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17-2199.06 — Microsystems Engineers

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Technology Skills
Analytical or scientific software
  • Anisotropic Crystalline Etch Simulation ACES
  • Ansys Fluent
  • ANSYS LS-DYNA
  • ANSYS Multiphysics
  • Beige Bag Software B2 Spice
  • Cadence PSpice
  • CAzM
  • Circuit simulation software
  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • Coventor ARCHITECT3D
  • Coventor CoventorWare
  • Dassault Systemes Abaqus
  • Dolphin Integration SMASH
  • Finite element analysis FEA software
  • Finite element method FEM software
  • FLorida Object Oriented Design Simulator FLOODS
  • FLorida Object Oriented Process Simulator FLOOPS
  • Intusoft ICAP
  • IRSIM
  • KLA-Tencor PROLITH
  • Linear Technology LTSpice
  • Mentor Graphics LeonardoSpectrum
  • Microelectromechanical systems MEMS simulation software
  • Microwind Dsch
  • Minitab
  • Molecular visualization software
  • MSC Software Patran
  • Penzar TopSPICE
  • PISCES IIB
  • Process simulation software
  • SAS
  • SAS JMP
  • Siemens ModelSim
  • Siemens PLM software
  • Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE
  • Simulation software
  • SimWindows
  • SUPREM
  • Syborg Systems MicroTec
  • Synopsys HSPICE
  • Synopsys Taurus Medici
  • Tanner EDA T-SPICE
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Transas Group PISCES2
  • Very high speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL simulation software
  • WinSpice
Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
  • IntelliCAD
  • MEMSCAP MEMS Pro
  • PTC Creo Parametric
  • Schematic capture software
  • Static Free Software Electric VLSI Design System
  • Tanner EDA L-Edit
  • Xcircuit
Data base user interface and query software
  • Microsoft Access
Development environment software
  • C
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Verilog
  • Very high-speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL
Electronic mail software
  • Microsoft Outlook
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • SAP software
File versioning software
  • Git
Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Photoshop
Industrial control software
  • Statistical process control SPC software
Internet browser software
  • Web browser software
Object or component oriented development software
  • C#
  • C++
  • Oracle Java
  • Perl
  • Python
Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
Operating system software
  • Apple macOS
  • Bash
  • Linux
  • Microsoft operating system
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Windows Server
  • Real time operating system RTOS software
  • Shell script
  • UNIX
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Program testing software
  • Debugging software
Project management software
  • Microsoft Project
Requirements analysis and system architecture software
  • Unified modeling language UML
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Web page creation and editing software
  • Facebook
Web platform development software
  • JavaScript
Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word
Tools Used
Ammeters
  • Picoammeters
Analytical balances
  • Electronic balances
Bench refractometers or polarimeters
  • Polarimeters
Binocular light compound microscopes
  • Inspection microscopes
  • Optical compound microscopes
Calibrated resistance measuring equipment
  • Resistivity measurement systems
Capacitance meters
  • Inductance capacitance resistance LCR meters
Chemical or gas sterilizers
  • Ultraviolet ozone cleaners
Clock timers
  • Countdown timers
Drying cabinets or ovens
  • Critical point dryers
Electrogravimetry analyzers
  • Electrochemical analyzers
Electronic measuring probes
  • Mechanical probe stations
Fume hoods or cupboards
  • Laminar flow flume hoods
Heated walk in environmental or growth chambers
  • Thermal chambers
Hydraulic press frames
  • Hydraulic presses
Impedance meters
  • Four point probes
Infrared spectrometers
  • Extractive Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Isolation glove boxes
Laboratory evaporators
  • Metal evaporators
Laboratory hotplates
  • Hotplates
Laboratory safety furnaces
  • Oxidation furnaces
Level generators
  • Pulse generators
Modulation meters
  • Time interval analyzers
Multimeters
  • Digital multimeters
Network analyzers
Oscilloscopes
Personal computers
pH meters
Scanning electron microscopes
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Scanning probe microscopes
  • Atomic force microscopes AFM
Semiconductor process systems
  • Atomic layer deposition ALD systems
  • Contact mask aligners
  • Die saws
  • Direct current DC sputtering systems
  • Dry etchers
  • Electron beam evaporators
  • Inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etchers ICP-RIE
  • Laser ablation thin film deposition systems
  • Parylene coaters
  • Photoresist dispensing systems
  • Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD systems
  • Plasma etchers
  • Radio frequency RF sputtering systems
  • Spin coaters
  • Sputter deposition systems
  • Stepper aligners
  • Thin film deposition systems
  • Vacuum chambers
  • Wet chemical etching systems
  • Wire bonders
Semiconductor testers
  • Curve tracers
  • Parametric testers
  • Semiconductor parameter analyzers
  • Thin film measurement systems
Signal generators
Spectrometers
  • Raman scattering spectroscopes
Spectrophotometers
  • Fluorescence spectrophotometers
Surface tension measuring instruments
  • Contact angle measurement systems
Surface testers
  • Profilometers
Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
  • Rapid thermal annealers RTA
Thickness measuring devices
  • Ellipsometers
  • Spectroscopic ellipsometers
Tube furnaces
Tumblers or polishers
  • Chemical mechanical polishing CMP systems
Ultra pure water systems
  • Deionized water systems
Vibration testers
  • Vibration measurement systems
X ray diffraction equipment
  • X ray diffractometers
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