Sr. Technician - Optical Thin Film

Corning•Village of Fairport, NY

6d•$78,274 - $107,628•Onsite

About The Position

Corning is a world leader in materials science, known for its innovations in glass, ceramics, and related materials. The company's technologies push boundaries across various fields, including life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. Corning's work impacts areas such as drug discovery, device durability, high-speed communication, advanced displays, cleaner transportation, and solar energy solutions. The company emphasizes the role of its people in driving progress and offers opportunities for employees to make a significant impact.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Optics, Physics, or Engineering field preferred or equivalent industrial experience.
Minimum 5 yrs. experience in optical thin films in manufacturing, research, development, engineering or academic.
Hands-on knowledge of typical PVD deposition tools and commercial chambers.
Working knowledge of thin film characterization and metrology tools.
Experienced with Microsoft Office applications suite, with a strong knowledge of Excel.
Absorbing a lot of new information and safely applying it to ever an ever changing, demanding environment is a must.
Able to adjust to everyday variability experienced in the Development environment.
Maintain developmental plans, accurate documentation of processes, plans, and results.
Applicant can report findings to a large audience when required.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on knowledge of thin-film production from design to manufacturing.
Hands-on knowledge of thin film design software.
Basic understanding of electronic circuitry for machine problem solving.
Experience with Ellipsometry and other optical metrology is a real plus.
Knowledge of optical systems from DUV to IR is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Operation of varying Optical Thin Film coating chambers.
Operation of varying metrology devices in support of Thin Film coating development.
Maintenance of coating platforms and related documentation and logging.
Daily accrual of systems data into Microsoft Excel Tracking Spreadsheets.
Evaluation of Thin Film results against modeling software projections utilizing a variety of Thin Film design software suits.
Interaction with Development Scientists to comprise daily and long-term planning, assessment of results, and process alterations.
Some substrate cleaning and inspection.