Sr. Coating Process Engineer

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact. With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you. SR. Coating Process Engineer ITAR/EAR CRITERIA: These positions may require lawful access to ITAR/EAR controlled information and employees in this role will need to meet those requirements.  Requirements include US Citizenship or US Permanent Resident. Who is IDEX Health & Science (IH&S)? As a business unit of IDEX Corporation, IH&S has a long history of driving growth in life sciences and healthcare by embracing innovation and redefining the supplier-customer relationship. The work we do every day allows us to discover key insights and break new ground to create some of the most meaningful technologies that have a lasting impact on companies, industries, and society. One of business segments is called Life Science Optics and we are looking to add more talent to the team. Life Science Optics (LSO): The Optics Center of Excellence (COE) in West Henrietta, NY , is a manufacturing and R&D focused team that sits at the leading edge of high-end optics for life sciences. Focused on assisting partners at every stage of the development processes, we invest in people and infrastructure to drive bold ideas and pragmatic solutions. With its optics-rich foundation of talent, universities, and supporting businesses, Rochester is the ideal location to elevate your career with fascinating work and endless opportunities. Our formula for success is simple. We work hard to maintain a culture where you can own your work; you are encouraged to try new ideas in a collaborative environment; and you can apply your skillset to enable our clients to gain a competitive advantage in their own market. At IDEX Health & Science, you have the opportunity to work with a great group of people, mentor others, and build a great future. SCOPE OF ROLE: The Senior Coating Process Engineer will be a key resource in advancing new products, new capabilities, and deposition equipment improvements within the optical coating department.  This work will encompass the Semrock filter business as well as optical coatings for the optical systems and lasers businesses.  The work will include design, deposition, measurement, and production control, as well as hands-on process development and training of technicians and associates.  ESSENTIAL DUTIES: Deposition process improvements: Conduct development and continuous improvement projects on several coating deposition platforms, including Ion assisted deposition, ion beam sputtering, magnetron sputtering, Provide leadership to technicians and engineers in executing experiments, qualifications, and driving systematic improvements.  Deposition equipment improvements: Lead efforts to develop and install new equipment and upgrades to existing equipment.  Systematically address functional deficiencies and obsolescence risks with existing equipment.  Work closely with a team of equipment technicians to deploy solutions through release to production. Data mining and analysis: Conduct routine data analysis and oversee regularly reported metrics.  In addition, “deep dive” data mining will be necessary for improvement projects.  Project management: Manage   cross-disciplinary project teams and be accountable for maintaining timelines and reporting on milestones. Cross functional problem solving: Leverage the entire organization to solve problems and enable new or improved processes.  This includes the manufacturing teams, planners, software engineers, design engineers, sales, quality, and product