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Operate commercial-scale production equipment to produce, test, or modify materials, devices, or systems of molecular or macromolecular composition. Work under the supervision of engineering staff.
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Test nano-enabled products to determine amount of shedding or loss of nanoparticles. (0)
Common Job Titles
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Engineering Technician
Laboratory Manager (Lab Manager)
Laboratory Technician (Lab Technician)
Microfabrication Engineer Manager
Nanofabrication Specialist
Nanoscience Technician
Nanotechnician
Nanotechnology Engineering Technician
Nanotechnology Technician
Process Engineering Technician
Research Scientist
Research Support Specialist
Research Technician
Technical Associate
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Software, Tools, or Technology
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Atomic force microscopes AFM
Atomic layer deposition ALD systems
Auger electron microscopes
Bake ovens
Bourdon tube gauges
Capacitance manometers
Capacitively coupled plasma CCP reactors
Chemical aprons
Chemical baths
Chemical mechanical polishing CMP systems
Computer aided design CAD software
Contact aligners
Contact printers
Cryogenic gloves
Deionization water systems
Desktop computers
Dielectric deposition tools
Digital pattern generators
Electron beam evaporators
Electron beam writers
Ellipsometers
Energy dispersive x-ray EDX spectroscopes
Extreme ultraviolet EUV systems
Eyewash stations
Face shields
Field emission scanning electron microscopes FESEM
Fire extinguishers
Fluorescence optical microscopes
Focused ion beam FIB etching tools
Focused ion beam scanning electron microscopes FIB-SEM
Four-point probes
Gowning gloves
Helium leak detectors
Hotplates
Image analysis software
Inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etchers ICP-RIE
Infrared spectroscopes
Interferometers
Ion gauges
Ion implanters
Ion mills
Isolation glove boxes
Linewidth measurement systems
Low pressure chemical vapor deposition LPCVD systems
Magnetron plasma sputter reactors
Mask aligners
Mask writers
Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition MOCVD systems
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Word
Molecular beam epitaxy MBE systems
Molecular vapor deposition MVD systems
Nanoimprint lithography NIL systems
Optical compound microscopes
Optical imaging systems
Optical profilers
Optical thin film measurement systems
Optical tweezers
Oxidation furnaces
Parallel plate reactive ion etchers RIE
Parametric analyzers
Particle counters
Photoelectron spectroscopes
Photoresist dispensing systems
Photoresist spin coaters
Pipettes
Pirani gauges
Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition PECVD systems
Plasma etchers
Profilometers
Protective gowns
Rapid thermal annealers RTA
Residual gas analyzers
Respirators
Safety goggles
Safety showers
Scanning acoustic microscopes
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Scanning probe microscopes SPM
Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
Self-contained breathing apparatus
Simulation software
Spectrophotometers
Spectroscopic ellipsometers
Spin dryers
Spin processors
SPMLab
Sputter coaters
Thermal evaporators
Transmission electron microscopes TEM
Turbo pumps
Ultrasonic cleaners
Ultrasonic welding equipment
Ultraviolet ozone cleaners
Vacuum hotplates
Vacuum ovens
Wafer substrate bonders
Wire bonders
X ray diffractometers
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Implement production processes for nanoscale designs to produce or modify materials, devices, or systems of unique molecular or macromolecular composition. Operate advanced microscopy equipment to manipulate nanoscale objects. Work under the supervision of nanoengineering staff.
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