Lead PVD Researcher — Perovskite PV & Thin-Film Science

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); Presencial; USD 121 000 - 169 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical, dental, vision, basic and 1/2

401(k) with company match up to 5%

Stock options for regular employees

Paid time off and holidays

Resumo da oferta

Blue Origin in Washington is seeking a Lead Physical Vapor Deposition Researcher to drive development of PVD processes for perovskite solar cells. You will own recipe design, equipment specification, and in-situ monitoring strategies while mentoring two associate researchers.

You will lead DOE campaigns, translate device architectures into robust process windows, and collaborate across teams to scale deposition methods from R&D to production-ready processes, ensuring quality and safety in vacuum

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 5+ years of vacuum thin-film deposition experience for PV/semiconductor applications.
• Expert-level knowledge of thermal evaporation and/or sputtering process physics.
• Experience with multi-source co-evaporation or sequential deposition.
• Hands-on vacuum system design, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
• Proficiency with thin-film characterization techniques (XRD, SEM, profilometry, ellipsometry, 4-point probe).

Responsabilidades

• Develop and optimize PVD processes (thermal evaporation, co-evaporation, sputtering) for perovskite absorber layers, charge-transport layers, and TCOs.
• Drive innovation for new processes to improve device performance.
• Design deposition recipes for different materials (e.g. multi-source co-evaporation recipes) for film deposition.
• Specify, commission, and qualify vacuum deposition equipment for perovskite-specific requirements.
• Develop in-situ process monitoring and feedback control strategies (QCM, optical reflectometry, residual gas analysis).
• Establish statistical process control (SPC) for critical film properties such as thickness uniformity, composition, crystallinity, resistivity, surface roughness.
• Lead DOE campaigns to map process-structure-property relationships and define robust process windows.
• Collaborate with the team to translate layer specifications into deposition recipes with appropriate tolerances.
• Mentor and direct the work of 2 associate deposition researchers.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, equipment maintenance protocols, and safety procedures for vacuum systems.
• Analyze film characterization data (XRD, SEM, AFM, XPS, ellipsometry) to correlate process parameters with film quality.

Conhecimentos

Vacuum deposition

Thermal evaporation

Sputtering

Co-evaporation

Thin-film characterization

Vacuum system design

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or related field

Ferramentas

XRD

SEM

Profilometry

Ellipsometry

4-point probe

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Blue Origin in Washington is seeking a Lead Physical Vapor Deposition Researcher to drive development of PVD processes for perovskite solar cells. You will own recipe design, equipment specification, and in-situ monitoring strategies while mentoring two associate researchers.

You will lead DOE campaigns, translate device architectures into robust process windows, and collaborate across teams to scale deposition methods from R&D to production-ready processes, ensuring quality and safety in vacuum