Manufacturing Technician

• Works with teams focused on product and process innovation, cost reduction projects, etc.
• Works with engineers to develop and execute experimentation required to develop and integrate new processes & products into production.
• Works on innovation projects to enable new products, reduce costs, downtime and/or defects and increase yields.
• May operate measurement devices and collect data to support product or process understanding.
• Trains and coaches new development, engineering and operations personnel on equipment and processes.
• Understands equipment used in key processes and interprets data from processes to solve problems.
• Provides inputs to project plans that identify resources and accurate timelines.
• May be asked to write process, product or equipment documentation.

Experience:

• 1 - 5 years’ experience in technician roles
• Mechanical/process aptitude with the ability to design/fabricate experimental equipment/tools
• Knowledge and capability to run fiber-making and fiber processing process and support equipment such as FTIR benches, microscopes, coating/ink purge and mixing equipment, optical fiber measurement benches, screeners and coloring machines
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)