Standard Job Description
What You Will Be Doing
As the Optical Coater, your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Interpreting manufacturing process plans, engineering drawings, and MIL specifications to perform coating on lenses, prisms, mirrors, shop aids, and test plates
- Operating and maintaining coating equipment for single and multi-layer thin film applications, ensuring repeatable thickness and optical performance
- Performing visual inspections, metrology checks, and documentation of all process parameters and results in electronic tracking systems
- Troubleshooting coating defects, adjusting process variables, and implementing corrective actions to sustain quality and yield
- Following safety protocols, PPE requirements, and environmental regulations at all times
- Supporting 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift schedules as required by the UAW collective-bargaining agreement
- Collaborating with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams to drive continuous-improvement initiatives, including process automation and waste reduction
- Assisting with inventory control of coating consumables, substrates and tooling
- Participating in cross-training programs to increase workforce agility and eliminate single points of failure
Basic Qualifications
- Must have the ability to work 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift according to the collective bargaining agreement
- Experience using hand tools or precision machining tools
- The ability to test parts to ensure they meet finishes specifications
- The ability to clean all types of optical elements to specified optical specifications
- Must have the ability to read and follow written work instructions, schematics, and engineering drawings and work efficiently in a team environment
- Due to facility requirements, must be a U.S. Citizen
Desired Skills
- Prior experience with optics at the technician level is strongly desired
- Experience with optical alignment and optical metrology
- Experience with optical coating
- Experience with interferometers and spectrometers
- Experience working as an optician with CNC machines
- Familiarity with the following items is desired: optical elements, lenses, rough and finish grind flats, mirrors, shop aids, test plates, and special shaped elements
- Experience with MIL-PERF-13830B and other related Optical MIL specifications
Pay Information
- $27.04 - $43.42
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only.
Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Additional specific benefits are dependent upon the business unit and the collective-bargaining agreement.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.