Summer 2017 Internship Opportunity at Inprentus, Inc.

Position: Part time, predoctoral internship, $25/hr.

Company Name: Inprentus, Inc.

Category: Optics, Manufacturing

Contact Email: info@inprentus.com

Time frame: Summer 2017

Inprentus, Inc., is seeking part time, predoctoral interns in the area of high-precision optics. Candidates should be near completion of a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline, and have an interest in contact-mode lithography, high-performance optics, control systems, and/or advanced manufacturing. Individuals will be involved in both R&D and commercialization efforts, and will work as part of a friendly and highly motivated technical team developing state-of-the-art processes for manufacturing diffraction gratings for EUV and x-ray applications. Some experience with scanning probe microscopy, thin film growth, or optics instrumentation would be desirable, but is not required.

Inprentus is a mid-stage, tech startup that seeks to become the world leader in large-scale, contact-mode mechanical lithography. Formerly based at the EnterpriseWorks incubator in the University of Illinois Research Park, Inprentus recently moved into a new, 12,000 sqft facility featuring state-of-the-art clean rooms and optics laboratories. Our current current focus is on manufacturing of XUV gratings for applications in EUV lithography, synchrotron radiation, inertial confinement fusion, and x-ray telescopes, among others.

Interested candidates should send inquiries to info@inprentus.com .

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Experience or interest in optics, film deposition, control systems, or contact-mode lithography

• Experience working in a laboratory R&D environment

• Ability to solve problems and work independently

• Ability to communicate and collaborate well with team members and industrial partners