LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Steve Manko,
acting singly and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer or director or both of SkyWater Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules
thereunder;

2. do and ,perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute
any amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") and any securities exchange or similar authority, including without
limitation the filing of a Form ID or any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the
undersigned to file the Forms 3, 4 and 5 electronically with the SEC; and

3. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including
brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby
authorizes any such person to release any such information to each of the undersigned's
attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Limited Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

4. take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for,
the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed-by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for
the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of Attorney as of
the 31st day of January 2023.

/s/ Christopher Hilberg
Name: Christopher Hilberg