Operations Engineer I

COMPANY SUMMARY

Alluxa is a technology company that provides specialized optical filters and thin-film precision coatings for the most challenging applications in the industrial technology, life sciences, and semiconductor markets. The company’s products are developed through a proprietary coating process using state-of-the- art, advanced equipment. Alluxa partners with customers across major end markets to provide customized, complex precision coating solutions through Alluxa’s specialized technology platform and proprietary processes.

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The Operations Engineer I performs assigned engineering work focused on the design, development, characterization, and improvement of precision optical coatings. This role contributes to manufacturing, quality, innovation, and process improvement activities through coating design, process development, metrology, equipment optimization, data analysis, and technical documentation. The role applies engineering analysis and judgment to make technical recommendations, resolve assigned product or process issues, and lead small assigned engineering projects within defined scope.

All duties require a commitment to safety, quality, accuracy, and execution with excellence through continuous improvement, performance, integrity, and respect for people and the Company’s mission. Ideal candidates are reliable, detail-oriented, collaborative, technically curious, professional in conduct, and motivated to learn, solve problems, improve processes, and contribute to team success.

• Perform assigned thin film coating design, process development, manufacturing engineering, and production troubleshooting activities.
• Design optical coatings to meet customer, internal, performance, manufacturability, and production requirements.
• Translate assigned coating designs into production-ready recipes, process instructions, and related manufacturing requirements using Company software and systems.
• Evaluate coating designs, process conditions, and production results to identify technical risks, improve manufacturability, and recommend actions that improve coating performance and repeatability.
• Troubleshoot assigned coating, metrology, substrate preparation, surface quality, equipment, and process issues to improve production flow, reduce variation, and resolve technical problems.
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Engineering, Planning, Quality, and other stakeholders to interpret technical requirements, coordinate technical inputs, and advance assigned manufacturing actions to completion.
• Lead small assigned engineering projects from definition through implementation, including planning, data review, documentation, follow-up, and communication of results.
• Develop and implement small-scale engineering improvements focused on cost, quality, productivity, safety, capability, yield, coating repeatability, and process stability.

• Develop, maintain, and improve assigned product test methods, instructions, and data review practices used to verify coating performance and customer requirements.
• Analyze coating runs, metrology results, test data, specifications, and customer requirements to make technical recommendations within assigned scope related to product disposition, process adjustments, and corrective actions.
• Analyze and organize product performance data to inform internal review, customer documentation, investigations, and process improvement.
• Interpret customer optical, dimensional, drawing, and specification requirements to contribute to accurate internal product and process specifications.
• Evaluate and contribute to resolving technical product, process, documentation, and customer-related questions in coordination with Sales, Marketing, Quality, Operations, and other teams.

• Develop, implement, and maintain technical documentation for assigned engineering methods, test activities, process changes, and controlled procedures.
• Provide technical training and knowledge transfer to…