium bumps) ;
- Modules: design and fabrication of power RF electronic circuits and modules, lasers / photo receiver modules (pigtailed or not), PIC modules.
III-V Lab has also the capacity to produce limited quantities of epitaxial wafers, components, modules or subsystems). Such capacity is particularly adapted to address in a flexible way the rapid evolution of the market, offering to its members or partner industrial companies an early access to the components for their system development and even preliminary deployment; in a second step, depending on the market evolution, if larger quantities are required, the technology is transferred to an industrial company with larger production capacities.

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What you will learn and contribute to

The position will focus on III-V optoelectronics development and fabrication in the frame of projects with Nokia Business Groups and also in the context of European projects or specific needs of institutional and industrial customers. 
The applicant, within the Technology Platform of III-V Lab, will mainly focus on :
- InP Photonic Devices (EML, SOA, MZM, UTC,.)
- III-V-on-Si Photonic Integration (hybrid InP/silicon-on-insulator lasers and transmitters)
Your mission will be, in constant interaction with designers and processing team members, to supervise and contribute in the fabrication and process development of advanced InP-based optoelectronic devices. 
Job Responsibilities & Competencies:

The main missions are :
•    Interaction with the researchers in charge of the component design
•    Proposal of innovative technological choices
•    Definition of the process flow and realization of the devices in clean rooms
•    Development and consolidation of fabrication building blocks
•    Responsible for processing tools
•    Contribute to the investment plan  
•    Supervision of technicians

Your skills and experience

You have:

• PhD in Physics or electronics
• Experience in permanent or post-doctoral positions in the semiconductor industry or in academic laboratories
• Language English and French (at least intermediate)

The following skills or experiences would be an asset:

• Physico-chemical properties knowledge of related materials (III-V semiconductors, dielectrics, metals).
• Thin film technologies : CVD, PECVD, etching, deposition, plasma, lithography
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in III-V optoelectronics fabrication would be an asset

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