Senior Metrology Engineer - Thin-Film Quality Lab

Entegris, Inc.; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 108,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus eligible

Generous PTO

401(K) plan with employer match

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Education assistance

Values-driven culture

Job summary

Entegris is seeking a Lead Engineer, Lab Quality Engineering to join Analytical Laboratories in Danbury, CT, focusing on thin-film metrology and quality governance. You will implement, sustain, and improve metrology methods across labs, partnering with multiple functions to strengthen measurement capability and audit readiness.

The role requires 5+ years in relevant fields, strong metrology and analytical chemistry knowledge, and experience with ISO 17025/9001.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in thin-film, coating, or metrology environments.
• Strong knowledge of analytical chemistry, materials science, and physics.
• Experience with ISO 17025 and ISO 9001 standards, GLP/ GMP.

Responsibilities

• Own quality oversight for thin-film and coating metrology methods, measurement systems, software workflows, and data packages.
• Develop, validate, verify, transfer, and maintain fit-for-purpose methods for film thickness, uniformity, surface morphology, roughness, composition, structure, adhesion, stress, and other CQAs.
• Establish measurement controls, including calibration and verification strategy, reference standards, system suitability, control charts, uncertainty evaluation, gauge R&R, method correlation, matching, and inter-laboratory comparability.
• Provide quality governance for instrument qualification, method changes, software changes, new capability introduction, and method transfers using change-control and risk-management processes.
• Review abnormal trends, out-of-specifications or out-of-trend results, measurement excursions, and data-integrity concerns; ensure containment, investigations, CAPA, and effectiveness verification.
• Use statistical methods to evaluate bias, precision, stability, capability, repeatability, reproducibility, and measurement-system contribution to total process variation.
• Develop and maintain controlled procedures, method documentation, technical reports, validation protocols, training materials, qualification criteria, and audit-ready records.
• Support internal, external, and customer audits; provide objective technical evidence and communicate method capability, measurement uncertainty, and data limitations clearly.
• Translate product and process requirements into practical metrology strategies, sampling plans, acceptance criteria, and quality controls.
• Drive alignment of best-known methods, instrument platforms, data review practices across sites; consider site/product requirements.
• Build and maintain a thin-film metrology capability roadmap addressing capacity, redundancy, obsolescence, automation, and digital integration.
• Provide technical coaching and training to engineers, scientists, chemists, and technicians; lead cross-functional improvement projects without direct supervisory authority.
• Maintain a safe laboratory environment and ensure EHS, chemical-handling, equipment, and waste-disposal requirements are followed.

Skills

Analytical chemistry knowledge

Metrology knowledge

Statistical analysis

Quality systems (ISO 17025/9001)

SPC/SQC

8D problem solving

FMEA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Material Science or related field

MS or PhD preferred

Tools

Spectroscopic ellipsometry

Reflectometry

Profilometry

AFM

SEM/EDS

XRR

XRD

Job description

Entegris is seeking a Lead Engineer, Lab Quality Engineering to join Analytical Laboratories in Danbury, CT, focusing on thin-film metrology and quality governance. You will implement, sustain, and improve metrology methods across labs, partnering with multiple functions to strengthen measurement capability and audit readiness.

The role requires 5+ years in relevant fields, strong metrology and analytical chemistry knowledge, and experience with ISO 17025/9001.