Senior Thin Film Engineer
About The Position
As a Senior Thin Film Engineer at MKS Newport, you will partner with Thin Film Engineering to develop, support, execute, and maintain coating designs and processes. In this role, you will report to the Director of Thin Film Engineering. You will make an impact by developing, designing, and optimizing optical thin film deposition processes to meet requirements and specifications for ion beam sputtering, ion assist, and electron beam coating processes for our thin film coatings group. You will work closely with design engineers and technicians to resolve technical issues, troubleshoot and characterize coating chambers and processes. You will characterize the equipment and coating process, and work with the team to reduce downtime. You will manage defect issues, implement root cause solutions, and continuously promote improvement, quality, and cost. You will support the team with process documentation, training, and formalizing work instruction documents. You will also support the coating process and training of technicians and machine maintenance personnel.
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Materials Science, Physics or Engineering
- 3-5 years of in-depth experience in a thin film manufacturing environment
- Correlating thin film performance with deposition chamber hardware and processes
- Experience troubleshooting and problem solving thin film processes
- Strong communication skills
- Proficiency using Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
- Eligible to work in the United States
- Not requiring sponsorship for work visas
Responsibilities
- Developing, designing and optimizing optical thin film deposition processes to meet requirements and specifications, for ion beam sputtering, ion assist and electron beam coating processes for our thin film coatings group
- Working closely with design engineers and technicians to resolve technical issues, troubleshooting and characterization of coating chambers processes
- Characterizing the equipment and coating process, and working with the team to reduce downtime
- Managing defect issues, implementing root cause solutions to those issues, and continuously promote improvement, quality and cost
- Supporting the team with process documentation, training and formalizing work instruction documents
- Supporting the coating process and training of technicians and machine maintenance personnel
Benefits
- health insurance coverage (medical, dental and vision)
- 401(k) with company match
- life and disability insurance
- 12 paid holidays
- sick time
- 15 paid vacation days
- 6 weeks fully paid parental leave
- adoption assistance
- tuition reimbursement
- participation in any stock programs
- signing bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
