Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Design thin film layers and their structure to achieve a target property such as conductivity, transparency or hardness
Run deposition processes such as sputtering, evaporation, chemical vapour deposition and atomic layer deposition in controlled vacuum or cleanroom conditions
Measure film thickness, uniformity and quality using tools such as ellipsometers, profilometers and electron microscopes
Tune process settings such as gas flow, temperature, power and pressure to fix defects and improve yield
Analyse test data, record results in process logs, and report findings to R&D or production teams
Follow cleanroom, chemical and vacuum safety rules, and keep equipment calibrated and running
Work with chemists, physicists and device engineers to fit the coating into the final product
