Optical Manufacturing Engineer: Precision Processes & Throughput

L3Harris Technologies; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 73,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Employee education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, NY, seeks an Optical Process Engineer for conventional fabrication of high-precision optical components. You will develop and optimize grinding, lapping, and polishing processes to improve yield, throughput, and product quality.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure tolerances and production goals are met, support new product introductions, and influence the quality and repeatability of next-generation optical products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Optical, or related engineering field with 4+ years of related experience; graduate degree with 2+ years; or 8+ years of related experience in lieu of degree.
• Ability to obtain a federal security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and sustain conventional fabrication processes for high-precision optical components (grinding, lapping, polishing).
• Support projects to improve yield, repeatability, throughput, and process capability.
• Create process plans, select tooling, define workholding, and establish in-process inspection steps.
• Establish blocking/deblocking processes for various geometries and materials with alignment, bonding, and thermal considerations.
• Diagnose fabrication issues using root-cause analysis and metrology results.
• Collaborate with quality and metrology teams to verify conformance and improve correlation between in-process and final requirements.
• Work with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and planning to standardize best practices and implement improvements.
• Provide daily technical support to operators and technicians in the optical fabrication area.
• Demonstrate practical knowledge of conventional optical fabrication processes and materials.

Skills

Optical fabrication

Process improvement

Root-cause analysis

Metrology interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Optical engineering

Graduate Degree

Experience in lieu of degree

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, NY, seeks an Optical Process Engineer for conventional fabrication of high-precision optical components. You will develop and optimize grinding, lapping, and polishing processes to improve yield, throughput, and product quality.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure tolerances and production goals are met, support new product introductions, and influence the quality and repeatability of next-generation optical products.