Job opening in HTS

CVD process engineer

If a potentially good or excellent match, we will contact you within 3 week from applying.

As a member of the High Temperature Superconducting (HTS), we are looking for a CVD process engineer with strong organizational, problem-solving and communication skills. The successful candidate will model, construct and experimentally characterizes HTS tapes.

Responsibilities

Process engineering

  • Provide process expertise for guiding the design of the MOCVD machine

  • Design and implement characterization methods for seed layers and HTS films

  • Participate in machine commissioning and troubleshooting

  • Develop Design of Experiments for MOCVD process optimization leading to uniform epitaxial growth of high performance HTS and related thin films

  • Prepare and operate the MOCVD machine including maintenance and documentation, as needed manage operation of a large format PVD machine.

  • Write and regularly update operation guide for the MOCVD process

  • Contribute to continuous improvements in manufacturing large format HTS films in collaboration with the rest of the HTS team

  • Develop novel solutions and contribute to new intellectual property

  • Identify machine design improvements and participate in their implementation based on modelling and data from characterization methods

Support for other teams

  • Provide the Fusion Engineering and Science teams with accurate information on the capabilities and limitations of the HTS films, and advice on their integration in stellarators and in non-fusion magnets

Qualifications -essential:

  • PhD degree in materials science, physics, or chemical engineering, or related field, or equivalently:

-Master’s degree + 2 years of research or professional experience, or

-Bachelor’s degree + 4 years of research or professional experience

  • Working experience in CVD processing or/and development for at least 2 years

  • In-depth knowledge in thin film deposition and/or nanofabrication

  • Detailed knowledge of MOCVD equipment

  • Basics knowledges on automation and process monitoring

  • Knowledge of CAD: Solid Works or Inventor

  • Fluent in English (C1)

Qualifications -desirable:

  • Coding experience in Python, Matlab or other programming language

Qualified and interested?

Send your cv and motivational e-mail to jobs@renfusion.eu.