Holographix is seeking an innovative and passionate Thin Film Coating Engineer interested in working in the challenging, fast-paced environment of our expanding high technology company. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Thin Film Coating Engineer will play a key role in our growth by supporting all aspects of the design, development, manufacture, and testing of our thin film coatings for our replicated optics and optical assemblies. Additionally, the Thin Film Coating Engineer will play a key role managing the development and maintenance of our thin film coating systems and optical thin film metrology equipment.
- Working as part of an engineering team on customer-driven engineering projects.
- Designing custom thin film optical coatings using thin film design software, and iterating those designs as necessary.
- Measuring and characterizing of thin films, optics and nanostructures using spectrometers, ellipsometers, SEM, AFM and confocal microscopy.
- Designing, setting up, and performing metrology measurements on new thin film coated optical products.
- Maintaining various optical thin film deposition systems to ensure high throughput and high uptimes in manufacturing.
- Writing specifications, work instructions, technical reports and other technical documents.
- Working with the Production group to move products from development to manufacturing.
- Troubleshooting and resolving thin film coating optical performance, and equipment problems as they arise.
The ideal candidate would meet the following requirements:
- BS degree in Optics, Physics, or Material Science.
- 2-3 years of design-to-production experience in optical thin film coatings, preferably using Macleod thin film design software.
- Experience operating and maintaining thin film coating equipment, vacuum systems and thin film measurement tools such as spectrophotometers and ellipsometers.
- Experience operating lasers, and handling optical components and assemblies.
- Hands-on experience working with opto-mechanical tooling and equipment.
- Experience with optical systems and measurement equipment.
- Solid understanding in optics, including diffraction, interference and polarization.
- Solid technical process development background.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Positive approach to new ideas and ability to think “outside the box”.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, Ruby, etc.) and databases desired.
- Ability to read and create drawings using DraftSight and/or SolidWorks desired.
- Familiarity with ISO Quality Assurance programs.
Holographix offers a professional working environment along with competitive health and dental benefits, and an attractive 401K plan.
Interested parties should fill out the form or email their resume to [email protected].
