Resume
Paul E. Zacharias
1165 Ring St.
Deltona, Fl 32725
(386) 789-6662
December 1997 to Present: Spectrum Coatings, Inc. – President
Self employed. Design and construction of high vacuum optical deposition chamber used in production of precision front surface mirrors.
December 1997 to Present: Audio/Video engineer. Produced many audio CD’s and short video presentations.
Utilizing “Film Star” and TFCalc thin film design software. Vacuum system design using AutoCad. Single point diamond turning of Ge and ZnSe. Thin film processes include anti-reflection and Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) on germanium substrates in the 8 - 12µ region. Efficient in using all optical analytical equipment needed to evaluate a completed window composite from blank window to fully coated optical component.
Mechanical Designer, Machinist:
Designing high temperature substrate heaters/manipulators (temps above 1000°C). Responsible for design and manufacturing of the product from start to finish. Heater capabilities include – In vacuum source to substrate distance changes, substrate rotation and high voltage bias in an oxygen rich atmosphere.
Vacuum Deposition Production Engineer.
Technically responsible for thin film (base plating) phase of quartz crystal manufacturing. Designed and implemented a reliable production vacuum system for depositing a contamination free chrome/gold crystal coating for the Global Positioning System (GPS)
January 1987 to March 1988: Opto Mechanic, Inc., Melbourne, FL
Optical Thin Film Specialist
Development technician; developing dichroic, anti-reflection, laser blockers, mirrors in VIS to NIR spectrum. Anti-reflection, short wave pass, long wave pass on germanium substrates in the 8-12µ region of the spectrum.
October 1984 to December 1986: Parks-Jaggers Aerospace, Orlando, FL
Senior Thin Films Technician, Thin Films Research Group:
Assembly of R&D vacuum systems (48" box coaters) including sources for ICB (ionized cluster beam deposition) for in house production of multi-layer stack (50 or more layers) of mangneto-dielectric materials.
October 1981 to September 1984: Martin Marietta, Orlando, FL
Optical Thin Films Technician:
High volume production technician of precision optics. Running complex, multi-component deposition systems. Coatings would vary in type and wavelength from VIS to NIR out to 8-12µ. Band pass, blockers, gold and aluminum mirrors, beam splitters, etc…
April 1980 to September 1981: Full Time Student: Valencia Community College
September 1975 to September 1979: United States Army:
82nd Airborne Infantry, United Nations Honor Guard – Honorable Discharge
Interests and Hobbies: Family, audio, video, programming and computers.