Lead Engineer, Research & Development

5195 EKC Advanced Electronics USA, LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Qnity’s Silicon Valley Technology Center (SVTC) is seeking a highly skilled Lead Process Engineer to join our leveraged R&D organization, delivering customer-facing applications in thermal engineering and fabrication methods for advanced electronics.

The successful candidate will become the local SME in thermal engineering, lead cross-functional project teams, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with Silicon Valley OEMs to translate research into scalable commercial solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of directly applicable engineering work experience.
• Proficiency with design and modeling software: Anysis, Comsol, SolidWorks, AutoCAD.
• Experience with characterization tools and methods.
• Willing to travel up to 20% to support customer projects.
• Strong communication, leadership, and project-management skills.
• Familiar with Agile, Stage Gate, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead applications development projects related to process engineering for local customers.
• Drive customer solutions from concept to commercialization.
• Collaborate with SMEs to form a close-knit engineering team.
• Respond to changing priorities as customer needs evolve.
• Engage with Silicon Valley customers to understand their needs.
• Represent SVTC in industry events and conferences.
• Deliver technical training and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Process engineering

Project leadership

Customer engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Relevant degree or extensive industrial experience

Tools

Anysis

Comsol

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Job description

Are you looking to power the next leap in the exciting world of advanced electronics? Do you want to help solve problems that drive success in the rapidly evolving technology and connectivity landscape? Then bring your problem-solving, passion, and creativity to help us power the next leap in electronics. At Qnity, we’re more than a global leader in materials and solutions for advanced electronics and high‑tech industries – we’re a tight-knit team that is motivated by new possibilities, and always up for a challenge. All our dedicated teams contribute to making cutting‑edge technology possible. We value forward‑thinking challengers, boundary‑pushers, and diverse perspectives across all our departments, because we know we play a critical role in the world enabling faster progress for all. Learn how you can start or jumpstart your career with us.

Are you looking to power the next leap in the exciting world of advanced electronics? Do you want to help solve problems that drive success in the rapidly evolving technology and connectivity landscape? Then bring your problem-solving, passion, and creativity to help us power the next leap in electronics. At Qnity, we’re more than a global leader in materials and solutions for advanced electronics and high‑tech industries – we’re a tight-knit team that is motivated by new possibilities, and always up for a challenge. All our dedicated teams contribute to making cutting‑edge technology possible. We value forward‑thinking challengers, boundary‑pushers, and diverse perspectives across all our departments, because we know we play a critical role in the world enabling faster progress for all. Learn how you can start or jumpstart your career with us.

Qnity’s Silicon Valley Technology Center The Qnity Silicon Valley Technology Center (SVTC) is a place where customers find end‑to‑end support solving their most critical and complicated electronic materials challenges. SVTC is Qnity’s premier applications development & engineering center of excellence located in the heart of Silicon Valley, with more than 10,000 square feet of state‑of‑the‑art application laboratories spanning rapid prototyping, reliability testing, process development, and advanced analytical characterization, the team of engineers working at SVTC has all the resources they need to help customers solve their problems. As a leveraged research & development organization, engineers at SVTC get to work with all of Qnity’s vast materials portfolio, with a local market focus in emerging domains such as consumer electronics, humanoid robotics, aerospace & defense, next gen automotive, and semiconductor industries.

Lead Process Engineer in Research & Development

Qnity’s SVTC is seeking a highly skilled Lead Process Engineer to join our leveraged R&D organization, where we do customer‑facing applications engineering work focused on enabling the next generation of technology for local Silicon Valley OEMs. The Lead Process Engineer is expected to become the local Subject Matter Expert (SME) in thermal engineering and will join a highly skilled team of other local SMEs covering additional areas such as metrology, optics, mechanical, and electrical engineering. Together, the SME team works closely with additional local engineering support in the laboratories with the shared common goal of working closely with Silicon Valley customers and delivering solutions to their materials challenges. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership in planning and executing a comprehensive research and development program, including scale‑up, focused on process engineering and fabrication method development for advanced electronics and semiconductor applications. This work will be driven by both internal and external customer needs, particularly in high‑performance and miniaturized electronic systems. Working collaboratively within cross‑functional project teams, the candidate will contribute to the development of next‑generation fabrication techniques and process development applicable to Qnity’s vast materials portfolio.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead applications development projects related to process engineering and fabrication techniques for local customers
• Drive customer solutions from concept to commercialization
• Work closely with other SMEs at SVTC to form a close‑knit engineering team capable of rapidly solving any customer problem
• Respond rapidly and with high motivation to customer needs and opportunities as they arise; be comfortable with changing priorities as customer needs evolve
• Engage with Silicon Valley customers to understand their needs and proactively support their next generation of technology
• Connect the broader Qnity R&D organization to local Silicon Valley opportunities; be a regional leader in mechanical engineering expertise
• Represent Qnity SVTC in industry consortium and at conferences
• Deliver technical training and seminars to internal teams and external partners as necessary
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to their technical and professional development

Required Qualifications

• A relevant degree or extensive industrial experience in immediately applicable fields
• 10+ years of directly applicable engineering work experience with advanced fabrication techniques and process development engineering
• Proficiency with some specific and standard design and modeling software packages such as Anysis, Comsol, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc.
• Proficiency with specific characterization tools and methods
• Strong technical curiously, able to learn quickly, and very comfortable working outside core areas of expertise and with cross‑functional teams
• Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Track record of successful customer engagement and project leadership
• Familiar with project management best practices such as Agile, Stage Gate, etc.
• Able and willing to travel as required to support customer projects (up to 20%)
• Experience working with or for local Silicon Valley companies in the thermal component of relevant industries such as consumer electronics, aerospace & defense, automotive, robotics, telecommunications, data center
• Strong desire to translate research into commercial thermal solutions, with a results‑oriented mindset.
• Excellent project management, planning, prioritization, and leadership skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

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