Process Engineer - Laser Optics

Requisition Number: 72245

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• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences 
•  Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation 

Scope of Position:

Provide production support for manufacturing of CaF2 laser optic products.  Assist with process improvements on manufacturing processes that build from the foundations of our existing designs and processes.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Provide day to day production support to resolve process issues that are outside our standard operating parameters

• Maintain manufacturing processes using existing production assets.

• Use and improve current metrology methods to monitor and improve manufacturing performance.

• Specify and improve cleaning, material handling and storage procedures within laser optics process flow.

• Identify and lead process improvements to reduce cost (Variation, cycle-time, complexity, and scrap reduction)

• Author documentation and provide training to the production staff for all new processes

• Collaborate with the commercial and development engineering to extend our current capabilities to meet future needs

Required Experience/Education:

• 4-yr technical degree with the following order of preference: Engineering (Mechanical, Ceramic, Chemical, etc); Optical science/engineering; Material science; Physics; or equivalent experience.

• Minimum 1-3 years of optical fabrication production experience

• Critical thinking to rapidly solve problems

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Desire to solve problems by using Statistical/6-Sigma/DOE and Hypothesis Tree problem solving methodologies.

• Confidence in interaction with all levels of the organization (Production techs to Sr. Leadership)

• Ability to function on a process engineering team of multi-disciplinary engineers.

Experience/Education -Desired:

• Knowledge or Training in one or all these areas: PEx, MEE, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt, Lean Fundamentals, and KT Problem Solving.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

The range for this position is $69,791.00 - $95,963.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. 

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