Engineering Manager - Thin Film Coatings
About The Position
Responsible for managing the engineering team and cross-functional engagement with the operations team to support company objectives of manufacturing quality, throughput, yield, and uptime. May manage individual engineers who also have project program management responsibility. Supports the organization’s technology roadmap with development, scaling, and commercialization of thin-film based products. Works collaboratively with all functions to support achievement of the organizations quality objectives. Manages employee recruitment, selection, training, coaching, performance assessment, priorities, work assignments, and career development. Manages engineering activities from product design and development through full production sustainment. Oversees engineering action plans and program development processes to keep projects on schedule and on budget. Deliver documented engineering processes that are measured and improved. Oversees organizational development and maintenance of engineering staff competence. Works closely with the CTO to deliver new processes and products to support strategic growth initiatives. Supports Sales & Marketing teams with technical support for customer retention and new business development. May provide application engineering to support the Sales mission.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Material Science, Physics or related field.
- Experience with sputtering and evaporation designs and processes to produce optical thin-film based products.
- Active Secret clearance
- Must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Nice To Haves
- Proven, inspirational leadership that adapts to change, drives innovation, and cultivates collaboration—creating an engaged workforce unified around shared goals
- Strong team building, decision-making, and people management skills.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills: focus on driving disciplined, fact-based and data-driven decisions while executing with discipline and urgency.
- Master’s Degree in STEM field.
- Experience with SPC and DOE techniques.
- Experience in formal quality systems such as ISO, AS or IATF.
- Experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) and product data management systems (PDM).
- Ten years progressive experience in thin film coating and design.
Responsibilities
- Manage the engineering team and cross-functional engagement with the operations team.
- Support the organization’s technology roadmap with development, scaling, and commercialization of thin-film based products.
- Manage employee recruitment, selection, training, coaching, performance assessment, priorities, work assignments, and career development.
- Manage engineering activities from product design and development through full production sustainment.
- Oversee engineering action plans and program development processes to keep projects on schedule and on budget.
- Deliver documented engineering processes that are measured and improved.
- Oversee organizational development and maintenance of engineering staff competence.
- Work closely with the CTO to deliver new processes and products to support strategic growth initiatives.
- Support Sales & Marketing teams with technical support for customer retention and new business development.
- Provide application engineering to support the Sales mission.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- EAP
- Education Assistance
- Parental Leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
