Senior Manager Mechanical Engineering

Empower Your Future: At MetOx International were pioneering the next era of energy security and abundance through breakthrough superconducting technology. As Senior Manager Mechanical Engineering youll join a dynamic team committed to strengthening the worlds energy systems to make them more resilient efficient and reliable.

Based at our global headquarters in Houston TX the Senior Manager Mechanical Engineering leads teams responsible for the design development and deployment of advanced MOCVD tooling. This role drives execution across complex cross-functional initiatives and ensures delivery of scalable high-performance equipment that supports MetOxs next-generation manufacturing platforms. This leader owns functional outcomes builds team capability and drives engineering excellence in tool design integration and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

People Leadership & Development

• Leads develops and mentors senior individual contributors.
• Builds leadership capability across the organization and strengthens bench depth.
• Conducts regular talent reviews; identifies capability gaps and builds targeted development or hiring plans.
• Drives organizational alignment and supports structural changes to enable scale.
• Fosters a high-performance culture grounded in accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.

Operational Execution

• Oversees mechanical engineering teams focused on MOCVD tool design build and deployment.
• Owns delivery of complex equipment programs including timelines quality and technical performance.
• Drives efficiency improvements in tool design build and integration processes.
• Leads resolution of critical cross-functional technical and operational issues.
• Ensures designs meet requirements for manufacturability reliability and scalability.

Technical Leadership (Tool Building & MOCVD)

• Provides strategic oversight for mechanical design of advanced deposition systems (MOCVD platforms).
• Guides architecture decisions for high-temperature vacuum and thin-film processing equipment.
• Partners with Process R&D and Equipment Engineering teams to translate process requirements into robust tool designs.
• Champions best practices in tool design including DFx (Design for Manufacturability Assembly Reliability).
• Drives innovation in equipment design to reduce technical risk and accelerate deployment.

Collaboration & Communication

• Builds strong cross-functional relationships across Engineering R&D Manufacturing and Operations.
• Navigates and resolves conflict effectively to maintain progress on critical initiatives.
• Communicates program status risks and trade-offs clearly to senior leadership.
• Aligns engineering priorities with broader company objectives.

Strategic & Innovative Thinking

• Shapes tactical execution plans and influences broader engineering and platform strategy.
• Identifies opportunities to improve system performance reduce cost and increase throughput.
• Introduces innovative approaches to tool design and development.
• Supports long-term roadmap development for MOCVD platform evolution.

Leadership Presence & Influence

• Establishes credibility as a technical and people leader across the organization.
• Influences peers and senior leaders through sound judgment and expertise.
• Inspires confidence across large cross-functional groups.
• Serves as a key leader in driving engineering culture and execution discipline.

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or related field.

• 10 years of engineering experience with significant focus on complex equipment or tool development.
• 3 years of experience leading engineering teams.

• An advanced degree may be substituted for required experience on a year-for-year basis depending on relevance and level.
• Prior experience designing or building MOCVD PVD or similar semiconductor/thin-film deposition equipment.
• Demonstrated deep understanding of vacuum systems thermal systems and precision mechanical design.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience operating effectively in high-growth or scaling manufacturing environments.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrates strong leadership and organizational development capability.
• Applies deep technical expertise in mechanical system design for complex equipment.
• Leads through ambiguity and drives execution across multiple teams.
• Communicates and collaborates effectively across functions.
• Connects technical decisions to business outcomes with a strategic mindset.
• Scales teams processes and systems effectively.

Physical Demands: This position requires sitting at a desk and viewing a computer screen for extended periods while working or performing other office tasks. Ability to move around the office including occasional standing walking and bending to retrieve documents attend meetings or use office equipment. Some light lifting may be required up to 20 lbs.

MetOx is proud to offer competitive benefits including:

• Health dental and vision available on the first day of employment
• 401(k) match
• Paid parental leave & adoption assistance
• Educational reimbursement
• And more!

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.