Senior Staff Engineer

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Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Senior Staff Engineer will have the opportunity to support the infrared technology of the Precision Optics business by creating complex designs, supporting key processes, and supporting engineering work for new programs.

You Will Have the Opportunity to:

• Supervise and perform the design, development and production of thin film coated optics while continuously improving process, equipment, materials, training and methods of fabrication which will result in manufacturability of designs, higher yields, lower costs and new optical, mechanical performance records

• Lead and contribute to all aspects of custom thin film manufacturing, including requirement definition, new product development, cost estimation and quoting, optical coating design, mechanical stress analysis, manufacturing instructions, fixture design, test plans, data analysis.

• Establish and take ownership of process metrics and develop new processes to make products

• Ensure all necessary process documentation (PPAP, FMEA, control plans) exists and resides in ERP

• Oversee and validate SPC and process improvement efforts

• Create engineering designs for IR applications  

• Specify new equipment needs, oversee, and validate new equipment and process installation, and initiate, track, and validate capital projects

• Interface regularly with customers to support in process and future slated work, help support customer concerns

• Design tooling and masking

• Support inside sales team & commercial teams on quoting process and customer needs

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, bachelor's degree and master's degree in engineering discipline preferred

• Minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience in optical coating

• Optics and optical systems background

• Strong mathematical background and experience with SPC

• Lean Six Sigma or Green or Black Belt Certifications preferred

• This position is located at the Tyngsboro, MA site but flexibility to work out of Westford, MA locations is required as needed

This position requires the eligibility to obtain a security clearance. Non-US citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. For individuals to be considered for a security clearance, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), conducts personnel security background investigations for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.

More information about security clearances can be found on the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) website here: https://www.dcsa.mil/mc/pv/adjudications/

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion’s business requirements.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federa