Quality Technician

Lumentum Operations LLC; Towcester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumentum Operations LLC is seeking a proactive Quality Technician to join our Quality Assurance team in a high‑tech manufacturing environment. You will help ensure products meet quality standards and support continuous improvement initiatives across the production of semiconductor wafers and chips.

Your role includes audits, inspections, CAPA support, and documentation updates while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to maintain ISO9001 compliance and customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience carrying out quality audits and inspections.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems is required.
• Competent in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality assurance activities across manufacturing operations.
• Verify product quality and ensure compliance with specifications.
• Support the Quality Engineer with quality control activities.
• Conduct routine process audits, ESD audits, and verification activities.
• Assist with corrective and preventive action (CAPA) management.
• Complete shop floor inspections, spot checks, and process monitoring.
• Drive and support continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Support customer and internal quality audits.
• Assist with site calibration activities.
• Carry out Goods In and Goods Out inspections.
• Support the internal audit programme.
• Monitor and support change control activities.
• Develop and update QA work instructions and documentation.

Skills

Quality audits

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

ISO 9001 knowledge

Microsoft Office

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

BTEC ONC/OND in Electronic or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP

PROMIS

Agile

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Join Our Team

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Quality Technician to join our Quality Assurance team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a high-tech manufacturing environment, supporting the production of advanced Indium Phosphide semiconductor wafers and chips. As a Quality Technician, you will play a key role in ensuring products meet quality standards, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and helping maintain compliance with ISO9001 and customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform quality assurance activities across manufacturing operations.
• Verify product quality and ensure compliance with specifications.
• Support the Quality Engineer with quality control activities.
• Conduct routine process audits, ESD audits, and verification activities.
• Assist with corrective and preventive action (CAPA) management.
• Complete shop floor inspections, spot checks, and process monitoring.
• Drive and support continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Support customer and internal quality audits.
• Assist with site calibration activities.
• Carry out Goods In and Goods Out inspections.
• Support the internal audit programme.
• Monitor and support change control activities.
• Develop and update QA work instructions and documentation.

About You

You'll be a motivated individual with a passion for quality and continuous improvement. You enjoy problem-solving, working collaboratively, and maintaining high standards in a manufacturing environment.

Essential Requirements

• Experience carrying out quality audits.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of ISO9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Competent in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Desirable

• BTEC ONC/OND in Electronic or Mechanical Engineering (or similar), or 3-5 years' experience in a Quality Assurance role within manufacturing.
• Calibration experience.
• Experience working in a cleanroom environment.
• Knowledge of SAP, Agile, PROMIS, or similar manufacturing systems.

What We're Looking For

• A team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• A proactive and target-driven approach.
• Ability to integrate quickly into an established team.
• Willingness to work rotating early and late shifts (Monday-Friday).
• Due to the rural location of the site, a full driving licence and access to your own transport is essential.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Lumentum is illuminating the networks of tomorrow with advanced photonic technologies that enable AI, data centers, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. As AI accelerates the global demand for bandwidth and energy efficiency, we deliver the building blocks that keep data moving reliably, efficiently, and at massive scale. Our optical products support AI and compute infrastructure, cloud and DCI environments, metro and long-haul networks, while our lasers drive breakthroughs in precision manufacturing and sensing. For nearly five decades, Lumentum has been at the intersection of light and innovation. What began as a vision with JDS Uniphase to harness the power of photonics has evolved into a global force driving the communication infrastructure of tomorrow. At Lumentum, we’re building more than a business—we’re building a team of passionate innovators whose drive to collaborate, create, and connect the world fuels everything we do. We are part of the AI technology revolution and we are illuminating the path forward. Headquartered in San Jose, California, we operate worldwide through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations.