HTS Materials Engineer – MOCVD & Film Science Lead

MetOx International, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision on firstday

401(k) match

Paid parental leave & adoption support

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

MetOx International, Inc. is seeking a Staff Materials Engineer to lead HTS material development at our Houston HQ. You will steer processing–structure–property relationships in MOCVD-grown HTS films, optimize microstructure, and drive scale-up for manufacturing readiness.

The role requires senior expertise in thin-film deposition, advanced characterization, and data-driven optimization to accelerate commercialization of superconducting technology.

Qualifications

• Master's in Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related discipline; advanced degree may substitute for experience
• 7+ years of experience developing HTS materials, complex oxides, epitaxial thin films, or related functional materials
• Deep understanding of processing–structure–property relationships in advanced materials
• Experience with thin-film growth, epitaxy, crystal defects, microstructure evolution, and advanced materials characterization
• Ability to design and execute complex experimental programs
• Experience applying multivariate statistics, machine learning, or AI to large datasets
• Strong scientific foundation linking first-principles materials behavior to manufacturing outcomes

Responsibilities

• Lead the materials strategy supporting HTS manufacturing platform and long-term technology roadmap
• Develop first-principles understanding of relationships between MOCVD conditions, film growth, microstructure, and performance
• Define microstructural targets to maximize in-field critical current and manufacturing robustness
• Identify and evaluate new precursor chemistries, deposition approaches, and characterization methods
• Drive transitions of lab discoveries into robust, high-volume manufacturing processes
• Design and lead experimental programs to establish processing–structure–property relationships in HTS thin films
• Develop MOCVD process windows through experiments, modeling, and statistics
• Apply advanced characterization techniques to identify performance-limiting mechanisms
• Leverage manufacturing Data with ML/AI to correlate tool parameters and film performance
• Develop new in situ/ex situ diagnostic methods to improve growth control

Skills

HTS materials development

Data-driven decision making

Experimental design

Leadership and mentoring

Education

Master's in Materials Science/Physics/Chemical Engineering

PhD preferred (D. in related fields)

Tools

MOCVD process

Epitaxial thin-film deposition

XRD

SEM

TEM

EBSD

AFM

Raman

XPS

Job description

MetOx International, Inc. is seeking a Staff Materials Engineer to lead HTS material development at our Houston HQ. You will steer processing–structure–property relationships in MOCVD-grown HTS films, optimize microstructure, and drive scale-up for manufacturing readiness.

The role requires senior expertise in thin-film deposition, advanced characterization, and data-driven optimization to accelerate commercialization of superconducting technology.