Optical Engineering Tech C
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Job overview
Insight Global is seeking an optics-focused engineering technician in the Rochester, New York area. The role involves setting up and operating qualified grinding and polishing equipment, as well as troubleshooting issues involving vibration, tooling, pads, coolant or slurry, and edge damage. The ideal candidate has an optics background and experience with grinding and polishing.
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Job Description
Insight Global is looking for an optics focused engineering technician in the Rochester NY area. This is a first position Monday - Friday 5am to 1:30pm. The ideal candidate will come from an optics background and has experience with grinding a polishing. The day to day will include setting up and operating qualified grinding and polishing related equipment. Troubleshooting common issues with some being vibration, tooling, pads, coolant/slurry and edge damage.
Skills and Requirements
5-6+ years of relevant experience Optics experience (grinding and polishing) Small tool experience Aerospace experience
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 1,944 open Engineering Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$56–80K/yr32 salary ranges
- New York median$24–33/hr35 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 83 open Engineering Technician jobs in New York and 1,944 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Engineering Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (1,499 postings).
- Education
- 35 of the 1,944 open Engineering Technician jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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