Our client, an engineer of innovative surface modification solutions to enhance the performance of medical wires, devices, and instruments, has an immediate opening for an IBAD & Ion Technician. This role is responsible for operating and maintaining Ion Beam Assisted Deposition (IBAD) equipment and Ion Implanters.

Responsibilities:

• Install and service ion sources (Filament, PBN)
• Generate ion beams using nitrogen, oxygen, and argon gases
• Generate scanned electron beams per specification
• Perform chamber loading/unloading according to applicable specifications
• Set up and clean chambers following standard procedures
• Configure runs into the process controller per specification
• Identify major equipment components, potential hazards, and follow cleanroom protocols
• Adhere to proper product handling practices and procedures
• Rebuild ion sources
• Operate vacuum valve controllers
• Complete process documentation and maintain standard equipment logbooks
• Generate scanned ion beams as specified
• Load/unload “hip style” plates into chambers per applicable specifications
• Conduct oil changes on mechanical roughing pumps (non-toxic only)
• Regenerate cryogenic pumps
• Use helium leak detectors to identify and locate external vacuum leaks
• Clean and overhaul source housing
• Configure standard production chambers according to product specifications
• Calibrate high voltage, vacuum, and current integrator systems
• Train and mentor junior technicians
• Remove and replace cryopump array assemblies
• Service cryopump compressors and perform coldhead decontamination

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Working knowledge of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) or high vacuum processing equipment
• Mechanically inclined
• Experience working in a cleanroom environment
• Basic knowledge of electronics preferred
• Experience working in an ISO-regulated environment preferred