Optical Design Staff Engineer

Coherent•Saxonburg, PA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This role supports the activities of the optical design group, ensuring proficiency with software tools and adherence to ISO work procedures. The engineer will be responsible for risk assessment, quality assurance, and providing technical support to customers. Key responsibilities include utilizing optical design programs, ensuring design specifications are met, and acting as a technology expert for Coherent products. The position involves direct customer interface, optical testing support, and project management for custom projects, including cost, quality, and delivery. The role also leads the development of new optical and electro-optical products, prototype qualification, and utilizes Coherent's Gate Review and DFMEA processes.

Requirements

4 year Science or Engineering Degree, BS minimum requirement.
Post Graduate Engineering or Science Degree - MSc or PhD
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.
Concise report writing is also required to aid in communicating complex optical issues.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Support activities of the optical design.
Ensure the right software tools are available and the optical design group is proficient in using them.
Standardize ISO work procedures within the optical design group.
Take responsibility for risk assessment of projects.
Ensure the quality of all group output meets customer requirements.
Utilize optical design programs to provide component and subassembly optical designs.
Ensure design specifications can be met based on tolerances achievable using standard manufacturing procedures.
Provide technical support to customers identifying and/or designing the best products for their application.
Develop a fundamental understanding of Coherent products to act as a technology expert.
Interface directly with customer engineering groups.
Provide optical testing support for nonstandard products.
Act as project manager for custom projects, managing 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 for technical and market strategy buy-in.
Utilize DFMEA design reviews to ensure design robustness.
Responsible for all operations of optical design group including work distribution, organization, documentation, software selection, training, risk assessment, and design quality.
Assess technical feasibility towards setting strategic direction of IR Engineering and NPI activities.
Contact with outside customers regarding optical design and electro-optic design and support during quotation, ordering, and post-order support stages.
Interface with the sales department during the quotation of special optics and electro-optics.
Interface 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.
Ensure self-monitoring and error checking to minimize errors.