Manufacturing Technician - Optics
MKS Instruments · Franklin, MA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level manufacturing role at MKS Instruments (industrial) in Franklin, MA. W orking with coating team and Engineering to improve coating yield, efficiency and chamber up-time.
- They ask for
- 1+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Painting / coating
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in Massachusetts: typical posted base $45k–$59k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 50 manufacturing technician openings in Massachusetts, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 38 other live manufacturing postings in Massachusetts.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 3+)
Typical $76k–$100k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 49%
- Team leadership 44%
- CNC 41%
- Machining 36%
- Lean 28%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 21%
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A Day in Your Life at MKS
As a Coating Technician 1 at MKS Inc., you will partner with Operations to produce thin film coatings in various vacuum chambers. In this role, you will report to the Filters Unit Production Manager.
You Will Make an Impact By
- •O perating various coating chambers per the production schedule
- •Maintaining detailed and accurate process records
- •Performing single & multilayer coatings on glass substrates
- •Communicating effectively with team members and across different functions of the business
- •Cleaning and Inspecting parts both before and after deposition process
- •W orking with coating team and Engineering to improve coating yield, efficiency and chamber up-time
Skills You Bring
• Associate degree, military technical training or their equivalent vocational training is required
- •0 - 1 year of related experience required
- •Requires experience in testing digital and/or analog systems
- •Ability to read drawings and use measurement instruments
Preferred Skills
- +Thin film coating experience
- +Experience operating vacuum chambers
- +Computer literate - experience with Excel
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
- •Perform activities such as sitting, standing, or typing for extended periods of time
- •Regularly requires good manual dexterity and coordination
- •Occasionally moves/positions objects up to 25 pounds
- •Ability to remain in a stationary position for 50% of the time