Surface Finishing Technician
Location: Cupertino, CA 95014
Client: Multinational Technology Company
Job Type: 6 Months of contract on W2Job Summary
The Advanced Process Lab is a unique facility with equipment that is dedicated to developing & optimizing processes for the Manufacturing Design team. Your role will be to support the execution of surface finishing and polishing projects under oversight of engineers in the lab.
Description:
In this role, you will be exposed to manufacturing equipment that is used to manufacture mechanical enclosures. Support of developing surface finishing processes will involve the following tasks:
- Run trials of various combinations of sanding and polishing process steps to achieve the desired final finish on aluminum, steel and plastic enclosure parts
- Design and build all part holding fixturing required
- Develop custom sanding and polishing tools
- Setup and program robotic, CNC controlled and special purpose sanding and polishing machines to execute process trials
- Optimize process, measure and define quality at in process and final stages
- Document process steps, parameters and prepare samples for review
Key Qualifications:- Strong mechanical aptitude required
- Experience designing fixtures in CAD and fabricating tooling in manual and CNC controlled equipment
- Experience with flat lapping, including selection of slurry and pad consumables, and other sanding or polishing processes
- Experience measuring surface roughness with stylus type profilometer (minimum) or more advanced 3D surface roughness via interferometry/confocol/focus variation methods (preferred)
- Fabrication breadth and creativity required to generate the 3D sanding & polishing tools
- Drive to meet tight deadlines and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with many different projects is a must
Education:
Technical degree in mechanical, materials, or manufacturing related degree preferred, but not required.
