Glass Processing Equipment Specialist

Your Job

Guardian Glass is looking for a Glass Processing Equipment Specialist to join our team!

This role can be based out of Carleton MI, Geneva NY or Richburg SC.

In this role, you are responsible for defining what good looks like for washer design, operations and maintenance to prepare the surface for large area vacuum coatings.

Our Team

We are a principled based company that relies heavily on teamwork and ingenuity.

We pride ourselves on being the partner of choice for our internal and external customers.

What You Will Do


* Develop the specification for buying, operating and maintaining our washers worldwide


* Develop and deploy proven practices for the washers


* Improve quality, performance and throughput of our coaters


* Support sites to overcome challenges by following a disciplined process of problem solving


* Serve as a SME, working with our scientists to ensure glass surface preparation meets the requirements of our new products


* Serve as a Technical SME to our production coating teams to troubleshoot process or product issues in facilities


* Bring outside perceptions, best practices and opportunities to improve our process technology capability


* Apply a structured review of our process technologies/ product launches through Stage Gate methodology


* Work in multi-cultural and functional teams globally


* Collaborate in a matrixed organization working with Global Operations on new thin film process technology, product launches and product transfers

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Experience with maintenance, troubleshooting and asset strategy of washers for glass coating applications


* Experience working at an equipment manufacturer, or large area coating operations with significant experience in running, maintaining washers and ancillary equipment


* Ability to travel 25% (predominantly domestic with some international)

What Will Put You Ahead


* Experience conducting design and process failure modes and effects analysis


* Experience contributing to complex projects, analyzing problems, and developing corrective actions


* Experience and/or proven knowledge of the Stage Gate process or proven process/ product development framework


* Vacuum coater sputter process experience

For this role, we anticipate paying $115,000-$140,000 per year

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds.

We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world's largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions.

We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications.

You'll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world's most iconic projects.

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