Senior Manager PVD/DLC Coatings

Motherson; Chennai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Motherson in Chennai seeks an experienced coatings engineer to lead PVD/DLC system setup, process development and cross‑functional plant support. You will specify equipment, evaluate suppliers, and ensure successful FAT/SAT installations while maintaining strict safety practices.

You will own coating recipes, thickness and colour control, link process controls to quality metrics, and mentor technicians to improve uptime and cost per part.

Responsibilities

• Specify PVD/DLC systems, vacuum pumping, fixturing/rotation, targets and gas systems. Support supplier evaluation, FAT/SAT and installation.
• Develop and freeze coating stacks, including adhesion and interlayers; control thickness, stress and colour.
• Colour & cosmetic ownership: Hold colour (L*a*b*, E) and gloss across the chamber load and from batch to batch; reduce cosmetic defects pinholes, macroparticles/droplets, spotting, discolouration, delamination.
• Coating testing: Run and rectify all required tests.
• Process control & documentation: Own PFMEA, Control Plan, SOPs and SPC on critical parameters; maintain vacuum/leak logs, chamber cleaning and maintenance cycles, and target utilisation records.
• Yield, uptime & cost: Improve chamber uptime and load density, reduce strip-and-recoat, and control target, gas and energy cost per part.
• Cross-functional work, team & safety: Work with other process teams; represent the coating process in customer audits; hire and lead coating technicians and operators; ensure safe handling of process gases, high voltage and vacuum equipment.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• 1) Equipment & setup: Specify PVD/DLC systems, along with vacuum pumping, fixturing/rotation, targets and gas systems. Support supplier evaluation, FAT/SAT and installation.
• 2) Coating recipe development: Develop and freeze coating stacks, including adhesion and interlayers; control thickness, stress and colour.
• 3) Colour & cosmetic ownership: Hold colour (L*a*b*, E) and gloss across the chamber load and from batch to batch; reduce cosmetic defects pinholes, macroparticles/droplets, spotting, discolouration, delamination.
• 4) Coating testing: Run and rectify all required tests.
• 5) Process control & documentation: Own PFMEA, Control Plan, SOPs and SPC on critical parameters; maintain vacuum/leak logs, chamber cleaning and maintenance cycles, and target utilisation records.
• 6) Yield, uptime & cost: Improve chamber uptime and load density, reduce strip-and-recoat, and control target, gas and energy cost per part.
• 7) Cross-functional work, team & safety: Work with other process teams; represent the coating process in customer audits; hire and lead coating technicians and operators; ensure safe handling of process gases, high voltage and vacuum equipment.