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II-VI Aerospace & Defense · 12 hours ago

Senior or Staff Optical Coating Process Engineer

3640 Westwind Boulevard, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403, US

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$102K/yr - $138K/yr

5+ years exp

II-VI Aerospace & Defense is a global leader in lasers and engineered materials, and they are seeking a Senior Optical Coating Process Engineer. The role involves in-depth knowledge of reactive magnetron sputtering processes and requires collaboration with manufacturing teams to optimize product flow and support continuous process improvement.

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Responsibilities

Have in-depth knowledge of reactive magnetron sputtering processes and their relationship to thin-film growth processes sufficient to understand their effects on optical, structural and mechanical properties of multilayer thin films

Have sufficient analytical knowledge of automated thin film vacuum sputter deposition chamber operation to support Process change decisions regarding; Programmable Logic Controllers, Agility HMI automation, process control interfaces, process control setup, laser monitoring, Manufacturing execution system and database interface

Have in depth knowledge and experience with vacuum equipment including, pumps, valves, feedthroughs, Mass flow valves, pressure gauges, magnetron cathodes, heaters and heat control systems

Understand Optical thin-film design theory and how to use Optical thin-film design codes for characterizing manufacturing errors. Working knowledge of basic design building blocks, effective indices and the various applications of symmetric design components

Analytical knowledge of automated Optical monitoring systems used for accurate layer thickness control of coatings with as many as 400 layers and synchronous control of deposition process

Ability to interpret and analyze data from radiometric fiber optic measurement system utilizing grin lenses and tunable laser sources

Working together with engineers in a team environment where project actions are interdependent upon multiple team members where shared ideas may be accepted or challenged in an effort to achieve the best outcome for all

Responsible for daily decisions on process, product and equipment problems and their impact on production costs and on-time delivery commitments

Develop new tools and processes for manufacturing new products and integrate them into the manufacturing systems

Interact closely with the Manufacturing team to monitor and clarify procedures

Support Planning and Manufacturing to optimize product flow, throughput and on-time delivery goals

Perform continuous process improvement and development of tools to assist engineering and manufacturing in evaluation of processes, diagnosis of equipment failures, product and business. Support decisions using measurable statistics

Maintain and optimize predictive tools to maximize run yields and minimize downtime

Perform product qualifications for new products or for specified process changes

Write or modify work instructions for tasks associated with coating processes, measurement instrumentation and software tool utilized by technicians

Participate in major development efforts driven by Management and work together with Senior engineers to identify how to best support the effort

Communicate well with outside vendors and customers, fostering good working relationships

Qualification

Reactive magnetron sputteringThin film design theoryOptical thin film metrologyStatistical software packagesMatlab/Visual Basic/Labview/PythonGeneral computer skillsProblem solving methodologiesTeam collaboration

Required

BS degree or higher in Engineering, Physics or related field

5 years of professional optical coating process engineering in manufacturing

In depth knowledge of reactive magnetron sputter deposition processes, thin film growth processes and their interrelationships

In depth knowledge of thin film design theory, thin film design code development and product application

General knowledge of statistical software packages, interpretation of statistics and an ability to clearly communicate statistical results to others

Experience Decreasing/Eliminating process variations using problem solving methodologies to; understand root causes, confirm hypotheses, implement resolutions, and optimize improvement

General knowledge optical thin film metrology for telecommunication filters

Familiarity with Matlab/Visual Basic/Labview/Python codes for equipment control and data analysis and proficient in one of these languages

Have proficient general computer skills. Some examples are; experience with commercial thin film software, and other programs, Word, Excel, power point etc