Senior Process Engineer: HTS Thin-Film & Sputtering Lead

MetOx International, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) match

Paid parental leave & adoption support

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

MetOx International, Inc. in Houston, TX seeks a Senior Process Engineer specializing in sputtering and thin-film deposition to advance a reel-to-reel manufacturing platform for HTS wire.

You will lead process development, design robust experiments, and partner with Materials, Equipment, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations to scale manufacturing while improving yield and product performance. The role demands strong data-driven decision making, hands-on process optimization, and mentoring of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related engineering or scientific discipline.
• Four years of process engineering or manufacturing engineering experience involving sputtering, physical vapor deposition (PVD), vacuum thin-film deposition, or closely related deposition technologies.
• An advanced degree may be substituted for required experience on a year-for-year basis, depending on relevance and level.
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing statistically driven process improvement experiments.
• Experience analyzing manufacturing data using statistical methods to improve process capability, product quality, and manufacturing performance.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing processes and implementing sustainable corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Owns the technical development and continuous improvement of sputtering and related thin-film deposition processes supporting MetOx's manufacturing platform.
• Defines process capability improvement strategies that increase throughput, improve film quality, reduce variation, and enhance manufacturing robustness.
• Evaluates emerging deposition technologies, process innovations, and manufacturing approaches to support future product and manufacturing development.
• Provides technical leadership for deposition process performance across development, pilot production, and manufacturing scale-up.
• Designs and executes statistically rigorous experiments to optimize deposition processes, process capability, and manufacturing performance.
• Applies advanced process engineering principles to solve complex challenges involving film deposition, process stability, defect reduction, equipment capability, and yield improvement.
• Establishes operating windows, process controls, and statistical monitoring strategies to ensure repeatable manufacturing performance.
• Utilizes engineering and production data to identify trends, improve process capability, and implement sustainable process improvements.
• Troubleshoots complex manufacturing issues and implements long-term corrective and preventive actions.
• Partners with Manufacturing Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Materials Engineering, Quality, and Operations to successfully transition process improvements into production.
• Develops and maintains process specifications, standard operating procedures, qualification plans, and engineering documentation supporting manufacturing operations.
• Leads updates to process control plans, PFMEAs, and process validation activities.
• Supports manufacturing scale-up through robust process development, qualification, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Owns process engineering projects from problem definition through validation, implementation, and manufacturing handoff.
• Defines project scope, timelines, technical deliverables, and success metrics for process improvement initiatives.
• Leads cross-functional technical reviews while effectively communicating project progress, technical risks, and engineering recommendations.
• Coordinates internal engineering resources and external suppliers to ensure successful project execution.
• Mentors junior engineers and supports the technical development of engineering and manufacturing personnel.
• Promotes structured problem solving, statistical thinking, and engineering best practices across the organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Advanced degree (Master's or PhD)

Tools

JMP

Minitab

Python

Job description

MetOx International, Inc. in Houston, TX seeks a Senior Process Engineer specializing in sputtering and thin-film deposition to advance a reel-to-reel manufacturing platform for HTS wire.

You will lead process development, design robust experiments, and partner with Materials, Equipment, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations to scale manufacturing while improving yield and product performance. The role demands strong data-driven decision making, hands-on process optimization, and mentoring of