Coating Scientist

Join Rigaku in shaping a better world through new perspectives!

Rigaku Innovative Technologies is looking to hire people who want to help us make the world a better place! At RIT, we design and produce ultra-thin, ultra-precise multilayer coatings to make some the most advanced optics in the world, in support of products that range from complex research on the newest medicines to machines that make the latest generation of computer chips.

Please apply at  (About | Careers) if you are interested in joining a Team where your expertise & hard work will be valued and respected.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Rigaku Innovative Technologies is seeking a Thin Film Scientist to contribute in the arena of multilayer thin films for hard and soft x-ray optical thin film coatings, produced with physical vapor deposition, primarily sputtering.

• Product Design, Research and Development
  • Improving existing optical thin film coating designs and inventing new designs, to produce targeted performance tailored to the end-use application.
  • Examples include new wavelength designs, bandpass selection, reflectance optimization, signal rejection, buffer layers, antireflection, or other aspects of optical performance.

• Deposition Technology Design, Research and Development:
  • Analysis, improvement and development of new methods and/or equipment modifications to support advanced optical designs and performance enhancements.
  • Analysis and implementation of new technologies to improve capabilities.

• Manufacturing activities, using vacuum thin film deposition technology to produce ultrathin, ultra-precise multilayer thin films on precision optics, often involving new and advanced coatings:
  • Determining optimal deposition system parameters to produce complex programmed thin film gradients.
  • Troubleshooting deposition systems and equipment.
  • Providing design input for mechanical fixtures.
  • Analysis of optical designs to optimize coating solutions.

• Specific activities to support the above assignments may include, but not limited to the following
  • Conducting and analyzing measurements of thin film and optical surface analysis including x-ray reflectivity, EUV reflectivity, atomic force microscopy (AFM), white light interferometry, residual gas analysis (RGA), microscopes and other relevant techniques.
  • Evaluating deposition equipment condition, leading/assisting maintenance & troubleshooting as well as upgrades. Experience with vacuum systems and associated electromechanical systems is desirable.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience with thin films, vacuum deposition and optical analysis is preferred but not required
• Education:
  
  PhD in relevant field (e.g. engineering, physics, material science)
• Strong skills in data analysis required (for example, Excel, Matlab, Python). Programming and/or CAD ability not required but is desirable.
• Ability to work with an extended range of personnel, including technicians, scientists, customers, and managers.
• Strong communications ability required for technical presentations to engineers, scientists & managers; internal and external reports; documentation; support for sales & marketing.

Rigaku offers a rewarding work environment and excellent benefits. All applicants are kept in strict confidence. Benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, Life insurance, section 125 flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan and more. Rigaku is an EEO/AA Employer Disabled/Veteran. Applicants must be able to prove they can legally work in the US.