Applications Lab Technician

Job Description

IPG Photonics is the world leader in high power fibre lasers for industrial welding and cutting equipment. Our Canadian subsidiary in Kingston, Ontario produces market-disrupting sensor technology and software that is transforming the manufacturing industry.

Job Summary

This position provides the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art laser processing equipment, as well as the latest in robotics and machine tool technology. This is a hands-on technical position working with machinery and electronics in a research & applications laboratory setting. You will be responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance, operator training, and documentation of a wide variety of high-end industrial equipment, including lasers, laser heads, robots, PLCs, fieldbus communication systems, sectioning / polishing machines, microscopes, and more from a variety of globally-known brands. This equipment is used to support R&D efforts on next-generation process monitoring and control technologies, and for process testing and operator training with respect to specific customer applications in a wide range of advanced manufacturing sectors.

This is a full-time, on-site position at our Kingston, Ontario facility.

Responsibilities :

• Management and scheduling of the Applications Lab resources
• Technical direction and assistance to employees and customers making use of the equipment
• Preparation of robot & laser equipment with appropriate laser beam delivery configurations, fieldbus configurations, control wiring, etc. for specific experiments
• Planning and design of simple automation systems
• Regular maintenance and service history tracking of all equipment
• Troubleshooting & repair of various laboratory electronics and control systems
• Regular updating and enforcement of training manuals and standard operating procedures
• Assisting with metallographic cross sectioning and polishing
• Analysis of test results using electronic reporting
• Additional projects as needed.

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