Contamination Control Engineer

Contamination Control Engineer

Job Mission In this role, you will drive the design and production of ultra-clean high-tech systems that meet the most stringent industry standards, including Grade 1 cleanliness levels. You understand how cooling fluids, cutting oils, and production residues can impact system performance, and you proactively prevent contamination throughout the entire supply chain. Your mission is to define, validate, and safeguard cleanliness requirements to ensure optimal functionality, reliability, and long-term system stability.

Your Role As a

Contamination Control Engineer , you are responsible for defining and safeguarding contamination-control requirements across complex systems and components. You play a key role in translating ultra-clean requirements into practical, measurable, and enforceable standards. Your responsibilities include: Defining cleanliness requirements for systems and components to guarantee functional performance Participating in design reviews to ensure contamination-control measures are correctly implemented Leading functional qualification processes, with a focus on surface analysis and photochemistry Performing root-cause analyses of contamination-related deviations or failures and proposing effective corrective actions Developing and maintaining contamination-control design rules aligned with ultra-clean system standards Driving continuous improvement and strengthening organizational contamination-control capabilities Accurately documenting specifications, calculations, validation strategies, and test results Providing tools, methods, and verification techniques to validate cleanliness compliance Detecting, reproducing, and controlling contamination phenomena, including designing custom tooling where required

Your Profile Experience & Expertise Proven experience in designing and manufacturing ultra-clean high-tech systems in highly demanding environments Experience working with ultra-high vacuum (UHV) systems down to mbar ranges Demonstrated ability to develop and implement contamination-control strategies across the full supply chain Strong understanding of molecular cleanliness and contamination physics Hands-on experience with validation and analysis techniques such as SEM-EDX, RGA, XPS, and particle detection methods Experience within high-tech equipment, scientific instrumentation, semiconductor systems, or space-related applications

Education Master’s degree in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline, with a clear specialization in cleanliness or contamination control Certifications such as FMEA, DOE, or Six Sigma are considered an advantage

Technical Strengths Strong expertise in materials science, analytical chemistry, surface chemistry, and contamination control Solid experimental and/or theoretical background in surface analysis and material characterization Capable of working independently within a dynamic and exploratory R&D environment

Personal Skills Strong analytical skills combined with a pragmatic, solution-driven mindset Clear and open communication style that builds trust within multidisciplinary teams Natural change agent who can raise standards and drive structural improvements Able to balance diverse stakeholder interests while maintaining clarity from engineering to executive level Fluent in English