Test Support Engineer

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Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Lumentum’s optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum’s commercial lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in Milpitas, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide.

• Production is 24/7, this role is shift and will be required to work continental shifts.
• Providing support to operations to ensure test equipment is available to meet production schedules. Much of this support is ‘hands on’ and will be in a cleanroom environment.
• Debugging and Repair of tools independently whilst in manufacturing.
• Preventative maintenance of equipment.
• Commissioning and maintaining automated test equipment (ATEs) for optoelectronics components (Lasers, Modulators, Detectors, and Photonic Integrated Circuits).
• Improving and maintaining existing test infrastructure to ensure production schedule and output targets are achieved.
• Identify opportunities to maximise test capacity (test time reduction, re-test rate reduction…).
• Supporting the development team by giving inputs to equipment design, Building and wiring test kits.
• Build and wiring of test equipment.
• Maintenance of spares for test equipment.
• Technician training and process documentation.

Requirements

• Analog and digital electronics debugging, ability to interpret electronic circuit diagrams.
• Experience in basic S/W debugging (stop/start/repeat failing code blocks).
• Able to write detailed and informative error report clearly indicating problems.
• Able to prioritise work when dealing with production impacting problems.
• Knowledge of automated testing in a manufacturing environment.
• Any text-based programming language ideally VB and/or C#, understanding concepts more important than syntax.
• Instrument automation protocols (GPIB, RS-232, VISA, LXI etc).
• National Instruments test instruments (e.g. PXI).
• Knowledge of robotic systems.
• High Precision Motion control (e.g. Thorlabs/Newport).
• Ability to solder and build cables.

Desirable:
 

• Experienced working with opto-electronics devices (laser, modulators, detectors).
• Debugging of C# / VB.Net code.
• NI Test Stand; adjust / Modify Test Stand sequences.
• Epson Robot systems.
• Re-teaching computer vision systems to recognise new products.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND or equivalent experience in any scientific or Engineering (Electrical/Electronic) based field.

MISCELLANEOUS (eg Shift-working)

The first 6-8 months in the role will be working on day shift undergoing training

The shift pattern is 12 hours; 2 days /2 nights and 4 days off. As the site is in a rural location transport is needed as there is no public transport..

Lumentum is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.

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.