Senior Thin Film Deposition Engineer

Your Mission • Own and optimize PVD/PECVD processes .

• Develop and modify deposition processes to improve film performance, repeatability, yield, and throughput

• Monitor process performance and troubleshoot deposition issues, excursions, and variability

• Maintain deposition equipment from a process and engineering perspective, including hands-on troubleshooting and preventative maintenance

• Diagnose equipment-related issues involving vacuum systems, gas delivery, power supplies, targets, chambers, and other deposition system components

• Partner with engineering and manufacturing teams to keep deposition tools running reliably and minimize downtime

• Develop process recipes, operating parameters, and process controls

• Plan and execute experiments and DOEs to understand process windows and optimize performance

• Support modifications and upgrades to existing deposition equipment as manufacturing needs evolve

• Analyze process and equipment data to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities for improvement

• Develop and maintain process documentation, specifications, work instructions, and equipment maintenance procedures

• Support the transition of new or modified deposition processes from development into production

What You Bring • Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field; advanced degree a plus

• Significant hands-on experience with physical vapor deposition (PVD) and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) processes and equipment

• Deep technical knowledge of thin film deposition , including process parameters, plasma behavior, vacuum systems, target/material interactions, and thin film properties

• Experience developing, optimizing, and troubleshooting thin film deposition processes in a manufacturing or production environment

• Hands-on experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and modifying PVD/sputtering equipment

• Strong understanding of vacuum equipment and components, including pumps, valves, pressure measurement, gas delivery, and related systems

• Experience using structured problem-solving, DOE, and data analysis to improve process performance

• Ability to independently troubleshoot complex issues that cross the boundary between process and equipment

• Comfortable working directly with production equipment in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

What Gives You an Edge • Experience with thin film deposition for semiconductor, photovoltaic, aerospace, or other high-reliability applications

• Experience scaling deposition processes from R&D or development into manufacturing

• Experience with equipment upgrades, retrofits, or custom modifications

• Familiarity with SPC and manufacturing process controls

• Experience with additional vacuum deposition or thin film characterization techniques

Our Benefits • Competitive salary

• Generous, high-quality medical, dental, and vision coverage on day one of employment

• 15 vacation days, 5 sick days, and 10 paid holidays annually - with an extended holiday break at year’s end

• 401K with employer match up to 4% of salary

• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability and employer-sponsored life insurance

• Your work will literally go to space!