PAINT SPECIALIST/LEAD

Paint Specialist/Lead

 

Symbolic Displays, Inc. (SDI), a woman owned small business, has been in existence since 1964.  We occupy two facilities with over 40,000 square feet.  SDI employs 75 people.  We serve military and commercial avionics and marine and ground-based platforms.  SDI’s resources include a fully equipped CNC and manual machine shop, laser/photo chemical etching, paint and toning facilities, component and final assembly cells, printed circuit board, harness, and lighting assembly capabilities, as well as a functional clean room to custom cut resize COTS LCD glass.

 

 Description

Senior-level technical lead position responsible for supporting department work activities and spearheading process improvement and modernization efforts of the paint department. 

 Duties and Responsibilities

· Support the general work activities of the department:  sanding, prepping, masking, painting, screen-printing, photo-etching, lamination, and laser marking of panels, bezels, keyboards, and displays for avionics applications.

· Research and evaluate new processes and technologies to enhance and replace current ones in order to reduce costs, shorten cycle time, increase first time yield and minimize rework and scrap.

· Review engineering documentation for process accuracy on current and new design releases.

· Provide sustaining support by offering technical assistance, troubleshooting and resolving production problems related to painting.

· Actively support the Quality Improvement System.

 Skills and Qualifications

· 9+ years of relevant work experience.

· Have a clear understanding of engineering drawings.  Capable of understanding and following ‘process’. 

· Skillful at the basic activities of cleaning, masking, and accurate paint application and detailing of acrylic and metal parts.

· Knowledge of spray painting and various paint types.

· Mix chemicals and paints from specification processes and sheets.

· Capable of making tooling for photo-etching various parts.

· Experienced with screen-printing processes and equipment.

· Hands-on problem solving skills.

· Experience in a fast track (fast paced, fast to market) design to production environment.