Coating Development Engineer

Canatu (CANATU, Nasdaq First North, Finland) is a fast-growing deep technology company creating advanced carbon nanotubes (Canatu CNTs), related products, and manufacturing equipment for the semiconductor, automotive, and medical diagnostics industries. Canatu partners with forerunner companies, together transforming products for better tomorrows with nano carbon.

Canatu's versatile platform technology has broad potential applications. Its current core includes CNT membranes for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) processes in the semiconductor industry, enabling the manufacturing of the most advanced chips, as well as film heaters for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) in the automotive industry. Additionally, electrochemical sensors for medical diagnostics are in the development phase. Canatu’s patented CNT reactors and Dry Deposition^TM
method yield clean and pristine CNTs. The company operates through two business models: selling CNT products directly, as well as selling CNT reactors and licensing the related technology so that customers can produce CNT products under a limited license.

Headquartered in Finland, Canatu also operates in the US, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan. Founded in 2004 as a spin-off from Aalto University’s Nanomaterials Group, Canatu currently has 140 employees representing over 30 nationalities, with 20 percent holding or pursuing doctorates. Discover more at www.canatu.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

We are seeking an innovative

Coating Development Engineer

to join Canatu R&D. You will contribute to the development of Carbon Nanotube Technology (CNT) optical membranes and pellicles for semiconductor equipment manufacturers and semiconductor foundries. You will develop freestanding CNT membrane structure manufacturing processes for making the membranes that meet the demanding customer requirements. You will also be working on thin film coatings to improve the functionality of the CNT optical membranes. You must have a background in vacuum deposition processes and nanotechnology instrumentation. Ideally, you must understand the semiconductor industry's best practices and cleanroom operations.

Responsibilities:

• Developing vacuum deposition based coating processes for Canatu freestanding films to meet the customer requirements.

• Development and installation of tools and hardware in collaboration with suppliers for coatings.

• Investigating process controls and critical to quality metrics for the developed processes and products.

• Development and installation of process control instrumentation for the production lines.

• Development of production lines in collaboration with suppliers according to the customer requirements.

• Management of complex project that involves several internal and external stakeholders.

• Technical support for production.

• Troubleshooting and other technical support in Finland and at the customer site

• Other R&D and production related activities as required

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in the development of optical, thermal, or hard coatings and related hardware is required.

• Previous hands-on experience with Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), Electron Beam (e-beam), Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), or other deposition technologies is highly valued.

• Strong understanding of vacuum technologies and their applications in coating processes.

• Knowledge of commonly used metrology techniques for the physical and chemical characterization of thin films, such as ellipsometry, profilometry, and spectroscopy.

• Industry experience in a production environment with an understanding of quality, Lean Six Sigma, and Design for Six Sigma tools and principles are highly valued.

• Strong experience in cleanroom operations and best practices within the semiconductor industry.

• Experience in carbon nanomaterials or other low-dimensional materials, plasma processes, functionalization, or other semiconductor equipment (chemical processing, nanofabrication, wafer inspection) is seen as a benefit.

• Ability to learn fast and work independently at the customer interface with minimal guidance.

• Solid problem-solving skills, customer-oriented mindset, and a “can do” attitude.

• Good time management and interpersonal skills.

• Good English written and verbal communication skills.

• BSc or MSc in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics, or Nanotechnology.

ABOUT CANATU

As an entrepreneurial company, you will be a part of a dynamic and forward-looking scale-up with great team spirit and peer support. At Canatu, the following core values define who we are and who we want to be, guiding us in our day-to-day work:

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  Curiosity to discover provides us with the spark that takes us out into the world to observe and find.


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  Commitment to achieve is how we take those discoveries from ideas to something concrete.


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  Collaboration for impact is required to develop what we create into impactful and meaningful products.


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  Passion for progress keeps us working for new ways to do things for better tomorrows.

Does this resonate? It’s what defines us. Join us to do work with an impact.

For more information on this position, please contact Salla Oksala at [email protected] . Pls apply latest by April 7th, 2025.