Senior Mechanical Engineer (MOCVD)
MetOx International
Full-time
On-site
Houston, Texas, United States
- Design MOCVD reactors and systems for HTS wire manufacturing.
- Use CAD packages to create 3D CAD models.
- Analyze and evaluate CAD design using simulation software.
- Build and test concept designs.
- Evaluate the performance of complex design concepts for optimized Mechanical design (stress, strain, deflections, safety factor) and for reactor conditions (gas flow, temperature, vacuum, deposition).
The Responsibilities
The Senior Mechanical Engineer will create models and detailed 2D machine drawings for various machines that will be converted into working structures. They will carefully follow the project objectives and execute the project plans and models as well as the responsibilities below:
- Design the reactor and the internal components of the reactor for vacuum applications and processes.
- Design MOCVD systems requiring technical understanding and experience in low pressure gas flows, heat transfer, Semiconductor CVD reactor design, simulation packages including CFD and FEA, mechanical design of precision and Semiconductor parts, part tolerancing, GT&D, part assembly drawings, and manufacturing assembly and design records documentation.
- Managing vendors designs and developing schedules, resolve vendor design or material issues, communicate vendor issues with clarity to the head of engineering, propose alternatives to prevent project delays.
- 2D detailed machine drawings with accurate design tolerances ready for CNC machining
- Owns the tool design, reviews requests for design changes and provides feedback, evaluates request for design changes and works with engineering head and cross-functional teams to provide solutions.
- Leads all tool designs or performance related design reviews and follows up with action items and design decisions.
- Performs simulation and modeling; CFD and FEA to optimize the design.
- Work with different groups to gather process and hardware requirements and gain feedback on design logic.
- Proposes mockup tests, builds the test platform, and performs the tests to understand and validate high risk and unknown designs.
The Qualifications
The Senior Mechanical Engineer must have the following minimum qualifications to be initially considered for the position:
- Mechanical, Chemical, or Physics degree
- Minimum five years of experience designing complex systems
- Extensive experience with 3D CAD part and assembly design
- Extensive experience converting 3D CAD models into 2D detailed fabrication drawings with tolerances
- Strong vacuum conductance design, gas flow, heat transfer, radiation heat transfer and modeling, Semiconductor CVD/MOCVD reactor design, CFD & FEA experience
- Great conflict resolution and on-time delivery
- Mechanical design expertise
- Advanced level in SolidWorks preferred
- Roll-to-Roll systems design expertise preferred
- Strong experience in designing high temperature low pressure Roll-to-Roll CVD or MOCVD reactors and systems preferred