Senior Process Engineer
Senior Process Engineer at MetOx International in Houston designs and optimizes thin-film deposition processes for high-temperature superconducting wire manufacturing, using sputtering and statistical methods to improve yield and scalability.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related engineering or scientific discipline.
- Four years of process engineering or manufacturing engineering experience involving sputtering, physical vapor deposition (PVD), vacuum thin-film deposition, or closely related deposition technologies
- An advanced degree may be substituted for required experience on a year-for-year basis, depending on relevance and level.
- Demonstrated experience designing and executing statistically driven process improvement experiments.
- Experience analyzing manufacturing data using statistical methods to improve process capability, product quality, and manufacturing performance.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing processes and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Engineering or a related scientific discipline applicable to the position.
- Experience supporting high-temperature superconductors (HTS), semiconductor manufacturing, advanced coatings, optical coatings, battery materials, magnetic materials, or other thin-film technologies.
- Experience with reactive sputtering, magnetron sputtering, and biased or ion-assisted processing.
- Experience supporting technology transfer from development into manufacturing.
- Experience leading Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, or Six Sigma initiatives.
- Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), MSA, JMP, Minitab, Python, or other statistical analysis tools.
- Experience with vacuum systems, plasma processing, and thin-film characterization techniques.
Full description
Empower Your Future: At MetOx International, we’re pioneering the next era of energy security and abundance through breakthrough superconducting technology. As a Senior Process Engineer specializing in thin-film deposition, you'll help advance one of the world's most sophisticated continuous manufacturing platforms. Your work will directly influence manufacturing yield, process capability, product performance, and the commercialization of next-generation high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire.
Based at our global headquarters in Houston, TX, the Senior Process Engineer provides technical leadership for sputtering and related thin-film deposition processes supporting MetOx's reel-to-reel manufacturing platform. Working closely with Materials Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Operations, this role combines process engineering, statistical analysis, and manufacturing optimization to develop robust, scalable processes capable of supporting commercial-scale production.
Key Responsibilities
Process Technology Leadership
- Owns the technical development and continuous improvement of sputtering and related thin-film deposition processes supporting MetOx's manufacturing platform.
- Defines process capability improvement strategies that increase throughput, improve film quality, reduce variation, and enhance manufacturing robustness.
- Evaluates emerging deposition technologies, process innovations, and manufacturing approaches to support future product and manufacturing development.
- Provides technical leadership for deposition process performance across development, pilot production, and manufacturing scale-up.
Process Development & Optimization
- Designs and executes statistically rigorous experiments to optimize deposition processes, process capability, and manufacturing performance.
- Applies advanced process engineering principles to solve complex challenges involving film deposition, process stability, defect reduction, equipment capability, and yield improvement.
- Establishes operating windows, process controls, and statistical monitoring strategies to ensure repeatable manufacturing performance.
- Utilizes engineering and production data to identify trends, improve process capability, and implement sustainable process improvements.
- Troubleshoots complex manufacturing issues and implements long-term corrective and preventive actions.
Manufacturing Integration
- Partners with Manufacturing Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Materials Engineering, Quality, and Operations to successfully transition process improvements into production.