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Our Talent Advisors were engaged to find a Lab Technician to join our client’s optical materials innovation and scale-up team. This hands-on role bridges new materials research and high-performance commercial applications in laser protection optics, with direct involvement in testing, research, and production.
Client Profile
Our client develops advanced materials engineered to perform in the most extreme environments on land, air, sea, and space. Serving the defense, aerospace, and industrial sectors, they specialize in thermal protection systems, high-temperature structural materials, and laser and directed energy protection.
Our Approach
Leveraging our extensive candidate network and expertise in specialty materials and manufacturing talent, our team identified a seasoned Lab Technician with 15 years of hands-on laboratory and process experience in wafer fabrication, wet-chemical processing, and precision equipment operation. The candidate’s technical foundation included wafer cleaning, photoresist stripping, electroplating, metrology tracking, and equipment calibration, paired with meticulous attention to detail and strong SOP adherence. This track record of maintaining quality standards in a controlled lab environment made them a well-qualified fit for a role supporting critical materials innovation work.
Client Impact
Our client had struggled for months to fill this role, facing internal changes and difficulty finding candidates with the right blend of hands-on lab experience and precision technical skill for their optical materials R&D team. Partnering with Messina moved them past this prolonged search: our Talent Advisors delivered a candidate ready to contribute immediately to their optical materials innovation and scale-up efforts. The placement strengthened the client’s lab operations at a critical time of rapid growth, ensuring continuity and technical depth on the team.
