Preferred Skills: The successful candidate will be a hands-on leader who thrives in a precision manufacturing environment, effectively balancing production execution, employee development, operational discipline, and continuous improvement while supporting the growth of Irvine's advanced optics fabrication capabilities. You will oversee production teams engaged in grinding, polishing, deterministic finishing, metrology, and related fabrication processes supporting advanced optics used in semiconductor, photonics, laser, and metrology applications.