Senior Optical Inspection Technician

Asahi Kasei • Concord, NC

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Celgard, a leader in membrane technology for energy storage and other applications, is seeking an Optical Inspection Technician for its Quality team in Concord, NC. This role is crucial for manufacturing, monitoring finished goods, and controlling upstream processes like extrusion and lamination. The technician will be responsible for developing and maintaining quality test procedures, training other technicians, performing advanced troubleshooting, and maintaining optical inspection systems. This position requires data analysis, collaboration with process engineers, and quality investigations. The company is part of Polypore International, an Asahi Kasei Group company, focused on creating for tomorrow.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Demonstrated computer skills in configuration or programming
• Manufacturing experience required.
• Experience writing training documents and operating procedures using Microsoft WORD required.
• Experience analyzing data using pivot tables and charts using Microsoft EXCEL or equivalent required.
• 3+ years with optical inspection systems preferred.
• Detail oriented in creating or verifying procedures to ensure no misinterpretation of same.
• Ability to work individually.
• Strong Writing skills.

Nice To Haves

• Associates of Applied Science in engineering or engineering technology, Electronics or IT preferred.
• Experience as an electrician or electronic technician with proven troubleshooting skills preferred.
• Experience using multimeters.
• Experience reading schematics.
• Visual Studio programming knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Developing quality tests procedures, SOPs and SOCs, and troubleshooting guides for FSM Optical Systems
• Keep all FSM Department quality tests, SOPs & SOCs, troubleshooting guides updated
• Conduct training of floor optical support technicians, including new support techs and new/changed procedures to current support techs
• Provide advanced troubleshooting beyond the troubleshooting guide as necessary, which may require after hours support
• Maintain optical inspection systems through routine maintenance, calibration, and alignment checks, and detection testing
• Create optical inspection settings for development film. Data analysis will be required.
• Collaborate with Process engineers on process monitoring improvement activities
• Periodic review of the optical inspection records database to ensure proper data entry & make corrections as necessary
• Perform quality investigations using archived optical inspection data. Interpret results and provide information for causes, and recommendations for solutions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED