Wilton Factory Optics Fabrication Technician - CWW Back End Days

Role & Responsibilities

• 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 interferometers 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 willing to work in a clean room environment.
• This includes full gowning (full body coveralls, hood, CR safety shoes, face mask, nitrile gloves and safety glasses).
• Working under ISO 9000/14000 standards.
• 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.
• There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.
• You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

Additional Responsibilities

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