Fiber Optic Manufacturing Specialist

4 weeks ago


Romsey, Hampshire, United Kingdom Microsoft Full time

Overview

Microsoft Azure is the foundation of the company's mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. Azure Fiber is a critical component of Azure, responsible for designing, building, and operating the Global Optical Network. This network is the backbone of connectivity for all of Microsoft, enabling seamless interaction with Azure and services like Teams, Xbox, Office, Bing, and OpenAI's ChatGPT across the globe. With a focus on Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) and cable, Azure Fiber is preparing for exponential growth driven by continued Cloud success and new Artificial Intelligence (AI) demands, ensuring that every customer can rely on our infrastructure for high-quality, secure, and reliable connectivity to all Microsoft services.

Responsibilities

  • Receiving guidance from an engineer, lab manager, or other technicians to determine which test tasks to perform, and achieving the agreed levels of operational throughput per shift.
  • Performing the test processes to the defined specs. with guidance from an engineer, lab manager, or other technicians.
  • Assisting in validating that manufacturing equipment is operating within expected parameters with guidance from an engineer, lab manager, or other technicians.
  • Performing manufacturing quality inspections to document process outcomes with guidance from an engineer, lab manager, or other technicians.
  • Confirming optical fiber geometries by taking images and comparing readings against established test cases with guidance from an engineer, lab manager, or other technicians.
  • Recording manufacturing data and assisting with basic analyses to identify bugs, defects, or failure rates with guidance from an engineer, lab manager, or other technicians.
  • Documenting daily progress and recording manufacturing throughput with links to spreadsheets, photos, and/or other supporting documents with guidance from an engineer, lab manager, or other technicians.

Requirements

  • Relevant technical experience or formal training in a technical trade (e.g., machinist, electrician) and technical experience in a similar industry or Associate's degree in Engineering or a related field.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including Microsoft Cloud Background Check.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Significant and relevant technical experience or formal training in a technical trade (e.g., machinist, electrician) and relevant technical experience or Associate's degree in Engineering or a related field and relevant technical experience.

Benefits

  • Industry-leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Opportunities to network and connect


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