Coherent

Optical Design Staff Engineer

Coherent • $100K — $120K *
Saxonburg, PA 16056In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 4-year degree in Science or Engineering required; MSc or PhD preferred.
  • 5 years of product design and applications experience, particularly in optical design.
  • High organizational and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration.
  • Strong physics background for theoretical analysis in optics and electronics.
  • Experience in lens design software (CODE V, OSLO PRO, ZEMAX) desirable.
  • Familiarity with C or C++ programming is a plus.
  • Ability to write concisely to communicate complex optical issues.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee operations of the optical design group, including distribution and quality assessment.
  • Handle proprietary information and assess technical feasibility for strategic NPI projects.
  • Engage with customers through travel and communication during design support stages.
  • Interface extensively with sales regarding quotations for special optics.
  • Collaborate with manufacturing and QA to resolve technical challenges.
  • Support documentation and filing for patents and trade secrets.
  • Train and mentor other employees to enhance team capabilities.
  • Facilitate the transfer of new products from prototype to production.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continued education.
  • Involvement in cutting-edge optical technology projects.
  • Mentoring opportunities within the team.
  • Access to advanced software tools for design and testing.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Functions:
  • Support activities of the optical design. Responsible for ensuring we have the right software tools to support our customers design needs and that optical design group is proficient in using these tools. Standardize ISO work procedures within optical design group.
  • Take responsibility for risk assessment of projects being undertaken. Ensure that quality of all groups output meets requirements and expectations of Coherent customers.
  • Utilize optical design programs to provide component and subassembly optical designs. Ensure design specification can be met based on tolerances achievable using standard manufacturing procedures.
  • Provide technical support to customers identifying and/or designing the best products to support their application.
  • Develop fundamental understanding of Coherent products to enable role as technology expert. Interface directly with customer engineering groups.
  • Provide optical testing support for nonstandard products.
  • Act as project manager for custom projects managing entire project responsibility for cost, quality and delivery.
  • Lead the development of new optical and electro-optical products. Build and qualify prototypes to meet customer and market requirements.
  • Utilize Coherent Gate Review Process to ensure buy-in on technical and market strategy.
  • Utilize DFMEA design reviews to ensure robustness of designs.


Job Requirements:
  • 4 year Science or Engineering Degree, BS minimum requirement. Post Graduate Engineering or Science Degree - MSc or PhD
  • College science lab and engineering project experience, 5 years product design and applications experience.
  • High organization skills, motivation, good inter-personal skills for interfacing with customers and other departments
  • Strong physics understanding, therefore, able to do theoretical analysis, both optical and electrical.
  • Lens design capability using CODE V, OSLO PRO, ZEMAX, and/or FRED or equivalent lens design program is desirable.
  • Computer programming in C or C++ is also desirable.
  • Concise report writing is also required to aid in communicating complex optical issues.


Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for all operations of optical design group which includes work distribution, organization, documentation, software selection, training, risk assessment design quality for the entire group.
  • Often involved with proprietary information belonging to COHERENT and its customers. Involved with assessing technical feasibility towards setting strategic direction of IR Engineering and NPI activities.
  • Contact with outside customers, by traveling overseas and domestically and by phone and written communications, regarding optical design and electro-optic design and support during the quotation, ordering, and post order support stages.
  • Extensive interfacing with the sales department during the quotation of special optics and electro-optics.
  • Strong interfacing with manufacturing and QA departments to solve design and manufacturing issues.
  • Support documentation and filing of COHERENT Patents and Trade Secrets.
  • Training and mentoring other COHERENT employees.
  • Transfer of new products manufacturing and testing from prototype to production.
  • Engineer must possess ability for self monitoring and error checking so that errors are kept to a minimum.


Job Conditions:
  • Office, general laboratory, high power laser operation, high electrical voltage operation.
  • All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.


Quality and Environmental Responsibilities

Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

About Coherent

Coherent, Inc. is a global leader in providing laser-based solutions to a broad range of commercial and scientific research customers. The company designs, manufactures, and markets lasers, laser-based systems, precision optics, and related accessories for a diverse group of customers. Coherent's markets include scientific research, OEM components and instrumentation, microelectronics, materials processing, and life sciences. The company's products are used in a wide range of applications. Coherent was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Learn more about Coherent
Size
5,085 employees
Market Cap
$4.6 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$419.7 million
Founded
1966
5 Year Trend
+27.8%
Revenue
$1.2 billion
NASDAQ
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* Ladders Estimates

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