Thin Film Coating Engineer

Job Summary:

This individual provides a dual role, supporting both Engineering and production efforts in the Optical Coating Department. Activities include collaboration with a small team of Optical and Coating Engineers, developing reflective, anti-reflective, and filter coatings in spectrums ranging from visible to long-wave infrared (LWIR). The job is responsible for creating new designs and optimizing existing designs and processes, improving manufacturability, performance, and cost. The job will also lead root cause analysis / corrective action activities for coating related processes.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Monitor and drive continuous improvement of manufacturing processes.
• Support troubleshooting of existing optical coating processes and equipment – including pumps, evaporation sources, ion sources, crystal monitors, sputtering cathodes, etc.
• Determine root causes of coating failures and create corrective actions to eliminate future failures.
• Design/develop coatings to satisfy customer requirements.
• Optimize existing coating designs, decreasing sensitivity and improving manufacturing yields.
• Provide timely production support for coating design modifications as required.
• Perform uniformity testing of coatings, adjusting chamber tooling factors as required to ensure uniform coatings across lot sizes.
• Use an array of characterization equipment, including spectrophotometers and optical microscopes.
• Lead/support troubleshooting of production equipment and metrology.
• Support maintenance during repair and maintenance of equipment and metrology.

Job Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s of Science, advanced degree is a plus. Degree in Physics or Engineering strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in optical coatings strongly preferred.
• Well-versed in different deposition techniques, particularly e-beam, IAD, and PECVD.
• Adept with Filmstar or similar coating design software package.
• Experience in designing for different wavebands, including visible, near infrared, mid-wave infrared and long-wave infrared preferred.
• Proficient in coating material characterization, including refractive index and mechanical properties strongly preferred.
• Experience with Solidworks, LabView, MS Office Suite of applications preferred.
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings, process specifications, and documentation.
• Strong attention to detail and quality.
• Self-motivated, ability to work in a team or independently.
• Ability to multi-task.

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

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