Metrology Technician

Gooch & Housego Rochester GSO•City of Rochester, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

G&H | GS Optics specializes in the custom design and manufacture of precision polymer optics for use in the biomedical, healthcare diagnostics, machine vision and analytical instrument markets, as well as military and civilian night-vision and visible-range sighting applications. In addition to the highly automated injection molding process, it has well established in-house capabilities to provide custom designed diamond turned and injection molded prototypes, thin film anti reflective and reflective coatings and integrated optical assembly solutions. The Metrology Technician is responsible for providing support and qualifying in-process production parts for manufacture following existing test protocols and procedures. This role works closely with production process technicians to start up and maintain a process for producing parts with consistent and acceptable yields. Required to perform process compliance audits to ensure conformance to company procedures.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent experience
Optical manufacturing and/or inspection
Injection molding
Medical device manufacture or inspection in an FDA registered and/or ISO 13485 certified facility
Six Sigma and/or lean manufacturing
Optical inspection equipment (interferometer, OGP Smart Scope)
Mechanical measurement equipment (calibers, CMM, profilometer, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Associates degree in a technical discipline preferred

Responsibilities

Perform dimensional measurements with manual/hand gauges (calipers, micrometers, etc.) and computer-controlled gauges (Mitutoyo touch CMM, Zeiss scanning CMM, OGP multisensory CMM, Zeiss profilometer)
Perform optical non-contact inspection using interferometer and optical bench metrology methods
Perform visual inspection of optical parts per MIL PRF-13830B to identify nonconformance according to documented parameters
Notify production personnel of inspection results
Identify and report systematic and preventable nonconformance occurrences to maximize yields
Perform final inspection requirements both in-process (where applicable) and as a standalone operation
Reject defective product and document through Discrepant Material Report (DMR) process
Document inspection results electronically into Excel based inspection files
Summarize daily activities and inspection statis via email or daily journal
Apply flash coating to sample parts using a vacuum coating chamber
Work with production to actively and urgently find continuous improvement opportunities and work as a team to suggest machine and process changes
Perform process compliance audits