Andreas Grill
Team Lead Operation Support · IMS nanofabrication
I trained as a physicist and now lead Operation Support at IMS Nanofabrication, a Vienna company that builds the electron-beam systems used to write photomasks for advanced chips, the kind of manufacturing step most people never think about, sitting underneath everything with a processor in it.
I got here from academia: several years as a university assistant at the University of Vienna, studying what extreme mechanical deformation does to crystalline metals. Two published papers and four conference contributions came out of it. I kept one foot in that world too: I teach a seminar on conflict competence, using mediator training to give physics and engineering students tools most technical degrees skip entirely.
When I'm not doing either of those: AI-assisted side projects (a handful of interactive simulators, a shared team calendar, a vocabulary trainer for language learning), plus a Jira browser extension that got more downloads than I expected, hosting for a couple of community projects, and photography. I used to organize an Argentine Tango practica here in Vienna, too.
Physics · Semiconductors · Mediation · Vienna
About IMS Nanofabrication
IMS Nanofabrication GmbH is the global market leader in multi-beam mask writers (MBMW), the electron-beam lithography systems used to produce the photomasks that pattern integrated circuits at the nanoscale. Their technology sits at a critical point in the semiconductor supply chain: every advanced chip manufactured at 5 nm and beyond depends on masks written by IMS systems.
Founded and headquartered in Brunn am Gebirge near Vienna, Austria, IMS operates globally with offices and support centres across the USA, Germany, Taiwan, and South Korea, serving the world's leading chip fabs.
Scientific Research
Nanostructured materials, HPT & hydrogen storage · 2 papers, 4 conference contributions, 71 citations.
Competence in Conflicts
University of Vienna seminar · conflict theory, communication & mediation practice.
Library
Reading list: conflict, communication, leadership, ethics & more · 28 items.
Chip Manufacturing Process
How semiconductor chips are made, from design to packaging.