Coating Technician (2nd or 3rd shift)

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

About Teledyne FLIR Defense

Join Teledyne FLIR Defense, where we're dedicated to supporting critical missions with an exciting range of cutting-edge technologies. Our products include advanced surveillance sensors, unmanned air and ground vehicles, sensing devices used to detect chemicals, biological agents, radiation and explosives, and a host of other solutions that help warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams do their jobs better.

We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense and Public Safety industries. If you’re mission-driven to globally collaborate on solutions that can change the battlefield and save lives, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.

The Teledyne FLIR manufacturing facility in Freeport, PA makes optical components that go into thermal imaging cameras, gimbals, scopes, and other military driven products. We are looking to hire a Coating Technician to join our team, initially working 1st shift hours during training and then 2nd or 3rd shift hours after training. This position will learn the necessary skills to clean optics and run various vacuum coating chambers that are used to apply and spectrally measure the thin film coatings used in Teledyne FLIR products. There will be an opportunity to get cross trained on various/multiple machines.

Job Duties:

• Handle, clean, and prep optics before and after coating process.
• Prepare tooling and load product for runs.
• Prepare vacuum chambers for coating runs.
• Monitor coating processes and record necessary run parameters.
• Troubleshoot equipment or process issues.
• Perform preventative maintenance on equipment.
• Make spectral measurements, as necessary.
• Assist in product recovery processes.
• Contributes to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform general housekeeping requirements of a clean room environment.
• Follows appropriate safety and equipment maintenance procedures.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent education.
• Minimum 1-3 years prior experience in a production environment
• Ability to visually inspect optical components for microscopic defects.
• Ability to handle delicate parts and assist with the cleaning and packing of parts and material.
• Ability to lift 20 lbs. occasionally.
• Ability to use basic shop tools.
• Ability to grip, grasp, and work with hands on product repetitively.
• Willing to work overtime as necessary
• Ability to follow direction and coaching from others.
• Minimal supervision required.

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.