Role & responsibilities

1) Equipment & setup: Specify PVD/DLC systems, along with vacuum pumping, fixturing/rotation, targets and gas systems. Support supplier evaluation, FAT/SAT and installation.

2) Coating recipe development: Develop and freeze coating stacks, including adhesion and interlayers; control thickness, stress and colour.

3) Colour & cosmetic ownership: Hold colour (L*a*b*, E) and gloss across the chamber load and from batch to batch; reduce cosmetic defects pinholes, macroparticles/droplets, spotting, discolouration, delamination.

4) Coating testing: Run and rectify all required tests.

5) Process control & documentation: Own PFMEA, Control Plan, SOPs and SPC on critical parameters; maintain vacuum/leak logs, chamber cleaning and maintenance cycles, and target utilisation records.

6) Yield, uptime & cost: Improve chamber uptime and load density, reduce strip-and-recoat, and control target, gas and energy cost per part.

7) Cross-functional work, team & safety: Work with other process teams; represent the coating process in customer audits; hire and lead coating technicians and operators; ensure protected handling of process gases, high voltage and vacuum equipment.

📌 Senior Manager PVD/DLC Coatings (Chennai)
🏢 Motherson
📍 Chennai