Process Engineering Supervisor

Coherent Corp.•East Granby, CT

5d•$86,000 - $123,000•Onsite

About The Position

Coherent is hiring a Process Engineering Supervisor for its East Granby, Connecticut facility, which produces specialty optical fiber and fiber-based components for industrial, communication, and instrumentation markets. The role provides direct leadership to process engineers and combines hands-on process engineering expertise with day-to-day people leadership. The supervisor guides technical priorities, improves manufacturing performance, develops engineering talent, and partners with Operations, Quality, and R&D. The position ensures assigned product lines receive technical support, yield and process capability are monitored, improvement plans are executed, and engineering work aligns with business, manufacturing, and customer needs. The supervisor leads engineering support for optical fiber product lines, including yield tracking, process monitoring, troubleshooting, statistical process control, and improvement efforts. The role also coordinates engineering participation in new product development and product and process qualification, and builds team expertise in optical fiber fabrication techniques such as Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition, Over-collapse, and Fiber Draw. The position promotes safety, quality, continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and data-based decision-making. The role requires adherence to site EHS procedures and Coherent corporate EHS standards. Depending on location, it may also involve executing and maintaining applicable quality and environmental management system standards, including ISO 9000, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001. Employees are expected to uphold the company’s ICARE values: Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Enthusiasm.

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related scientific or engineering field.
Typically 5 or more years of relevant experience in product engineering, process engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical role, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Prior leadership experience, such as project leadership, technical team leadership, or supervisory responsibility.
Demonstrated use of data analysis to improve manufacturing performance, including experience with JMP or similar statistical software.
Strong understanding of process capability, yield improvement, root cause analysis, experiment design, validation, and production support.
Ability to lead technical problem-solving involving process variation, equipment/process interactions, and product quality requirements.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present technical information clearly to engineering, operations, and leadership audiences.
Ability to prioritize work for a small technical team, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and make sound business decisions.
Ability to comply with site EHS procedures and Coherent corporate EHS standards.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition, Over-collapse, Fiber Draw, or related optical fiber fabrication processes.
Previous supervisory experience leading engineers, technicians, or other professional or technical staff.
Demonstrated ability to mentor early-career engineers and build technical capability across a team.
Experience developing or improving Standard Operating Procedures, manufacturing documentation, or training materials.
Experience supporting New Product Development, process transfer, process qualification, or production ramp activities.
Knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma practices.

Responsibilities

Directly supervise and mentor process engineers; assign priorities, review technical work, provide feedback, and ensure timely, technically rigorous deliverables.
Coordinate process engineering support for assigned optical fiber product lines, including yield tracking, process performance monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Partner with Operations, Quality, and R&D to investigate manufacturing issues, resolve technical problems, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
Lead development and maintenance of numerical tools for quantifying process capability, including Statistical Process Control, and use the data to prioritize improvements in product quality, repeatability, and cost.
Coordinate product engineering participation in New Product Development initiatives and qualification of new products and processes.
Build team expertise in optical fiber fabrication techniques used at Coherent, including Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition, Over-collapse, and Fiber Draw.
Promote daily technical engagement among product engineering, production staff, and cross-functional teams to maintain manufacturing process knowledge.
Foster safety, quality, continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and data-based decision-making.
Provide clear direction while remaining involved in technical problem solving as needed.
Balance daily production support with longer-term improvement projects and team development.
Gain cooperation from Operations, Quality, and R&D through effective communication and technical credibility.
Escalate risks, resource needs, schedule impacts, and technical barriers promptly and based on facts.
Develop engineers’ technical judgment, project ownership, communication skills, and manufacturing process expertise.
Follow site EHS procedures and Coherent corporate EHS standards.
Depending on location and role responsibilities, execute and maintain applicable Quality Management System and Environmental Management System standards.