--- title: "Semiconductor R&D Project Manager – ALD" canonical_url: "https://www.smoltek.com/semiconductor-rd-project-manager-ald/24011/" date: 2026-09-22 author: "Fredrik Liljeberg" featured_image: "https://www.smoltek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/f3d7c4_773cbfa7d72d4ffea35b0ccebf810a1amv2.png" categories: - name: "Semiconductor job postings" url: "https://www.smoltek.com/category/jobs/semiconductor-jobs.md" --- # Semiconductor R&D Project Manager – ALD Smoltek Semi AB is pio­neer­ing ultra-thin car­bon nanofiber-based met­al-insu­la­tor-met­al (CNF-MIM) capac­i­tor tech­nol­o­gy. To accel­er­ate our tech­nol­o­gy plat­form towards man­u­fac­turable, high-per­for­mance prod­ucts, we are look­ing for a tech­ni­cal­ly strong and prod­uct-ori­ent­ed Semi­con­duc­tor R&D Project Man­ag­er to lead and coor­di­nate our atom­ic lay­er depo­si­tion (ALD) activities. You will dri­ve ALD devel­op­ment using both Smoltek’s in-house ALD capa­bil­i­ty and exter­nal tools and devel­op­ment part­ners. The role com­bines tech­ni­cal depth with hands-on project lead­er­ship: trans­lat­ing prod­uct and device require­ments into devel­op­ment plans, coor­di­nat­ing exper­i­ments and resources, and dri­ving ALD process­es from mate­r­i­al devel­op­ment towards robust device inte­gra­tion and scal­able man­u­fac­tur­ing.   You will work close­ly with inter­nal engi­neers as well as exter­nal lab­o­ra­to­ries, research insti­tutes, equip­ment sup­pli­ers, and man­u­fac­tur­ing part­ners, and will direct­ly report to the CTO. ### **What you will do:** - Plan and fol­low up DoE activ­i­ties, process splits, wafer runs, char­ac­ter­i­za­tion, and learn­ing cycles, and cor­re­late process para­me­ters with mate­r­i­al and elec­tri­cal performance. - Trans­late capac­i­tor, dielec­tric-stack, and prod­uct require­ments into process-devel­op­ment tar­gets and exper­i­men­tal plans. - Own and dri­ve Smoltek’s ALD devel­op­ment activ­i­ties, includ­ing work per­formed on our inter­nal ALD tool and at exter­nal partners. - Define project objec­tives, plans, mile­stones, pri­or­i­ties, resources, risks, and deliv­er­ables for ALD-relat­ed R&D activities. - Man­age tech­ni­cal col­lab­o­ra­tion with exter­nal ALD lab­o­ra­to­ries, foundries, equip­ment sup­pli­ers, and oth­er devel­op­ment partners. - Ensure clear project doc­u­men­ta­tion, exper­i­ment trace­abil­i­ty, data review, deci­sion mak­ing, and reg­u­lar com­mu­ni­ca­tion of sta­tus, risks, and next steps. - Sup­port trans­fer of suc­cess­ful ALD process­es towards repeat­able, scal­able, pro­duc­tion-rel­e­vant process flows. **What you bring:**  - M.Sc. or Ph.D. Applied Physics, Elec­tri­cal Engi­neer­ing, Nan­otech­nol­o­gy, or a relat­ed field. - Strong tech­ni­cal back­ground in semi­con­duc­tor pro­cess­ing, thin films, mate­ri­als engi­neer­ing, or device fabrication. - Expe­ri­ence lead­ing tech­ni­cal R&D projects, includ­ing plan­ning, coor­di­na­tion, pri­or­i­ti­za­tion, risk man­age­ment, and fol­low-up of deliverables. - Hands-on expe­ri­ence with atom­ic lay­er depo­si­tion (ALD), espe­cial­ly high‑k dielectrics, met­al elec­trodes, or semi­con­duc­tor thin-film stacks. - Abil­i­ty to work across dis­ci­plines and con­vert tech­ni­cal chal­lenges into struc­tured devel­op­ment activ­i­ties and clear decisions. - A prod­uct-ori­ent­ed mind­set with an inter­est in mov­ing tech­nol­o­gy from exper­i­ments and proof-of-con­cept towards robust and man­u­fac­turable solutions. - Strong com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills and a struc­tured, proac­tive, hands-on way of work­ing, with the abil­i­ty to take own­er­ship and dri­ve mul­ti­ple activ­i­ties in parallel. ### **Nice to have:** - Indus­tri­al expe­ri­ence in semi­con­duc­tor, MEMS, advanced pack­ag­ing, capac­i­tor, dis­play, bat­tery, or relat­ed thin-film technologies. - Knowl­edge of MIM struc­tures, dielec­tric reli­a­bil­i­ty, inter­face engi­neer­ing, and elec­tri­cal char­ac­ter­i­za­tion of thin-film devices. - Expe­ri­ence with design of exper­i­ments (DoE), sta­tis­ti­cal process devel­op­ment, and data-dri­ven optimization. ### Why Smoltek? Smoltek is work­ing on a tech­nol­o­gy you won’t find just any­where; we com­bine car­bon nanofibers with advanced thin films to enable next-gen­er­a­tion capac­i­tors. In this role, you will influ­ence both the tech­ni­cal direc­tion and the way our ALD devel­op­ment is exe­cut­ed, from mate­ri­als and process­es all the way to prod­uct-rel­e­vant solu­tions. The team is small, skilled, and col­lab­o­ra­tive, so deci­sions are close to the tech­nol­o­gy and good ideas can move quickly. ### How to apply: Send your appli­ca­tion to [recruitment@smoltek.com](mailto:recruitment@smoltek.com) no lat­er than Octo­ber 24, 2026. Appli­ca­tions will be reviewed continuously. ### Learn more about Smoltek: - [www.smoltek.com](https://www.smoltek.com/) - [Smoltek – YouTube ‑chan­nel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTvSd8PcI5vS7p3ei3BHlMQ) * * * [Career main page](https://www.smoltek.com/about/career/) [Smoltek start](https://www.smoltek.com)