Resume of Guntis Rutins as of January 2019, engineering-oriented version

1. Guntis Janis Rutins
(301)325-6767
rutins.guntis@gmail.com
Education
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Bachelor of Science in Optical Engineering 08/12 – 05/16
University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland
Post BSc Student Researcher in Thin Film Optical Coatings 10/16 – 11/18
Work Experience
Thin Film Engineer: Lightpath Technologies Inc, Orlando, Florida 11/18 - Present
• Developed diamond-like carbon coating processes for proprietary chalcogenide optical glass
• Designed and deposited infrared optical coatings
• Evaluated design feasibility of custom coating requests
• Supervised commercial and ITAR optical coating production
• Improved coating production yields through process analysis
Coating Technician: Helia Photonics, Glasgow, Scotland 05/18 - 10/18
• Characterized and developed low-stress, low-loss coating materials
• Instructed technical staff in operation of plasma-assisted PVD coating chambers
• Operated, diagnosed, and repaired PVD coating chambers, e-beam evaporation assemblies, plasma
sources, and cryo-vacuums
Staff Research Assistant: The Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, NY 12/15- 05/16
• Developed apparatus and methodology for testing and characterization of hydrophilic materials
Research/Projects
• Microstructured Infrared Filter Design: Design and early development of silicon metasurfaces
for infrared filtering using subwavelength diffraction. Used FDTD and EM field solvers.
• Plasma Source Design Optimization: Designed & CAD modelled parts for plasma source
optimization. Optimized cathode geometry for efficient induction heating and electron emission.
• Ultra-low Loss Coating Development: Published and worked on PIAD TiO2 coatings with low
optical loss and structured mechanical noise discharge for applications in gravitational research
at LIGO and fusion research at LLE
• Metrology Guest Lecturer: Lectured on principles of metrology methods such as SEM, TEM,
AFM, and STM
Hui, B.; Fu, X.; Gibson, D.; Child, D.; Song, S.; Fleming, L.; Rutins, G.; Chu, H.O.; Clark, C.;
Reid, S. Automated Control of Plasma Ion-Assisted Electron Beam-Deposited TiO2 Optical Thin
Films. Coatings 2018, 8, 272.
Other
• Experienced with: Class 1000 cleanrooms, hazardous materials handling
operation of high voltage, high vacuum equipment
engineering drawing & drafting documentation standards
writing testing & operations procedures
data acquisition and precision measurement instrumentation
Reliability testing, root cause analysis, corrective action investigation
5S and lean manufacturing
ERP (Infor VISUAL) and Salesforce
• Software: Solidworks, Optilayer Suite, CodeV, MathCAD, Microsoft Office
• Certifications: ABET accredited in optical engineering
• Languages: English, Latvian (fluent verbal and written)