Lead Solution-Processed Coatings Engineer for Perovskites

blueorigin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a highly experienced specialist to lead the development of solution-processed deposition for perovskite layers and related materials. You will own formulation, coating parameter optimization, crystallization, drying, and annealing processes to enable scalable manufacturing and robust device performance.

You will establish process-structure-property relationships, drive DOE studies, and create scalable coating workflows with stringent quality metrics, supporting production-scale

Qualifications

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in solution-processed thin-film deposition for photovoltaic, OLED, or printed electronics applications.
• Demonstrated experience formulating functional precursors (perovskite, metal oxide, organic semiconductor, or nanoparticle).
• Strong understanding of film formation mechanisms from solution: solvent evaporation, nucleation and growth, anti-solvent crystallization.
• Hands-on experience with rheology characterization and its relationship to coating quality.
• Track record of scaling solution-processed films from lab to pilot or production scale.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize solution-based deposition processes for perovskite absorber layers and charge transport materials.
• Formulate and characterize precursors: solvent systems, additive engineering, shelf-life stability.
• Design and commission coating equipment for perovskite-specific requirements (inert atmosphere, substrate heating, meniscus control, drying zones).
• Develop drying and annealing protocols (thermal, vacuum-assisted, gas quenching, anti-solvent) that control nucleation, grain growth, and crystallographic orientation.
• Map process-structure-property relationships through systematic DOE campaigns correlating coating parameters with film morphology and device performance.
• Establish scalable coating processes with defined process windows, uniformity specifications, and in-line quality metrics
• Develop defect classification and root-cause analysis methods for coating defects (pinholes, dewetting, thickness non-uniformity)
• Define scale-up pathway from lab-scale to pilot-scale continuous coating

Skills

Experience in solution-processed thin‑

Rheology characterization

Scale-up of films (lab to pilot)

Precursor formulation

Education

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or related field

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or related field

Tools

Coating equipment design

In-line metrology for coating processes

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a highly experienced specialist to lead the development of solution-processed deposition for perovskite layers and related materials. You will own formulation, coating parameter optimization, crystallization, drying, and annealing processes to enable scalable manufacturing and robust device performance.

You will establish process-structure-property relationships, drive DOE studies, and create scalable coating workflows with stringent quality metrics, supporting production-scale