Senior Mechanical Engineer – Roll-to-Roll Coating & Scale-Up

E Ink Corporation; Billerica (MA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability coverage

Paid time off

401(k) retirement savings plan

Bonus program

Job summary

E Ink Corporation is seeking a Mechanical and Coating Engineer to join the External Phase team. You will prototype roll-to-roll coating, retrofit equipment, and support manufacturing scale-up for electrophoretic display technologies, collaborating with chemical engineering, materials science, and waveform design experts.

You will contribute to pilot demonstrations, document processes, and help drive scale-up while solving complex manufacturing challenges in a multidisciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or a similar field.
• Prototyping experience, 3D CAD, tool design and fabrication.
• Experience designing and implementing proof-of-concept and pilot equipment at different scales.
• Experience handling roll-to-roll or other continuous materials processing equipment.
• Experience in process design, hardware testing, and equipment troubleshooting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A track record of achieving project goals.
• A desire to solve hard problems on multi-disciplinary teams, understand stakeholder needs, and adapt to changing circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Prototype new approaches to roll-to-roll coating
• Retrofit existing equipment to accommodate new functions including but not limited to coating, lamination, UV exposure, wet etch, etc.
• Assist in the acceptance and operation of new lamination equipment with current and future needs in mind
• Interact across multiple groups to understand coating requirements for new technologies
• Develop outside-the-box approaches to solve challenging manufacturing problems
• Conduct pilot demonstrations of new roll-to-roll processes and provide guidance for scale-up
• Generate technical documentation and scale up plans to take ideas from initial demonstration to roll-to-roll mass manufacturing

Skills

Prototyping

3D CAD

Process design

Hardware testing

Troubleshooting

Written and verbal communication

Project delivery

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

3D CAD

Job description

E Ink Corporation is seeking a Mechanical and Coating Engineer to join the External Phase team. You will prototype roll-to-roll coating, retrofit equipment, and support manufacturing scale-up for electrophoretic display technologies, collaborating with chemical engineering, materials science, and waveform design experts.

You will contribute to pilot demonstrations, document processes, and help drive scale-up while solving complex manufacturing challenges in a multidisciplinary environment.