Jobs at Vital Chemicals USA LLC

Designs, develops, builds, commissions, qualifies, and troubleshoots PVD equipment, especially magnetron sputtering systems for magnetic thin-film deposition. Leads equipment architecture decisions involving vacuum, gas and power delivery, magnetrons, and target assemblies. Supports R&D and manufacturing, resolves plasma and film-uniformity issues, collaborates cross-functionally, maintains equipment documentation and preventive-maintenance procedures, and implements reliability improvements and upgrades.

Owns electronic design for semiconductor- and scintillator-based radiation detector products and medical imaging systems. Responsibilities include designing high-speed analog and digital circuits, managing schematics, PCB layouts, bills of materials, prototypes, and product development. The role communicates progress to leadership and R&D partners and may involve signal conditioning, DSP, FPGA, embedded systems, and firmware development.

Design, develop, and implement PLC-based controls for PVD inline and cluster tools; integrate sensors, HMI/SCADA, motion and safety systems; troubleshoot remotely and onsite; collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and software teams; document ladder logic, I/O maps, and safety protocols; support customer integrations and upgrades (~25% travel).

Lead design, validation, and technical direction for MV/LV switchgear systems. Create schematics, perform fault/arc-flash/protection calculations, ensure standards compliance, support testing, commissioning, manufacturing, and mentor junior engineers while interfacing with customers and stakeholders.

Lead process development and continuous improvement for grit blasting, surface preparation, and automated coating in a 24/7 automotive manufacturing environment. Drive yield, OEE, and quality improvements through APQP/NPI, 8D problem solving, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, Lean/Six Sigma, and cross-functional collaboration. Provide hands-on technical support, documentation, and metrics reporting.

Lead and grow a major thin-film photovoltaics customer relationship, owning account strategy, sales, pricing, and cross-functional coordination. Support technical, operations, and procurement stakeholders, drive revenue through program wins and volume growth, manage proposals and negotiations, align delivery and forecasting with production schedules, and provide market feedback to product, R&D, and supply chain teams.

Support planning, design, and launch of new production processes and equipment. Assist with CAD layouts, blueprints, flow analysis, equipment installation, time studies, SOPs, and lean initiatives while collaborating with engineering, maintenance, and operations.

Serve as primary contact and strategic owner for a major clean-energy account. Grow revenue through upsell/cross-sell, manage long sales cycles, develop multi-year account plans, coordinate cross-functional teams, provide forecasting and KPI reporting, and represent the company at industry events.

Lead and manage complex projects across manufacturing, R&D, and product implementation. Develop project plans, manage budgets and risks, coordinate stakeholders and vendors, monitor progress, and implement process improvements to ensure timely, on-budget delivery and high quality.

Manage AR/AP, general ledger entries, bank and credit card reconciliations, month-end close, inventory tracking and audits, tax support, and financial reporting for manufacturing sites while collaborating with management, operations, and R&D teams.

Drive equipment sales of PVD vacuum systems across the Americas, owning budget and forecasts, developing customer strategic plans, negotiating contracts, supporting order-to-installation project coordination, providing market intelligence to R&D and marketing, and maintaining customer relationships through frequent travel.

Manage end-to-end payroll across multiple schedules, ensure accurate payroll processing and compliance, produce payroll reports and reconciliations, maintain HRIS records, support onboarding/offboarding and benefits changes, and act as employee payroll/HR point of contact.

Senior executive leading sales across North and South America for multiple business units. Develops and executes sales strategies, drives revenue growth, manages and mentors sales leaders, oversees pricing and partnerships, analyzes market trends and KPIs, ensures customer satisfaction and compliance, and provides sales reporting and financial oversight.

Lead 24/7 manufacturing operations to ensure operational excellence, quality compliance, and continuous improvement. Drive Lean methodologies, TPM, DFM/DOE, NPI, and 8D problem-solving; manage scheduling, inventory, maintenance, KPIs, audits, and cross-shift coordination to improve OEE, reduce scrap, and meet delivery targets.

Lead sales efforts in chemical manufacturing by developing strategic plans, expanding market share, managing key accounts, negotiating contracts, and collaborating across R&D, marketing, and operations. Monitor KPIs, maintain CRM data integrity, forecast revenue, and provide executive reporting to drive customer retention and growth.

Perform daily AP and bank transaction recording in QuickBooks, reconcile accounts, assist month-end close and financial reporting, maintain documentation, support audits, and coordinate with HQ.

Manage a defined hyperscaler-focused account territory to generate pipeline, drive discovery-to-close opportunities (pilots/design-wins), align technical stakeholders, coordinate evaluations, and work cross-functionally on pricing, packaging, forecasting, and commercialization.

Provide hands-on technical support for hyperscaler evaluations of high-speed optical transceivers: set up Bay Area test lab, run interoperability and acceptance tests, diagnose BER/signal integrity/thermal issues, produce reports, and translate customer requirements into engineering feedback to enable evaluation-to-deployment success.