Optical Fabrication Technician CWW Back End Days

Role & Responsibilities

Shift: Back End Days 6am – 6pm (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, alternate Wednesday)

Verbiage for Must be willing to work a compressed work week schedule- twelve-hour long shift and rotating from three to four days a week.

Actively monitor and take ownership of optical processing equipment

Handle delicate optical components and visually identify any abnormal characteristics.

Maintain area, tooling, and equipment to 5S area standards.

Identify and escalate any unsafe conditions.

Identify and escalate any product or process quality concerns in a timely manner.

Perform assigned work content to support area and factory schedule execution.

Collaborate with the Production Engineering and Manufacturing Management teams to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Learn and apply skills to tackle progressively more challenging products.

Identify and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in how your work is defined and performed, and more broadly within your area, to improve safety, quality, output, and cycle time.

Inspect and create a map of glass surfaces showing all minute defects.

Clean optical surfaces of all particles and contaminants.

Accurately record time and attendance.

Assist with training new and existing employees.

Education & Experience

High school diploma or GED required.

Associate degree in a vocational trade preferred.

Previous experience working in a manufacturing facility or completion of a vocational certification preferable.

Prior use of some of the following: measuring equipment desirable: microscopes, calipers, micrometers, coordinate measuring machine (CMM), interferometer.

Participation in continuous improvement efforts (quality circles, kaizen events, etc.)

Skills

Commitment to task and results orientation to complete scheduled activities and report status throughout your shift.

Attention to detail to deliver quality results from your processing step, including visually inspecting your work to detect and report any abnormalities.

Organization of information and materials.

Ability to read and understand gages and other measuring devices.

Ability to interpret mathematical and geometrical data.

An example would be experience reading and interpreting topographical maps.

Ability to effectively communicate written and verbal information.

Demonstrated ability to clearly document a problem using facts and data.

Accountable for your actions and willingness to engage in problem resolution.

Constructively challenge the status quo in search of a better way.

Care for yourself and others by confronting unsafe behaviors or conditions.

Take pride in your work and speak up when observing abnormal conditions in process or product.

Self-motivated learner.

Dexterity to handle optical components with care.

Other Information

Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.

Occasionally required to move around the campus.

May require travel dependent on business needs.

Must be willing to work in a clean room environment, wearing coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses and gloves for entire duration of shift.

The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Must be comfortable working around lasers, working with ladders, working on platforms, and working around chemicals.

May be exposed to moving mechanical parts, solvents and tooling.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Additional Responsibilities:

There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. 730, et seq.).

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work.