Scientist, Epitaxial Thin Film Synthesis

Responsibilities

• Grow single-crystal epitaxial thin films and heterostructures using sputtering, pulsed-laser deposition, or molecular beam epitaxy
• Optimize deposition conditions to achieve atomically sharp interfaces and target crystal phases
• Analyze XRD and AFM data
• Design, fabricate, and measure electronic transport devices, including temperature-dependent resistivity, Hall effect, and magnetoresistance
• Analyze magneto-transport data to extract physical parameters and identify emergent ground states
• Maintain deposition and characterization equipment and troubleshoot vacuum systems
• Collaborate with theorists and computational scientists to inform materials selection

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Physics, Materials Science, Applied Physics, or a closely related field
• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience growing epitaxial thin films
• Demonstrated expertise in XRD-based structural analysis of crystalline thin films
• Proficiency with surface characterization
• Strong background in electronic and magneto-transport measurements at cryogenic temperatures
• Experience operating RHEED for in-situ growth monitoring
• Knowledge of vacuum science and ultra-high-vacuum system maintenance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience synthesizing thin film materials exhibiting correlated-electron phenomena
• Publication record in peer-reviewed journals
• Experience with combinatorial or high-throughput approaches to materials discovery
• Experience with sputtering processes including DC, RF, and HiPIMS modes
• Familiarity with lithographic patterning for transport device fabrication
• Background in Bayesian optimization or machine-learning-guided experimental design

About the Company

Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously.