Position: Deposition equipment technician
Company: Graphenix Development (GDI)
Full time position
On site
Location: Lauenförde, Germany

Your mission:

As a member of GDI’s team, you’ll help improve the performance of GDI’s Si anode technology, scale the technology from kilowatt to gigawatt scale, and join our effort in the fight against climate change. In particular, your role will be focused on maintaining and running our equipment in our R&D and pilot-production lab in Lauenförde (Germany), and supporting manufacturing development with our partners. You will be part of a team focused on silicon anode deposition and upscaling.

Your responsibilities:

Maintenance of vacuum deposition equipment, including but not limited to routinely logging and measurement preset values, performing preventive/corrective/breakdown maintenance when needed, keeping and updating our inventory.
Preparation, loading, unloading and packaging of anodes for lithium-ion energy storage products and components (e.g., anodes or battery cells) by chemical vapor deposition. Careful logging of deposition parameters.
Creating maintenance reports.
Informing PECVD process engineers and of any equipment malfunction that need immediate attention.
Training GDI employees to use vacuum equipment.
Communicating, in both written and oral format, including regular technical updates at both detailed and executive summary levels on the technical status of the equipment used.

Requirements

Know-how

Minimum post-secondary vocational education/technical school in a technical field or undergraduate degree in electrical/mechanical engineering, applied science, physics, chemistry or similar
Experience working with vacuum equipment or coating equipment. Experience in a production environment is a plus.
Professional proficiency in English and German (oral and written).
Applicants must have the right/required visa to live and work in the job location.

Interpersonal skills

Self-driven and highly independent.
Excellent communication.
Team player and collaborator.
Open-minded, creative, and result-oriented.
Passion for hands-on development and experimentation.

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