MBE Growth Production Engineer
Teledyne FLIR · Camarillo, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Production
- Base pay
- $91k–$121k
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level production role at Teledyne FLIR (aerospace & defense) in Camarillo, CA. Teledyne’s customers include NASA, ESA, the US Department of Defense, instrument/system integrators, and commercial customers.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Automation
- Base pay
- $91k–$121k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
At a glance
Pulled from the posting text. If it's not listed here, the posting didn't say.
Your game plan for this job
Most people just hit Apply. Do these first and you show up with someone on the inside.
- 1
Find 2–3 people on the Production team at this site
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply most.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
Ask about the work, not for a referral. We write it for you.
- 3
Have a 15-minute chat
Good questions for this role:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply, ideally with a referral
Ask if they'd refer you or introduce you to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link and tell them the day you apply.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
About the role
Desired Education and Experience
- ✓PhD or MS degree in Engineering, Physics, or related field.
- ✓Five plus (5+) years of related hands-on work experience in III-V or II-VI semiconductor MBE growth and characterization of semiconductor materials (direct HgCdTe experience is preferred).
- ✓Experience modeling infrared detector performance and correlating detector performance to MBE growth and device processing parameters.
- ✓Prior experience in MBE growth in a production setting, with a track record of successful production execution is desirable.
Other
Qualifications
- ✓Due to the type of work at the facility and certain access restrictions, successful applicants must be a U.S. Citizen
Ready to join our team? Apply today!
What can Teledyne offer YOU?
A Competitive Salary & Benefits Package
Excellent Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance plans as of First Day
Paid Vacation and Sick Time
Paid Holidays
401(k) Eligibility with Company Match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Educational Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Fun Events throughout the year
Show full description ↓Show less ↑
Be visionary
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.
We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.
Job Description
Teledyne Imaging Sensors pioneers best in class infrared sensors to see into the past, analyze the present, and secure the future. As the world’s leading provider of infrared focal plane arrays for space, Teledyne’s customers include NASA, ESA, the US Department of Defense, instrument/system integrators, and commercial customers. Teledyne’s infrared sensors are Everywhere You Look (TM): aboard the James Webb Space Telescope and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope; in ground-based observatory telescopes; on the International Space Station; integrated into satellite systems that allow the study of climate change; at the core of airborne tactical platform protection systems; and enabling analytical microscopes. Our mission-focused team values technical excellence, collaboration, and agility – Launch your career to the next level with us !
Teledyne Imaging Sensors is the leader in producing HgCdTe focal plane arrays and we are looking to add an MBE Growth Production Engineer to our Infrared Materials Group for the second shift (~11:00am-7:00pm).
The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical engineer who excels in MBE growth production and enjoys working as a team. The MBE Growth Production Engineer is responsible for the MBE growth and characterization of HgCdTe wafers for the production of high performance infrared focal plane arrays and detectors.
This involves MBE tool ownership from tool use planning, tool maintenance and repair, growth structure design, recipe writing, wafer growth, post growth wafer characterization and correlation of MBE growth results with final device performance.
As a member of the technical staff, the MBE Growth Production Engineer is encouraged to innovate new growth and characterization techniques for continual process improvements for yield enhancement and increased wafer throughput.
Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- +Hands-on expertise with MBE growth of semiconductors is required.
- +Hands-on experience in MBE tool maintenance and repair, with a desire to be hands-on in the laboratory working with the technical team maintaining and operating an MBE tool.
- +Direct experience and expertise in semiconductor material characterization (structural, electrical and optical).
- +Background in opto-electronic semiconductor devices, optics, electronics, software, cryogenics, radiometric, and modelling, test, and analysis methods.
- +Excellent verbal and written communication skills.