Crystal Growth Application Development Engineer
- Momentive Performance Materials Quartz, Inc.
- Strongsville, Ohio
- Full Time
About Momentive Technologies
Momentive Technologies applies advanced materials science to design and manufacture ultra-high-performance quartz materials, quartz crucibles, and ceramic products that are vital to a variety of high-growth end markets, including the silicon and compound semiconductor industries, electronics, and aerospace components. These solutions enable the production of logic and memory chips, power control devices and multiple systems for electric vehicles, integrated circuits, power control devices, data servers, and aerospace applications.
Recognized for the purity, performance, consistency and stability of its products, Momentive Technologies has been delivering innovative solutions for over 130 years and continues to impact emerging trends like electrification, digitalization, renewable energy and artificial intelligence. The Company, headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio, has operations across the globe and serves customers in more than 30 countries. For more information, visitwww.momentivetech.com.
Crystal Growth Application Development Engineer
In this role at Momentive Technologies, you will collaborate across commercial, technology, and operations teams to design cutting-edge products tailored to customer needs in the wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor market. You'll drive development projects from concept to production, establishing technical constraints, creating application data through targeted testing, and enabling seamless manufacturing integration. In this dynamic role, you'll support sales growth by evaluating customer requirements, delivering compelling presentations, and identifying emerging market opportunities. Your insights will shape our technical roadmap as you propose forward-thinking improvements to products and processes that elevate performance and customer satisfaction.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Application Development Engineer will work with the commercial, technology, and operations teams to support customer development activities. Specifically, the engineer will design products in conjunction with the customer to establish processing parameters to coat metal carbides on customer parts for crystal and wafer production.
Support the commercial team to develop the sales pipeline by reviewing customer requirements, conducting product presentations, and evaluating market trends.
Understand customers' testing requirements to develop test capabilities and generate application data.
Facilitate production of newly designed products with the operations team, defining process requirements, training operators, identifying supply chain requirements, and writing necessary documentation.
Support quoting process by evaluating feasibility based on capability and defining materials, machine, and operations requirements.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with 5+ years of experience in semiconductor equipment manufacturing or related fields.
Experience in CAD tools such as Solidworks for modelling and drawing generation and/or Ansys for thermal and structural simulation.
Basic knowledge of mechanical and dimensional characterization tools including CMM, mechanical and thermal property characterization and non-destructive material testing such as x-ray and/or ultrasound imaging.
Ability to complete hands-on work in an industrial environment with necessary PPE.
Ability to independently prioritize tasks based on timeline and corporate goals
Ability to communicate with customers clearly and independently on development projects.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Crystal growth or high temperature ceramics experience
CVD or high temperature vacuum coating processing knowledge
Experience in new product development using Stage-Gate process
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Reports to the Senior Application Development Engineer Manaager
Product manag
Momentive Technologies applies advanced materials science to design and manufacture ultra-high-performance quartz materials, quartz crucibles, and ceramic products that are vital to a variety of high-growth end markets, including the silicon and compound semiconductor industries, electronics, and aerospace components. These solutions enable the production of logic and memory chips, power control devices and multiple systems for electric vehicles, integrated circuits, power control devices, data servers, and aerospace applications.
Recognized for the purity, performance, consistency and stability of its products, Momentive Technologies has been delivering innovative solutions for over 130 years and continues to impact emerging trends like electrification, digitalization, renewable energy and artificial intelligence. The Company, headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio, has operations across the globe and serves customers in more than 30 countries. For more information, visitwww.momentivetech.com.
Crystal Growth Application Development Engineer
In this role at Momentive Technologies, you will collaborate across commercial, technology, and operations teams to design cutting-edge products tailored to customer needs in the wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor market. You'll drive development projects from concept to production, establishing technical constraints, creating application data through targeted testing, and enabling seamless manufacturing integration. In this dynamic role, you'll support sales growth by evaluating customer requirements, delivering compelling presentations, and identifying emerging market opportunities. Your insights will shape our technical roadmap as you propose forward-thinking improvements to products and processes that elevate performance and customer satisfaction.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Application Development Engineer will work with the commercial, technology, and operations teams to support customer development activities. Specifically, the engineer will design products in conjunction with the customer to establish processing parameters to coat metal carbides on customer parts for crystal and wafer production.
Support the commercial team to develop the sales pipeline by reviewing customer requirements, conducting product presentations, and evaluating market trends.
Understand customers' testing requirements to develop test capabilities and generate application data.
Facilitate production of newly designed products with the operations team, defining process requirements, training operators, identifying supply chain requirements, and writing necessary documentation.
Support quoting process by evaluating feasibility based on capability and defining materials, machine, and operations requirements.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with 5+ years of experience in semiconductor equipment manufacturing or related fields.
Experience in CAD tools such as Solidworks for modelling and drawing generation and/or Ansys for thermal and structural simulation.
Basic knowledge of mechanical and dimensional characterization tools including CMM, mechanical and thermal property characterization and non-destructive material testing such as x-ray and/or ultrasound imaging.
Ability to complete hands-on work in an industrial environment with necessary PPE.
Ability to independently prioritize tasks based on timeline and corporate goals
Ability to communicate with customers clearly and independently on development projects.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Crystal growth or high temperature ceramics experience
CVD or high temperature vacuum coating processing knowledge
Experience in new product development using Stage-Gate process
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Reports to the Senior Application Development Engineer Manaager
Product manag
Job ID: 482367576
Originally Posted on: 6/23/2025
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