Opto-Mechanical Engineer/Technician

As part of the Development Engineering team having responsibility for meeting business commitments to key stakeholders. Additionally, they will develop design skills and work to the departmental processes, teamwork and continual improvement. Apply sound engineering principles in the development and documentation of products. Provide a service to the Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality departments. Support other areas of the business with Optical and Mechanical skills when required.
 

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assembly of optical and opto-mechanical systems while following the sequence of operations for assembly and test processes, ensuring requirements are met while meeting cost, schedule, and quality goals, and enabling operator effectiveness.
• Ability to understand equipment and tooling for meeting design, assembly, and test requirements.
• Validation of assembly and test processes.
• Validation of assembly and test equipment.
• Troubleshooting failures of opto-mechanical and mechanical assemblies.
• Analysis of manufacturing data and implementation of process improvements.
• Review of specifications, procedures, and related engineering documents.
• Providing assistance in tooling designs for assembly, and test equipment.
• Analyzing product failures to determine cause and recommend/implement corrective action.
• Analyzing equipment failures to determine cause and recommends/implements corrective action.
• Interpret Engineering prints to determine design requirements.

GOOD TO HAVE:

• Some simple machining skills
• Understanding of fiber optics
• Knowledge and use of drawing software such as ProE, AutoCad, SolidWorks
• Ability to understand/produce technical drawings
• Ability to co-ordinate with the other discipline Engineers (electronics and optics)
• Able to report mechanical design status on the assigned tasks whenever asked
• Able to either answer all queries relating to the mechanical design or to field them to the relevant member of the department

COMPETENCIES

• Accountability.
• Innovation & Creativity.
• Problem Solving.
• Job knowledge.
• Drive and Determination.
• Teamwork.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Associates degree in science or engineering; bachelor’s degree in science/ engineering or 4 years of work experience is preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 1-3 years’ experience in a manufacturing optical industry
• Experience in Photonics and it’s applications, specifically fibre optics preferred

G&H’s advanced optical engineering and manufacturing enables effective OEM system supply and development.

Our expertise in optical systems, subsystems and components extends from research through the development of prototypes to volume manufacturing and is a catalyst for innovation and effective manufacturing in the aerospace and defense, industrial and telecom, and life sciences and biophotonics sectors.

From thirteen sites across the UK, USA and Asia, our capabilities span a uniquely broad range of photonic technologies: crystal growth, optical materials processing, acousto-optics and electro-optics, active and passive fiber optic components, precision optics, opto-mechanical and medical systems.

Our QA, compliance and supply chain management systems assure our customers of reliability extending beyond the technical.