Senior Optical Inspection Technician - Cutting Edge Industry
About the role
Celgard is seeking an Optical Inspection Technician to join their Quality team based in Concord. This role is integral to manufacturing, ensuring quality through optical inspection of finished goods and upstream processes.
Responsibilities
Developing quality test procedures, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides for FSM Optical Systems
Keeping all FSM Department quality test procedures, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides updated
Conducting training of floor optical support technicians, including new support techs and new/changed procedures to current support techs
Providing advanced troubleshooting beyond the troubleshooting guide as necessary, which may require after hours support
Maintaining optical inspection systems through routine maintenance, calibration, and alignment checks, and detection testing
Creating optical inspection settings for development film. Data analysis will be required
Collaborating with Process engineers on process monitoring improvement activities
Periodic review of the optical inspection records database to ensure proper data entry & make corrections as necessary
Performing quality investigations using archived optical inspection data. Interpret results and provide information for causes, and recommendations for solutions
Qualifications
Education Background: High school diploma or equivalent required. Associates of Applied Science in engineering or engineering technology, Electronics or IT preferred.
Knowledge & Experience: Manufacturing experience required. Experience as an electrician or electronic technician with proven troubleshooting skills preferred. Experience using multimeters. Experience reading schematics. Experience writing training documents and operating procedures using Microsoft WORD required. Experience analyzing data using pivot tables and charts using Microsoft EXCEL or equivalent required. Visual Studio programming knowledge preferred. 3+ years with optical inspection systems preferred.
Key Attributes
Detail oriented in creating or verifying procedures to ensure no misinterpretation of same.
Ability to work individually.
Strong Writing skills.
Key Attributes
Travel: Must be able and willing to travel up to 10% for domestically and abroad for training and visiting other company locations.
Working Environment
This position is in a manufacturing plant setting that would require working in a production environment around chemicals. Work will require standing and walking for up to 80% of the time. Lighting and temperature are adequate. You may be required to lift up to 35 pounds and/or force necessary to push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
Location Information
Concord is part of the Charlotte metro area. Charlotte, NC, known as the Queen City, is a thriving metropolitan area of over 2.6 million people across 15 counties and is situated just north of the South Carolina border, within a weekend drive to the mountains and the beach. It is comprised of diversity in people, industries and living, from urban to rural. It is ranked second among 25 largest cities for most desirable place to purchase a home by Nerdwallet.com and is ranked eight among the top 10 big booming cities by CNNmoney.com. Charlotte is home of one of North Carolina’s largest college campuses, UNC Charlotte. Along with a friendly southern culture, Charlotte offers dining, arts, museums, major league basketball, football and soccer teams, a minor league baseball team, NASCAR, shopping, festivals, a variety of amenities and quick access to several parks and reserves for people who love the outdoors.