Painter / Finishing Technician

Overview

Apply and finish paints/coatings on prototype parts, ensuring quality and specs.

Key Responsibilities

• surface prep
• paint application
• quality control
• equipment maintenance
• color matching
• vendor coordination

Tasks

-Surface Preparation: Clean, sand, and prime components to ensure optimal paint adhesion and a smooth finish. -Safety & Compliance: Follow safety protocols for handling chemicals, operating equipment, and working in ventilated environments. -Painting & Coating: Apply paint, coatings, or finishes using spray guns, brushes, or other tools, following precise specifications for color, texture, and thickness. -Quality Control: Inspect finished parts for defects such as uneven coverage, runs, or contamination. Rework or touch up as needed to meet quality standards. -Equipment Maintenance: Maintain painting tools and spray booths, ensuring they are clean, calibrated, and functioning properly. -Collaboration: Work closely with engineers, designers, and machinists to understand finishing requirements and timelines. Effectively communicate work order information to all levels of the Lutron engineering community -Color Matching: Mix and match paints to achieve desired colors and finishes, often working from design or engineering specifications. -Support Outsourcing: Assist in coordinating the outsourcing of parts to external vendors when internal capacity or capabilities require it, ensuring quality and timeline expectations are met.

Requirements

• 1-3 yrs
• painting
• coating
• 3d printing
• high school

What You Bring

-1 - 3 years hands-on work experience required; experience in / knowledge of painting/coating techniques / preparation or autobody detailing preferred -Familiarity with 3D printing technology and its applications a plus -High School Diploma required

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About Lutron Electronics

-Pioneered the first solid-state dimmer and reshaped how people control light. -Privately held and headquartered in Coopersburg, PA, the company has grown from a small lab to a global leader in lighting control systems. -Serve iconic residential and commercial projects—from cozy homes to large complexes like the New York Times Building and Lincoln Financial Field. -Offer integrated lighting, motorized shading, and control solutions, deployed across homes, offices, hotels, hospitals, and schools. -Notable innovations include the first mass-market electronic dimmer, fluorescent ballast controls, and combined light-and-shade systems. -Systems often include wireless and wired platforms tailored for specific environments—like HomeWorks QS for residences and Quantum for large buildings.

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