Full-Time

Customer Experience Associate

Ocean Optics

Ocean Optics

51-200 employees

Manufactures portable spectrometers and sensing solutions

No salary listed

Sussex, NJ, USA

In Person

Bachelor's, Associate's

Category
Customer Experience & Support (1)
Required Skills
Microsoft Office
CRM
Salesforce
Customer Service
Data Analysis
Microsoft Outlook

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Requirements
  • At least 1 year of customer service or inside sales experience.
  • An associate degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Sales, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to gain new skills.
  • Ability to solve problems.
  • Strong active listening and empathy skills.
  • Patience and composure under pressure.
  • Ability to work effectively with diverse internal and external groups through written, verbal, and interpersonal communication.
  • Ability to build relationships with customers.
  • Ability to use Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft-based programs.
Responsibilities
  • Manage incoming customer requests through Salesforce.com and Microsoft Outlook.
  • Distribute and categorize incoming requests to the team.
  • Maintain team responses and canned answers to ensure a consistent customer experience.
  • Provide support for onsite visitors and own the experience for customer visits.
  • Support subscription renewals and new customer requests.
  • Identify customer needs and provide solutions when handling customer requests.
  • Communicate with other areas of the company regarding customer questions and concerns.
  • Meet personal and team qualitative and quantitative targets.
  • Contribute to process improvements and initiatives that help drive a best-in-class support system.
  • Use customer relationship management data to advocate for customer needs and provide insights to other functional areas for continuous improvement.
  • Achieve customer satisfaction by consistently attaining customer service standards measured through key performance indicators.
  • Identify and recommend at least one improvement per quarter.
  • Support building and maintaining training documentation for the position.
  • Manage the caseload and multitask incoming emails and requests.
  • Maintain accurate customer records and transactions within Salesforce.
  • Resolve customer issues by working with internal departments and escalating issues based on customer relationship management data.
  • Ensure that onsite visitors receive a positive experience.
  • Support process improvements based on customer feedback.
  • Perform other assigned job duties.
Desired Qualifications
  • A bachelor's degree.

Ocean Optics makes compact spectroscopy hardware and related optical sensing tools. Its flagship products are miniature, portable spectrometers used to measure light across wavelengths for scientists and engineers in fields like chemical analysis, environmental monitoring, and industrial sensing. The devices work by detecting light that passes through or reflects from a sample and translating it into a spectrum—the distribution of light by wavelength—using optical components and a small detector. The company differentiates itself with a modular approach and small, affordable spectrometers that can be integrated into custom systems or handheld devices, enabling researchers to build compact spectroscopic tools rather than relying on large, expensive lab equipment. Ocean Optics' goal is to broaden access to spectral data by providing versatile, scalable sensing solutions that allow users to deploy spectroscopy across a wide range of applications and environments.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dunedin, Florida

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Halma reported 8% photonics organic revenue growth in FY26, lifting Ocean Optics demand.
  • Ocean Optics added 2026 conference booths across Europe, Asia, and North America.
  • Bioz engagement rose in 2025, improving citation visibility and lead generation.

What critics are saying

  • Avantes and Hamamatsu pressure pricing and performance in compact spectroscopy markets.
  • Moxchange LLC v. Ocean Optics, Inc. remains an active legal distraction and cost.
  • Distributor dependence on Edmund Optics can weaken direct customer control by 2027.

What makes Ocean Optics unique

  • Ocean Optics invented miniature spectroscopy and still sells modular instruments globally.
  • Halma backed Ocean Optics since 2004, supplying capital, distribution, and operational stability.
  • The Edmund Optics marketplace partnership, announced September 22, 2025, widens customer access.

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Performance Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

1%
Ocean Optics
Aug 12th, 2025
Ocean Optics Partners with Edmund Optics for Global Distribution

ORLANDO, Fla. - (August 14, 2025) - Ocean Optics, a pioneer in modular spectroscopy and a trusted name in optical sensing, is proud to announce a new Supplier Partner relationship with Edmund Optics.

Ocean Optics
Jun 23rd, 2025
Ocean Optics Launches Bioz Tool

To further enhance visibility and engagement, Ocean Optics has also added a Bioz Homepage Banner, ensuring that visitors immediately discover the powerful citation management capabilities available on its website.

EIN News
Sep 8th, 2023
Ocean Insight Announces Richard Curran as New President

Ocean Insight announces Richard Curran as new president.

Ocean Insight
Jun 22nd, 2023
Women in Engineering Day 2023

Ocean Insight has been named the Best Place to Work in both Central Florida and New York state.

Ocean Insight
May 3rd, 2023
Press Release: New Ocean SR series

Orlando, Florida, USA (May 4, 2023) – Ocean Optics, a brand of Ocean Insight, introduces compact, versatile Ocean SR series spectrometers distinguished by their rapid spectral acquisition speed and high signal to noise ratio (SNR) performance.