Optical Technician 3

Job Description

Job Description

Optical Technician 3
*This is a 6-month contract position
*On-site - Local to Woodland Hills, CA

Description
Our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, but they’re also making history.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader.

You’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career. Our mission is to deliver differentiated value to our programs, by manufacturing products with the highest possible quality at the most affordable rate.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and operates a variety of precision polishing machines to perform quantity production glass polishing to close tolerances where polishing methods and sequences are predetermined and established tooling provided.
• Performs operations such as super polishing glass surfaces to meet requirements on angles, surface finish, flatness and more.
• Selects, mounts, and aligns various specialized attachments and standard tooling
• Interprets engineering specifications; uses a variety of precision measuring instruments.
• Makes standard shop calculations.
• May monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

• Experience working in a glass precision polishing/ optics shop environment.
• Ability to follow instructions precisely in a Manufacturing Environment.
• Experience with hand tools and measurement equipment, such as, autocollimator, interferometer and digital indicators.
• Effective oral and written communication.
• Basic math proficiency.
• Strong attention to details and commitment to quality control.
• Basic computer knowledge (Microsoft Office and ERP Systems).
• Candidate to have minimum of 5 years’ experience with excellent vision skills (especially under a microscope)
• Attention to safety (working with large machines) and ability to spend large portion of the day standing and moving as that is typically required in this area.

Preferred Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

• Maintaining / Setting-up polishing tables to surface finishing and flatness requirements.
• Ability to participate in team investigations of a process development nature are expected.
• Familiarity with SPC, LEAN desirable

Education

• Highschool Diploma / Equivalent and work experience that will allow successful performance.

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