Overview:
This role provides engineering support to maintain production lines and cleanroom cleanliness, ensuring on-time delivery and product quality. Key responsibilities include supporting process qualifications for both operations and suppliers, driving cleanliness improvements through lean methodologies and problem-solving techniques, and performing statistical analysis (SPC) to monitor and sustain process capability.
Job Description:
- Provide engineering support for production line cleanliness and optics bonding to maintain on-time delivery (OTD) and product quality.
- Support cleanroom cleanliness control and ensure adherence to established protocols and standards.
- Support process qualification activities across operations and facilities.
- Participate in the development and cleanliness qualification of suppliers to ensure incoming materials and components meet cleanliness requirements.
- Identify and implement improvement projects to enhance cleanliness throughout the manufacturing process.
- Apply lean methodologies and structured problem-solving techniques to drive continuous process improvements.
- Conduct statistical analyses, including Statistical Process Control (SPC), to monitor and improve process capability and control.
- Validate new and existing equipment and processes to ensure compliance with cleanliness and operational standards.
- Generate and maintain manufacturing support documentation, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and maintenance, calibration, and test procedures.
- Ensure all activities and documentation comply with the company's Quality Management System (QMS), including AS9100 standards.
- Support the design and development of tools, jigs, fixtures, and gauges for cleanroom operations to improve process reliability and efficiency.
- Assist the operations team in conducting root cause investigations and implementing Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) to resolve process deviations and quality issues.
Job Requirements:
- Master's degree in Optical, Materials, Mechanical or Precision Engineering, Physics/Chemistry, or a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
- Minimum 3 years experience in optical/laser manufacturing or cleanroom environments, preferably supporting production line cleanliness and quality.
- Exposure to ERP (SAP) knowledge.
- Proven experience in optics cleanliness methodologies for both equipment and processes.
- Strong knowledge of cleanroom protocols, contamination control, and strict cleanliness and safety standards (ISO Class 6 or higher).
- Experience implementing process controls, conducting technician training, and resolving technical issues using structured methodologies such as 8D and DOE.
- Hands-on experience with process improvement projects focused on yield, cycle time, and waste reduction.
- Experience in optical assembly and/or bonding process development is preferred.
- Customer-facing experience supporting technical inquiries and resource planning.
- Familiarity with documentation and compliance requirements, including SOPs and Quality Management Systems (e.g., AS9100).
