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Coating Maintenance Engineer

IDEX

West Henrietta, NYFull-time$78–117K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$78–117K/yr
Location
West Henrietta, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Coating Maintenance Engineer leads efforts to maintain coater equipment availability and uptime, supporting vacuum coating equipment through documentation, training, and hands-on technical support for planned and unplanned downtime. The role works with process engineering, maintenance, and production teams, supports filters, lasers, and systems groups, and mentors others on vacuum coating deposition systems and ancillary process equipment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Vacuum Deposition EquipmentPLC-Based EquipmentElectronicsPower DistributionMechanical EngineeringCADVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationMicrosoft OfficeExcelPowerPointAccessContinuous Improvement

Qualifications

10 Years Industry ExperienceUS Citizenship or Permanent Residency

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses (https://www.idexcorp.com/our-businesses/business-segments/) around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

JOB TITLE: REPORTING TO: LOCATION:

Coating Maintenance Engineer Coating Department Manager West Henrietta, NY

These positions may require lawful access to ITAR/£.AR controlled information and employees in this

role will need to meet those requirements.

Requirements include US Citizenship or US Permanent Resident.

Who is IDEX Health & Science (IH&S)?

IDEX Health & Science, Life Science Optics - based in Rochester, New York-IDEX Health & Science's

line of products is comprised of a Light Sources Group and an Optical Systems Group. The Light

Sources Group manufactures a variety of visible, low to moderate power lasers and laser-based

systems uniquely designed for consistent performance. The Light Sources Group offers three basic

types of lasers: gas (helium-neon and ion lasers), diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers, and

semiconductor diode laser assemblies. The Optical Systems Group provides the design, prototype and

low to mid volume manufacturing of custom lens assemblies and optical systems. The Optical Systems

Group also specializes in the design of reliable shutter mechanisms and assemblies.

Our formula for success is simple. We work hard to maintain a culture where you can own your work;

you are encouraged to try new ideas in a collaborative environment; and you can apply your skillset

to enable our clients to gain a competitive advantage in their own market. At IDEX Health &

Science, you have the opportunity to work with a great team of people, mentor others, and build a

great future.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

The Coating Maintenance Engineer position is responsible for leading the effort of maintaining our

coater equipment availability and uptime. This position will be required to support the Vacuum

Coating Equipment regarding the documentation, training, and hands on technical support for planned

and unplanned downtime. This position will work closely with Process Engineers, Maintenance and

Production teams. This position will be critical to meeting our uptime and availability needs for

our growing coater capacity. This position will support filters, lasers, and systems groups.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

  • Ensure equipment availability by resolving down equipment and implementing corrective and

preventive actions

  • Develop troubleshooting processes and guidelines for common mechanical, electrical, or technical

alarms

  • Work closely with Process Engineering, Maintenance, and Production teams to develop, implement

and sustain preventative and predictive maintenance processes and procedures

  • Work with engineering and maintenance resources to plan and execute maintenance and capital

improvement projects

  • Apply continuous improvement tools to reduce unplanned downtime

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  • Develop and own key KPl's surrounding Vacuum Coating Equipment including mean time between

failure, mean time to repair and equipment availability

  • Provide and maintain standard operation procedures, technical drawings, system drawing,

schematics, and workflows

  • Work with outside vendors and the internal engineering team on equipment upgrades, repairs and

modifications as needed

  • Act as mentor and technical expert for all Vacuum Coating Deposition - systems as well as

ancillary process equipment.

  • Support Facilities Systems as neeped

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

  • B.S. Degree in a related engineering or physical discipline, preferred

  • Minimum 10 years industry experience

  • Experience either running or supporting vacuum deposition equipment

  • Understanding and experience with PLC-based integrated equipment

  • Familiarity with electronics and power distribution

  • Mechanical and CAD experience are a plus

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Comfortable communicating within all levels of the organization, having the ability to customize

message to the specific audience.

  • Fluent with Microsoft office, fncluding Excel, PowerPoint, and Access

  • Self-starter: will recognize and act on opportunities for improvement.

  • Occasional travel for vendor visits, acceptance tests, etc.

  • This position is a site-based role.

  • Nominal working hours for the role will be M-F 800-500 pm.

  • Occasional support on nights and weekends is expected, and commensurate flexibility is afforded.

!DEX Health & Science LLC., a Unit of /DEX Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed

to workforce diversity

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Total Rewards

The compensation range for this position is $78,200.00 - $117,200.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.

Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer . IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

Attention Applicants: If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are limited in the ability to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, we will determine an alternate way for you to apply. Please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected] for assistance with an accommodation. These contact tools may be used only by individuals with a disability for accommodation requests. Do not inquire as to the status of an application.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Artificial intelligence is not used to screen, assess or select applicants.

Job Family: Operations

Business Unit: Life Science Optics

How this job compares

Set against the 743 open Maintenance Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$78–117K/yr
  • US median$92–129K/yr240 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $98K, is 11% below the US median midpoint ($110K) — in the middle half of Maintenance Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 36 open Maintenance Engineer jobs in New York and 743 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Maintenance Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 540 postings).
Education
153 of the 743 open Maintenance Engineer jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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