Optical Material and Process Engineer
Apple is seeking an Optical Materials and Process Engineer to lead overall investigation on components to support Display products roadmap development. You will work with suppliers and internal diverse multi-functional teams at Apple to craft the hardware technologies that go into Apple products. The team features a diverse engineering roster including optical engineers, materials engineers, mechanical engineers, chemists, physicists, human perception experts, and product design engineers. We work at a fast pace and require everyone to be highly self-motivated. A successful candidate needs to be a flexible thinker and be able to problem solve alongside a team with diverse multi-functional abilities.
- Investigate and develop optical coatings, thin films, and optical polymer materials including both optically flat and textured or patterned surfaces to control optical and mechanical properties of a coating or polymer films
- Identify areas where optical coatings and films can improve display performance and customer experience, then design solutions to implement into Apple products
- Work with vendors to identify and modify key materials that can enable new optical technologies. Take total ownership to drive technologies from R&D to implementation on real products with multi-functional teams
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 15%
- BS in Material Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Optics, Engineering Physics, Physics or related field with a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience
- Technical experience in optical coatings including both dry and wet coatings, surface and interfacial science, materials chemistry, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials, or related
- Experience in both development and scaling up of surface patterning processes including nano-imprint lithography, mechanical embossing, optical design and manufacturing of patterning molds, etc. to acquire controllable opto-mechanical properties of coatings and films
- Experience with optical and material characterization, formulation development of aqueous/non aqueous coatings, formulation characterization methods and corresponding wet deposition techniques
- MS or PhD in Material Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Optics, Engineering Physics, Physics or equivalent
- 3+ years of professional work experience in a related field
- Hands-on experience and consistent track record in relevant areas in optical coatings and films including vacuum deposition coatings, wet coatings, polymer films, and optical materials, etc.
- Expertise in sophisticated process technology development, and associated equipments & process enablement including semiconductor manufacturing, Roll to Roll manufacturing processes, etc.
- Experience in design of experiments and corresponding statistical data analysis
- Demonstrated ability to solve sophisticated material and interface challenges in a manufacturing setting
- Demonstrated knowledge of optical coatings design, design of patterned optical surfaces and its implementation into production processes such as roll to roll , sheet to sheet, etc. including corresponding design rules
- Fundamental understanding of optics, optical coatings and light-matter interactions for both glossy and matte surfaces
- Knowledge of thin film deposition and corresponding metrology methods (ex. PVD, CVD, ALD, wet coatings/processing, XPS, SEM, TEM, AFM, and XRD, etc.)
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English
- Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate a multi-functional team
- Experience leading domestic and international vendors
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