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Development Engineer (m/w/d) – Mechanical Design Vertical Plating

In short

This role develops mechanical components, assemblies and modules for vertical wet-chemical/electroplating process equipment at MKS's Feucht, Germany site, covering design, feasibility studies, testing and documentation from concept to series production. The company operates in equipment manufacturing for semiconductor/process technology, within a global, interdisciplinary R&D team. It requires a technical degree or equivalent plant-construction experience, hands-on skills in Autodesk Inventor and PRO.FILE, willingness to travel internationally, and fluent German plus confident technical English.

About the Role
As a Development Engineer (m/f/d) Mechanical Design for Vertical Plating, you develop mechanical components, assemblies and modules for demanding wet-chemical process equipment and take responsibility within your area of work. You bring your experience with electroplating and wet-process equipment to develop robust, process-reliable and cost-efficient design solutions. You work at the Feucht site in the Research and Development department, apply technical standards, make design decisions within your area of responsibility, and support projects from the concept phase through to series readiness. In this role you contribute your technical expertise to a global, interdisciplinary development environment.
Your Responsibilities
•Develop and optimize equipment: development and optimization of vertical wet-process equipment with a focus on process quality, reliability, cost efficiency and user-friendliness.
•Design of components, assemblies and modules considering manufacturing, materials, and corrosion and media resistance; creation of detailed technical drawings including tolerance management.
•Conduct feasibility studies including technical and economic evaluation of solution concepts, and define system architectures for future product generations.
•Plan, conduct and evaluate trials/tests; prepare robust reports and technical documentation.
•Close international collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.
Your Skills and Competencies
•Completed technical degree; alternatively, relevant experience in plant construction for electroplating or wet-chemical process equipment.
•Experience with design, development and characterization of wet-chemical process equipment.
•Confident use of Autodesk Inventor and PRO.FILE in daily work.
•Willingness to travel internationally.
•Very good German language skills as well as confident English for technical communication in speech and writing.
•Strong teamwork and communication skills, as well as the ability to comprehensibly justify and align technical decisions.

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