Senior Photolithography Process Engineer

Business Unit: Cubic Defense Company Details: We are seeking a highly-motivated, full-time Senior Photolithography Process Engineer onsite at our Durham, NC facility to lead the development, optimization, and scale-up of advanced photolithography-based additive manufacturing processes. This role will be responsible for driving process innovation, improving product quality and throughput, and supporting the transition of new technologies from research and development into production environments. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in photopolymerization, UV curing, lithographic exposure systems, process characterization, and statistical process control within a high-technology manufacturing environment. Occasional travel may be required to visit suppliers. Job Details:

Essential Functions:

• Develop, optimize, and sustain photolithography-based additive manufacturing processes to achieve quality, throughput, and cost objectives.
• Lead process development activities for new products, materials, and equipment platforms.
• Design and execute experiments to characterize and improve process capability, dimensional accuracy, and yield.
• Analyze complex process data using statistical methods and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Investigate and resolve process excursions, equipment issues, and manufacturing defects through structured root cause analysis.
• Define process windows, control plans, and manufacturing specifications.
• Collaborate with design, materials, equipment, production, and quality teams to ensure successful product launches and manufacturing scale-up.
• Evaluate and qualify new photopolymers, resins, exposure systems, and process technologies.
• Establish and maintain process monitoring metrics, statistical process control (SPC), and documentation.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and training to engineers and manufacturing personnel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in photolithography, additive manufacturing, semiconductor processing, microfabrication, or related advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Strong knowledge of photolithography, UV exposure systems, dry film manufacturing, film lamination and wet spinning, photoresists, and layer-by-layer manufacturing processes.
• Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and process capability analysis.
• Experience using data analysis tools such as JMP, Minitab, MATLAB, Python, or equivalent.
• Ability to obtain a DOD Security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. degree in a relevant engineering or scientific field.
• Familiarity with cleanroom operations and semiconductor manufacturing methodologies.
• Demonstrated success in process development, troubleshooting, and manufacturing scale-up.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Understanding of quality systems and manufacturing standards in regulated industries. (AS9100 preferred)

Cubic Pay Range:

$110,000.00 - $119,000.00 + benefits.

The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Worker Type: Employee

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.