Emergence Quantum is inviting students to apply for an internship to fabricate superconducting components in the cleanroom.

Project Objectives 

·     Fabricate superconducting-based devices such as resonators, kinetic-inductance-based amplifiers and diplexers. 

·     Develop the processing recipes for the films used, including niobium alloys, tantalum and dielectrics.

·     Understand the links between device properties and fabrication parameters.

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Scope of work

·     Cleanroom work: undertaking relevant training, then film deposition, lithography, patterning, cleaning, as part of single-layer and multi-layer structures.

·     Stretch: device designs and basic characterisation in the lab.

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Expected outputs

·     Working superconducting components such as resonators, amplifiers and diplexers.

·     Fabrication recipes for deposition and patterning of the films involved.

·     Stretch: insights linking fabrication parameters to device properties.

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Student learning outcomes

The student will learn nanofabrication skills including: 

·     Safe and precise cleanroom operation

·     Film deposition, including handling alloys, photolithography, etching 

·     Multi-layer structures, and

·     Screening and failure diagnosis.

Additionally, the student will learn superconducting film properties, and — if time allows —design of 2D structures.

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About the internship

The paid internship will be completed onsite at EmergenceQuantum, based in Camperdown, Sydney. The 180-day project will be three days a week for 60 weeks. We are seeking HDR students for this project and we are keen to speak to your university supervisor should you wish to complete this as an industry internship. We are also open to making exceptions for those who are not studying a PhD or Masters.

Interested applicants are invited to send an email to the team with your CV, cover letter and right to work in Australia by June 1, 2026.

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