Graduate Coating Engineer

FLIR Systems, Inc.; St Asaph; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional development

Collaborative engineering culture

Job summary

Qioptiq Teledyne in St Asaph seeks a Graduate Optical Coating Development Engineer to join the coating team. You will learn to design and manufacture optical thin film coatings across UV to far-IR bands, mentored by senior engineers, and use state-of-the-art coating machines to develop processes and designs.

You will assess performance with spectrophotometers and environmental test chambers, contributing to advancing coating technology and applications in defense and aerospace systems.

Qualifications

• Masters in physics, chemistry or materials science or related field.
• Strong technical communication and reporting abilities.
• Creative approach to problem solving.
• Proficient with software and quick to learn new tools.
• Hands-on experience with machinery and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and manufacture optical thin film coatings to meet specs.
• Support existing coating processes and identify improvements.
• Review coating requirements for new product introductions with design team.
• Generate technical documentation for manufacture and QC.
• Deliver coating development projects to expand capabilities.

Skills

Technical communication

Creative problem solving

Software skills

Excel skills

Hands-on equipment use

Education

Master's degree in physics/chemistry/materials science

Tools

Spectrophotometers

Interferometers

Electron microscopes

Optical coating machinery

Job description

Company Overview

Be visionary 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.

Qioptiq designs and manufactures market leading Optronic solutions for Defense & Aerospace applications. Key markets include head up displays for commercial airliners, helmet mounted displays for 4th & 5th generation fast jet platforms, night vision for the dismounted soldier, and advanced electro-optics for airborne, maritime and vehicle platforms. Our diverse product range are enabled by the development and application of innovative technologies and engineering solutions. To further expand our portfolio Qioptiq is seeking an exceptional individual to develop and deliver our next-generation products and technologies.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Graduate Optical Coating Development Engineer to join our coating development team at our St Asaph site. In this role you will gain the skills required for the design, development and manufacture of optical coatings for a very wide range of optical systems, covering wavebands from the ultraviolet to far infrared. We will provide a supportive environment where you will be mentored by senior engineers to quickly gain experience in all stages of the coating development process. You will learn to design optical thin film coatings using specialist software to implement theoretical concepts and various design techniques. You will learn to use our state-of-the-art coating machines to develop coating processes and manufacture your own coating designs. You will assess the optical and environmental performance of these coatings using spectrophotometers and environmental test chambers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and manufacture optical thin film coatings to meet customer and internal specifications.
• Support of existing coating processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Review coating requirements for new product introduction, working closely with the optical design team.
• Generate technical documentation to support the manufacture and quality control of coatings.
• Deliver coating development projects to expand our capability and explore new applications.
• Identify new coating techniques and technologies to support the coating technology roadmap.
• Carry out measurement, analysis and qualification testing on coating samples.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Degree (masters preferred) in physics, chemistry, materials science or other relevant discipline.
• Clear technical communication skills including logbooks, presentations and report writing.
• Creative approach to problem solving.
• Good software skills and able to learn new software quickly.
• Adept using Microsoft Excel including mathematical formulas and plotting graphs.
• Confident with practical hands‑on work and use‑of machinery and equipment.

Desirable

• Specific knowledge of optics or thin film coating would be a considerable advantage.
• Ability to write code for simple computer programs and scripts would be useful.
• Experience using analytical techniques and equipment such as electron microscopes, optical microscopes, interferometers or spectrometers.
• Experience using computer‑controlled machinery and equipment.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on advanced optical systems in a high‑technology environment.
• A collaborative engineering culture with strong links between design, manufacture and test.
• Professional development and skills growth within a specialist engineering discipline.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

#LI-ON1 #Qioptiq 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.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.