Optical Fabrication Technician- CWW Front End Nights

Role & Responsibilities

• Under this schedule, employees would work Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and every other Saturday, 6:00 PM – 6:00 AM
• 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

• A high school diploma or GED is required.
• An associate degree in a vocational trade is preferred.
• Previous experience working in a manufacturing facility or completion of a vocational certification is preferable.
• Prior use of measuring equipment such as microscopes, calipers, micrometers, coordinate measuring machine (CMM), and interferometer is desirable.
• Participation in continuous improvement efforts (quality circles, kaizen events, etc.) is preferable.

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
• Demonstrated ability to clearly document a problem using facts and data
• Accountable for your actions and willingness to engage in problem resolution
• Constructive challenge to 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 comfortable working around lasers, working with ladders, working on platforms, and working around chemicals
• Must be comfortable operating/working around overhead cranes, fork trucks and motorized pallet movers
• 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
• This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. 730, et seq.)

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.)