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Thin Film Coating Technician (PVD)
2025-10-22
2025-12-09
Employment Type:
Contract to Hire
Category: Technician
Job Number: 10623
Pay Rate: $35-45/hr
Job Description
Qualifications:
- Associate degree, technical diploma, or equivalent experience in Materials Science, Electronics, Vacuum Technology, or related field
- 1–3 years of experience with thin-film deposition, vacuum systems, or semiconductor processes
- Hands-on experience operating PVD systems (sputtering, evaporation, or other vacuum deposition equipment)
- Familiarity with vacuum pumps, gauges, gas systems, and plasma-based processes
- Experience using thin-film characterization tools such as profilometry, ellipsometry, SEM, XRD
- Comfort working in cleanroom environment with full PPE and adherence to ESD protocols
- Clear communication skills and disciplined recordkeeping in line with ISO, IPC, and internal QA standards
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and support continuous improvement initiatives
- Knowledge of deposition variables such as power, pressure, gas flow, and film stress
- Ability to train junior technicians and contribute to SOP development
Responsibilities:
- Operate and monitor PVD systems for production builds, running established thin-film recipes for production lots
- Prepare substrates, tooling, and fixtures for deposition processes
- Log process data, track deviations, report issues, and support root cause analysis for equipment or process problems
- Use thin-film characterization tools to assess film thickness, uniformity, and quality
- Maintain accurate records of recipes, runs, and material traceability, and participate in continuous improvement projects aimed at yield, uptime, and throughput