Senior Optical Inspection Technician

The Asahi Kasei Group operates with a commitment of creating for tomorrow.  Our business sectors, Material, Homes, and Health Care, contribute to the development of society by anticipating the changing needs of those around the world. We look for candidates that offer a fresh perspective and a variety of skills to help us achieve our commitment.

We are currently seeking applications to fill the following job opening at Celgard where we develop and manufacture membrane battery separators that are critical components used in lithium-ion batteries for electric drive vehicles (EDVs) and energy storage systems (ESS).

Company:

Celgard, LLC

Job Description:

Optical Inspection Technician

Celgard – Concord, NC

For more than 50 years, Celgard has been a proven global leader in the development and production of high-performance membrane technology.  Our products are used in a broad range of energy storage and other barrier-type applications, including lithium-ion batteries, lithium primary and other specialty battery solutions, technical textiles such as waterproof breathable apparel and medical personal protective equipment (PPE) and other specialty applications.  Headquartered in the United States, we operate manufacturing facilities in the USA and China and have sales and technical service staff located strategically throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. 

Celgard is part of Polypore International, a leading global high technology company specializing in microporous membranes. Polypore brings advanced development and manufacturing know-how as well as unique problem-solving capabilities to customers' lithium-ion and lead-acid battery development teams. Polypore is an Asahi Kasei Group company, which is a diversified group of companies led by holding company Asahi Kasei Corp., with operations in the material, homes, and health care business sectors.  We are creating for tomorrow!

We are seeking an Optical Inspection Technician to be a part of the Quality team based in Concord. Optical inspection is integral to manufacturing, not only for finished goods but also to monitor and control the upstream processes of extrusion and lamination.

This position directly reports to the Quality Manager and does not supervise others.

• Sincerity – Being sincere with everyone
• Challenge – Bolding taking challenges, continually seeking change
• Creativity – Creating new value through unity and synergy

• Developing quality tests procedures, SOPs and SOCs, and troubleshooting guides for FSM Optical Systems
• Keep all FSM Department quality tests, SOPs & SOCs, troubleshooting guides updated
• Conduct training of floor optical support technicians, including new support techs and new/changed procedures to current support techs
• Provide advanced troubleshooting beyond the troubleshooting guide as necessary, which may require after hours support
• Maintain optical inspection systems through routine maintenance, calibration, and alignment checks, and detection testing
• Create optical inspection settings for development film.  Data analysis will be required.
• Collaborate with Process engineers on process monitoring improvement activities
• Periodic review of the optical inspection records database to ensure proper data entry & make corrections as necessary
• Perform quality investigations using archived optical inspection data.  Interpret results and provide information for causes, and recommendations for solutions

Education Background:

• High school diploma or equivalent required. Demonstrated computer skills in configuration or programming or Associates of Applied Science in engineering or engineering technology, Electronics or IT preferred.

Knowledge & Experience: 

• Manufacturing experience required.
• Experience as an electrician or electronic technician with proven troubleshooting skills preferred.
• Experience using multimeters.
• Experience reading schematics.
• Experience writing training documents and operating procedures using Microsoft WORD required.
• Experience analyzing data using pivot tables and charts using Microsoft EXCEL or equivalent required.

• Visual Studio programming knowledge preferred.

• 3+ years with optical inspection systems preferred.

Key Attributes:

• Detail oriented in creating or verifying procedures to ensure no misinterpretation of same.
• Ability to work individually.
• Strong Writing skills.

Travel:

• Must be able and willing to travel up to 10% for domestically and abroad for training and visiting other company locations.

This position is in a manufacturing plant setting that would require working in a production environment around chemicals.  Work will require standing and walking for up to 80% of the time.  Lighting and temperature are adequate.  You may be required to lift up to 35 pounds and/or force necessary to push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Celgard manufacturing sites are IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 certified.

Concord is part of the Charlotte metro area. Charlotte, NC, known as the Queen City, is a thriving metropolitan area of over 2.6 million people across 15 counties and is situated just north of the South Carolina border, within a weekend drive to the mountains and the beach.  It is comprised of diversity in people, industries and living, from urban to rural.  It is ranked second among 25 largest cities for most desirable place to purchase a home by Nerdwallet.com and is ranked eight among the top 10 big booming cities by CNNmoney.com.  Charlotte is home of one of North Carolina’s largest college campuses, UNC Charlotte.  Along with a friendly southern culture, Charlotte offers dining, arts, museums, major league basketball, football and soccer teams, a minor league baseball team, NASCAR, shopping, festivals, a variety of amenities and quick access to several parks and reserves for people who love the outdoors.

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As an equal opportunity employer, Asahi Kasei believes a diverse workforce will provide us with the ability to continuously support the changes in the economy, society, and environment.