Senior Scientist - Semiconductor Device Physicist

Senior Scientist - Semiconductor Device Physicist SES-Government Solutions parental leave, 401(k) United States, Texas, Dallas Feb 22, 2026

Job ID:

112966

Location:

Onsite in

Dallas TX Schedule:

9/80 The Electro-Optical Infrared Systems (EOIS) line of business within DRS has locations in Dallas and Austin, TX, Melbourne, FL, and Cypress, CA.EOIS develops, manufactures, and supports infrared and electro-optical solutions for soldiers, ground vehicles, and airborne platforms.

We offer an exciting and challenging work environment, a competitive salary and benefits package, and a business culture that rewards performance. Employing the world's brightest. Supporting the world's bravest. Job Summary Leonardo DRS is looking for a confident, highly motivated Scientist with semiconductor materials and device modeling experience to join our Research and Development team. We are looking for a strong candidate with experience in modeling direct and indirect bandgap semiconductors, dark current, carrier generation/recombination and lifetimes, carrier transport, and other key properties of photodiodes. As a Scientist, you will be an integral part of DRS' new product and technology development efforts in infrared sensors. You will interface with other team members representing a wide range of disciplines, including material science, process engineering, device fabrication, test engineering, and system design. You will have direct responsibility for modeling the performance of current and novel device architectures for a variety of characteristics and aid in the optimization of device designs that both meet aggressive performance targets and are manufacturable. To that end, you will work in a team with other scientists and engineers including fabrication specialists and product/process engineers to optimize device designs for yield and manufacturability. In addition, you will be the technical and/or project lead on critical development projects guiding both technical direction as well as coordination of key technical resources. This position is in our RAPID Laboratory. Job Responsibilities

• Drive highly complex projects both technically as well as meeting financial and schedule objectives.
• Design device architectures and understand device design parameters and specification requirements.
• Understand advanced semiconductor device physics to comprehend the effects process, fabrication, and integration have on final device performance and communicate technical requirements to engineers and scientists to ensure success.
• Construct and coordinate experimental plans to solve problems. Identify key input and output variables and provide analysis of results.
• Responsible for identifying optimal device architecture which will best achieve the device design goals.
• Participate and contribute to multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Organize, interpret, and present results to technical peers as well as to upper management or customers.
• Accept responsibility and accountability. Qualifications

Education:

Doctorate (PhD) Degree in relevant discipline such as Materials Science, Physics, or Electrical Engineering.

Experience:

5+ years in semiconductor device physics and modeling

• Strong coding skills to maintain, modify, and create device performance models for a variety of solid-state device architectures and phenomenology.
• Ability to understand and analyze data related to semiconductor device performance.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• The candidate must be organized, proactive, and able to communicate to both highly technical and programmatic audiences with equal ease.
• U.S citizenship is required. Must be able to meet security standards and able to obtain a secret clearance. Preferred Skills and Experience
• 10+ years of semiconductor device physics experience.
• Knowledge and experience with a variety of semiconductor fabrication processes.
• MATLAB, MathCAD/PRIME, Lumerical FDTD, LabView, JMP, SpotFire, MiniTab and other relevant engineering software packages to perform modeling and/or analyze data.

U.S. Citizenship required. This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment. Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.

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