Lead Coating Technician

Coherent•Saxonburg, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Coating Technician operates thin film coating and test equipment, retrieves designs, programs systems, and determines evaporation layer endpoints with high accuracy. This role involves monitoring multiple coating chambers, documenting coating run data, and communicating daily activities during quality meetings. The technician will also operate characterization/test equipment, maintain and adjust schedules to meet production demands, and prepare evaporation materials. Responsibilities include evaluating evaporation components, changing out worn parts, and reporting calibration/production run data to engineering. The Lead Coating Technician is accountable for the quality of the thin film coating process and assigned equipment, ensuring adherence to quality requirements for each run. Additionally, this role supports the cleaning area, oversees process equipment setup and operation, maintains inventory, performs minor maintenance, conducts audits, and trains new technicians. The position also involves providing engineering support and leading daily quality meetings.

Requirements

High school graduate with good math or science skills
8 years coating or manufacturing experience and/or advanced education preferred
Bachelor or Technical degree preferred
Able to work in a demanding, fast-paced production environment
Able to multi-task and prioritize
Forward thinker
Strong attention to detail and quality
Team-oriented; works well with others in the group
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Must be able to effectively listen and assimilate, present organized trains of thought, assure a timely information exchange with others as required
Ability to train others
Must be able to work with acids, radioactive materials and other toxic chemicals
Make-up and perfumes discouraged while working in clean room to prevent contamination
Long periods of standing and/or walking (3+ hours at a time)
Must be able to wear a full-face respirator.
Must be clean shaven
Must be able to lift, push, pull up to 50 lbs.
Bending and stooping required
May need to utilize step stool or elevated working platform to adjust within coating chamber and to disassemble/reassemble
All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.
This position is subject to a pre-employment physical evaluation associated with wearing a respirator.
This position must under-go annual physical evaluations associated with respirator use.

Nice To Haves

8 years coating or manufacturing experience and/or advanced education preferred
Bachelor or Technical degree preferred

Responsibilities

Operation of thin film coating and test equipment
Retrieve proper designs according to set schedule and programs into coating system operations controller
Operate coating equipment according to set parameter and establishing procedures
Determine evaporation layer end points to high level of accuracy
Extract the maximum amount of data from each coating run and document accordingly
Monitor two high volume coating chambers at one time, while supporting peers in their operations
Communicate daily activities during quality meetings
Operate characterization/test equipment and interpret results
Maintain and adjust schedule to meet production demands and requirement
Evaluate design requirements and prepare evaporation materials accordingly
Evaluate evaporation components to assure proper operation requirements
Change out all worn/dirty components and replace with cleaned or new ones
Observe and extract the maximum amount of data from each calibration/production run
Evaluate data from calibration/production runs and reports to engineering
Use calibration equipment to assure proper setup and quality control
Double check design and run requirements before loading run
Document log information required for design operations
Accept responsibility for the quality of the thin film coating process and equipment assigned
Support cleaning area in loading of optical components
Oversee setup and operation of process equipment
Maintain inventory controls
Perform minor maintenance with minimal support
Take traces between coating runs to verify performance
Understand nonstandard system operations
Audit technicians for proper procedures and process consistency
Train new technicians according to training program and audit regularly
Provide engineering support with timely, accurate information
Lead daily quality meetings
Assist in employee performance evaluations