Director of Process Technology
Veeco Instruments

R & D

Location: Lowell Region: North America Job Category: R & D

Position Type: Full-time Website: Link

Veeco brings its production-proven thermal deposition source technology to CIGS solar manufacturing, providing the world�s only production-scale thermal deposition sources for high efficiency CIGS. With this, Veeco relieves the most serious challenge facing CIGS solar manufacturers, transitioning from R&D to high volume manufacturing.

For over 20 years, producing more than 6500 sources, Veeco excels at designing and manufacturing material specific thermal deposition sources for both R&D and production thin-film deposition systems. As an experienced supplier, Veeco eliminates manufacturer�s deposition source development time and enables the manufacture of CIGS solar cells at the lowest cost while ensuring the highest performance and reliability.

Essential Job Duties:

• Provides technical and organizational leadership for the process development department.
• Owns the process technology roadmap; collaborates with Systems R&D on equipment roadmap.
• Makes technical presentations to customers and works with customers in drafting technical roadmaps and setting product specifications.
• Establishes and runs joint development programs with customers or other R&D institutions
• Hires, trains and provides professional staff development.
• Provides process related support to manufacturing, marketing and sales, including assistance with customer acceptance testing.
• Develops or modifies process formulations, definition of standard processing and equipment requirements and specifications, and reviews processing techniques and methods used in the manufacture, fabrication, and evaluation of optical coatings.
• Reviews product requirements with design staff to ensure compatibility of processing methods and processing equipment.
• Recommends and prepares changes, additions, and modifications which will facilitate improved processes and equipment improvements.
• Compiles and evaluates test data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process or material specifications.
• Processes customer samples or provides samples for demonstration purposes and provides a technical point of contact for our customers.
• Assures that process and demonstration of equipment leads to acceptance tests at factory and at customer site.
• Continually strives to improve processes and procedures for areas of responsibility.
• Understand the financial impact of decisions on the business.

 

Education/Experience:
• Ph.D. in physics, engineering or optical sciences preferred.
• 5+ years experience in deposition and characterization of thin film coating with a minimum of 2 years experience in technical management.
• Experience in thin film solar cells and CIGS solar cells in particular, is strongly preferred.