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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.