Materials Engineer

First Tek, Inc.

$95K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in thin film coating designs and materials
  • Expertise in sputtered thin films design and processes
  • Experience with roll to roll deposition or converting
  • Proficient in one or more thin film design tools such as TFCalc, OptiLayer
  • Strong understanding of statistical methods and design of experiments
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Create innovative thin film coating designs for various customer applications
  • Develop technical solutions for complex engineering problems
  • Work with Program Management to establish project plans, budgets, and schedules
  • Provide mentorship to junior engineers and production technicians via program/project work instructions
  • Support operations from equipment setup to production processes
  • Analyze in-process metrology data to guide process improvements
  • Collaborate with customers through discussions and design presentations

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and mentoring
  • Flexible work schedule with a 4/10 work week
  • Full-time onsite work arrangement
  • Support for developing a growth mindset through calculated risk-taking
Full Job Description
Description: Material & Process Engineer
Job Description:
 Create new thin film coating designs for customer applications
 Develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity
 Collaborate with Program Management to create a project plan, budget, and schedule
 Provide program/project work instructions to early career engineers and production technicians
 Support operations team from equipment setup, calibration, through production
 Order, analyze, and interpret in-process metrology data to determine process adjustments
 Compare metrology data to customer specifications to evaluate fitness for use
 Review customer requirements documents to support the technical customer proposal content
 Meet with customers for collaborative discussions and design presentations
 Promote a collaborative team environment

Basic Qualification:
 Experienced in thin film coating designs and materials
 Experience with sputtered thin films design, processes, and equipment
 Roll to roll deposition and/or converting experience
 Familiar with thin film design and expertise in one or more thin film design tools: TFCalc, OptiLayer, FilmStar, FilmWizard
 Statistical methods and design of experiments
 Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
 Strong Written and Verbal Communication Skills

Desired Skills:
 Ability to create and present technical content for customer meetings
 Comfortable taking calculated risks and learning from failures with a growth mindset
 Planning and leading projects to meet established requirements
 Programming experience and Visual Basic Macro Scripting or similar analysis software
 Experience with Optical Spectrometer, SEM, XRF measurements and interpreting the results

Custom Fields:
Name: Does this role require access to ECI information
Value: Yes

Name: Work Schedule
Value: 4/10-A

Name: OT Status
Value: non-Exempt

Name: Security Clearance Comments
Value: No action to start

Name: Security Clearance
Value: Ability to Obtain

Name: Allow Expenses
Value: No

Name: Worksite Classification
Value: Worker will work Onsite Full Time

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