Equipment Engineer – Vacuum Thin-Film Systems

AMPeers LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer match

Dental and vision coverage

Medical coverage

Job summary

AMPeers LLC, a Houston-based startup developing REBCO high-temperature superconductor tapes, seeks an Equipment Engineer to design and scale production tooling for superconducting tape and wire manufacturing.

You will design, build, and commission thin film vacuum deposition systems, develop subsystems for MOCVD, sputtering, or e-beam platforms, and create CAD drawings. Collaboration with manufacturing and safety is essential for reliable, high-throughput production.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or hands-on industry experience.
• Curiosity and comfort with ambiguous hardware problems.
• Direct experience building or troubleshooting vacuum thin-film deposition tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and commission thin film vacuum deposition tools.
• 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 (SolidWorks or equivalent).
• 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 for operator-friendly, repeatable manufacturing.

Tools

SolidWorks

Python

LabVIEW

PLC

Job description

AMPeers LLC, a Houston-based startup developing REBCO high-temperature superconductor tapes, seeks an Equipment Engineer to design and scale production tooling for superconducting tape and wire manufacturing.

You will design, build, and commission thin film vacuum deposition systems, develop subsystems for MOCVD, sputtering, or e-beam platforms, and create CAD drawings. Collaboration with manufacturing and safety is essential for reliable, high-throughput production.