Senior Laser Process Engineer

Diamond Foundry • Bay Area, CA

2d • $130,000 - $140,000

About The Position

Diamond Foundry Inc. is solving the thermal limitation at the foundation of today's most exciting tech industries -- AI & cloud compute, electric-car power electronics, and 5G/6G wireless. We have managed to produce the world's first single-crystal diamond wafers and are now on a mission to put a diamond behind every chip. We are the rare unicorn that has grown fast and profitably. We received $515m in funding and are executing a multi-$B expansion plan for one of the greenest forms of tech manufacturing: converting greenhouse gas into diamond wafers using zero-emission energy. Diamond Foundry is looking for a Senior Laser Process Engineer who will be responsible for the deployment and optimization of new and novel laser machines at Diamond Foundry which will be used across our various facilities. You will be working cross-functionally with teams of mechanical, electrical, automation, optical, software, and system engineers to improve and deploy these technologies company wide. Produce standard procedures & manuals and train technical staff to perform process optimization, ongoing technical support and improvement of our laser and laser associated processes.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Materials Science,, Applied Physics (materials, laser or optics focus), or Engineering with a minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experiences with mass production of diamond, semiconductors, and/or ceramics.
• Expertise with applying optical fundamentals, laser materials processing and resolving technical problems in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Experience with maintaining, tuning, scripting and programming motion control equipment
• Possesses knowledge of optics and optical principles. And, experience deploying optics and laser based processes or products

Responsibilities

• Optimize laser processes to deliver high yields of diamond parts that have high dimensional stability
• Lead significant projects around process improvement to enable scaling of manufacturing
• Hands-on experiments with both laser and motion control equipment
• Analyzing complex data and coming up with actionable insights and solutions
• Communicating with team members to align actions with overall production goals

Benefits

• Diamond Foundry believes in supporting our employees from the workplace to their personal and home life.
• We provide eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Perks include employee discounts to VRAI.
• Our benefits begin as early as your first day of employment.
• Medical and vision coverage are retroactive to your start date, while dental and voluntary benefits take effect once you’ve completed your enrollment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees