Solution Processed Coating Researcher - Lead Engineer

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed. At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design. You will lead the development of solution-processed deposition techniques to deposit perovskite absorber layers, charge transport layers, and interface modification layers. You will own formulation, coating parameter optimization, crystallization, drying and annealing science for scalable manufacturing. You will be responsible for establishing process-structure-property relationships that enable statistical process control.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize solution-based deposition processes for perovskite absorber layers and charge transport materials
• Formulate and characterize precursors: solvent systems, additive engineering, shelf-life stability
• Design and commission coating equipment for perovskite-specific requirements (inert atmosphere, substrate heating, meniscus control, drying zones)
• Develop drying and annealing protocols (thermal, vacuum-assisted, gas quenching, anti-solvent) that control nucleation, grain growth, and crystallographic orientation
• Map process-structure-property relationships through systematic DOE campaigns correlating coating parameters with film morphology and device performance
• Establish scalable coating processes with defined process windows, uniformity specifications, and in-line quality metrics
• Develop defect classification and root-cause analysis methods for coating defects (pinholes, dewetting, thickness non-uniformity)
• Define scale-up pathway from lab-scale to pilot-scale continuous coating

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in solution-processed thin-film deposition for photovoltaic, OLED, or printed electronics applications
• Demonstrated experience formulating functional precursors (perovskite, metal oxide, organic semiconductor, or nanoparticle)
• Strong understanding of film formation mechanisms from solution: solvent evaporation, nucleation and growth, anti-solvent crystallization
• Hands-on experience with rheology characterization and its relationship to coating quality
• Track record of scaling solution-processed films from lab to pilot or production scale

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or related field
• Direct experience with perovskite

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