Manufacturing Technician - 1st shift

Coherent•Budd Lake, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Coherent Corp. is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Technician to join its Operations group in Budd Lake, New Jersey. This role operates manual and automated grinding, lapping, and polishing equipment to fabricate and finish optical crystals and components. The technician sets up equipment and fixtures, prepares tooling and abrasives, conducts inspections and measurements, documents results, and follows established safety and quality procedures. The position is based 100% onsite in an industrial production environment. It involves regular use of manufacturing equipment and machinery, as well as a computer and other office equipment. The technician must follow site environmental, health, and safety procedures and applicable corporate standards. Depending on location, the role may also be responsible for executing and maintaining applicable quality and environmental management system standards, including ISO 9000, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001. Employees are expected to uphold Coherent Corp.’s ICARE values: Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Enthusiasm. Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and provides consideration to qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.

Requirements

High school diploma.
Five years of experience in a complex, high-mix environment.
Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills for automated equipment.
Ability to stand for prolonged periods in a production environment.
Ability to occasionally lift and move up to 40 pounds of material or equipment on the manufacturing floor.
Ability to comply with task-specific safety requirements, including use of safety shoes, fire-retardant suits, full-face respirators, and hot-work PPE when handling molten material in a furnace.
Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or in meetings.
Ability to use hands and fingers for typing, writing, and handling documents.

Responsibilities

Saw, core, grind, drill, shape, lap, and dimension optical crystals using precision equipment, tooling, and fixtures.
Prepare polishing tools and slurries and polish crystals to specified dimensions, surface finish, flatness, parallelism, radius, and optical quality.
Clean and fixture components; verify part numbers and coating recipes; operate coating equipment and optical monitoring systems; and perform post-coating inspection and testing.
Conduct visual, dimensional, surface-quality, spectral, adhesion, and other required inspections using microscopes, gauges, interferometers, spectrometers, and related equipment.
Assemble crystals and components into optical isolators, modulators, and related photonic products, including cleaning, bonding, soldering, alignment, and precision mechanical assembly.
Accurately complete travelers, inspection records, and electronic manufacturing records; identify and report defects, nonconformances, and process deviations.
Set up equipment, perform routine checks and basic troubleshooting, conduct preventive maintenance, and make process adjustments within authorized limits.
Follow cleanroom, ESD, laser-safety, chemical-handling, contamination-control, and other applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements.
Support engineering builds, new product introduction, process qualification, root-cause investigations, training, and continuous-improvement activities while meeting production, quality, yield, and schedule requirements.
Follow site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. corporate EHS standards.
Depending on location, execute and maintain applicable standards within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.