Senior Staff Scientist - Optical Coatings

Requisition Number: 70011

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Scope of Position

• PO (Precision Optics) and LO (Laser Optics) Coating Development: Technical Lead in developing coating solutions for customers new semiconductor inspection and lithography systems.
• Expertise and support to the broader AO coatings portfolio: provide insightful solutions to optical thin films challenges (environmental stability, laser durability, high optical performances) from the visible wavelength range to DUV, VUV, EUV.
• Optical coating expertise in the DUV range to actively engage with technical and commercial team meetings for New Programs as Subject Matter Expert. Ability to provide concise and quick feedback to Program managers, and estimates of development needs/resources to deliver.
• Active contribution to Corning's IP: publish Technical Reports and Invention Disclosures from new materials & processes developments or findings.
• At the interface of Corporate Research, Division Engineering, Commercials and the Fairport plant, good interaction and communication with varying backgrounds is expected to carry clear and concise information within the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Reporting to PO Coating Development Leadership, participate to all PO New Product Development and update local AO Coating Development team in weekly meetings. Active participation is expected, as well as tracking and delivering on the tasks that get defined.
• Design optical films per project requirements and product specficiations, reporting studies to project management. Generate models with coating design softwares to update Program management, delivering expected performance and operational path.
• Review drawings of varying element types depicting film specifications, substrate geometries, beam profiles, angle of incidences, target wavelengths.
• Interact with immediate Research & Development scientists, optical designers, engineers, manufacturing experts and seek metrology / characterization support from corporate available assets.
• Direct interaction with vacuum coating Technicians or Scientists to facilitate process development, coating operations including fixtures designs, measurements from a wide variety of metrology sources and provide guidance for process improvements.
• Conduct research of public and internal sources for information regarding existing scientific areas of study.

Experiences/Education - Required

• Must possess a Ph.D. in Physics, Material Science or Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or equivalent), with at least 10 years of experience OR a MS degree with at least 20 years of experience
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Optical Coating materials and designs for Precision Optics, in complex systems from the visible wavelength range down to DUV/VUV, with a system-level approach that may include several lens elements, mirrors, beam splitters, filters. Typical substrate shapes range from flat, spherical, aspherical, concave or convex, to freeform
• Be familiar with buld and surface characterization and optical properties fundamental understanding
• Experience in using Coating Design software (OptiLayer, FilmStar, TFCalc...)
• Knowledge and strong experience with Optical Coating equipment (PVD PiAD, e-beam, Processes and Tooling optimization, physical thickness controls and optical monitoring systems)
• Semiconductor inspection and/or lithography environment work experience
• Ellipsometry and related modeling software
• Command of Microsoft Office Suite, Word, PowerPoint, Excel

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