Equipment Engineer: Vacuum Deposition & Automation

Ampeers; Georgia; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage with preventive care

Vision coverage

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

AMPeers in Houston, TX, seeks an Equipment Engineer to design and scale vacuum deposition tools for high-temperature superconducting tapes. You will develop motion, thermal, vacuum subsystems and create CAD drawings, primarily with SolidWorks, to support production.

Requires a BS in engineering and hands-on hardware experience. The role offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and a 401(k).

Qualifications

• Curiosity and comfort with ambiguous hardware problems.
• Direct experience building or troubleshooting vacuum thin-film deposition tools.
• Control systems experience across at least two of: motion, vacuum, thermal, flow, power.
• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering, or hands-on industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and commission thin film vacuum deposition tools, with support from senior engineering staff on complex systems.
• Develop motion, thermal, vacuum, gas delivery, and power subsystems for MOCVD, sputtering, e-beam evaporation, or ion-beam deposition platforms.
• Generate build-ready CAD models and fabrication drawings. (Software: SolidWorks or other CAD)
• Troubleshoot tools to improve throughput, uptime, and process repeatability.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, safety, and operations to define hardware specs, BOMs, and reliability targets.
• Support implementation of automation and software that enables operator-friendly, repeatable manufacturing.

Skills

Curiosity and problem solving

Vacuum thin-film deposition tools

Control systems (motion, vacuum, etc.)

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

AMPeers in Houston, TX, seeks an Equipment Engineer to design and scale vacuum deposition tools for high-temperature superconducting tapes. You will develop motion, thermal, vacuum subsystems and create CAD drawings, primarily with SolidWorks, to support production.

Requires a BS in engineering and hands-on hardware experience. The role offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and a 401(k).