Category : Electrical Engineer, Laser Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, MEMS Engineer, Optic Engineer,

Product Development Engineer
Job Code: 1463
Location: Bloomfield, CT

At Coherent, Inc., we have harnessed the power of light to become the world's leading independent designer, manufacturer and supplier of high-powered precision electro-optical components and laser-based solutions for medical, scientific and commercial applications. And although that alone is impressive, what truly makes Coherent, Inc. unique is our work environment. It's a strong, stable work environment that values the individual and places a premium on teamwork. Couple that with tremendous growth potential and the only thing that'll will be growing faster than Coherent will be your career. With an incredible range of innovative medical, scientific and commercial lasers, Coherent, Inc. is home to the most talented professionals in the laser and optical industry. Come learn more about us. We're searching for others like ourselves to join the brightest team in the business. At Coherent, we believe in the power of light. Light enables things to grow. Light is necessary to sustain virtually every form of life on the planet. Let Coherent bring your career to light!

Key Responsibilities: • Support of NPI projects as they move through the development cycle. Once the product is released, the product engineer is the primary engineering support for the product. Part of the involvement with the NPI process is to come to the level of understanding to provide this later level of support. • Provide guidance to customers on product function and performance. The product engineer also should be able to provide design guidelines to support customer system development. • Product development for an extension of a current product. A typical example is a customer specific unit with special testing or an extension of some portion of the operating performance from the current product. The product engineer will be responsible for generating the specification control drawing for the new product and drafting specifications to present to customers. • Provide the first level of engineering response to production issues that cannot be managed by the manufacturing engineering staff. Provide problem solving support based on knowledge of the various subsystems and the design approach of the system. The product line meeting will be a primary source of these issues and how they will be addressed. • Support product line team as engineering member. Coordinate all product based (as opposed to process based) engineering activities focused on the given product line. Must have strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated success working in a team environment. • Identify opportunities and coordinate projects to improve product quality, reduce product cost, and to drive towards a reliable and lean manufacturing flow. • Manage product changes utilizing PDM system (Agile). • Assess impact and coordinate response to material quality issues and material source of supply issues

• Education and Experience • Minimum requirements include a BS degree and > 5 years of design and/or development engineering experience. • LabView programming experience would be a plus. • Basic CAD experience would be a plus. Job Requirements • A well rounded individual with hands-on experience in at least two of the four noted engineering disciplines – optical/laser systems, mechanical, electrical/electronic, controls & software. The successful candidate will also demonstrate willingness and self motivation to pursue and quickly expand knowledge within those fields where experience is lacking. • Mind-set to constantly pursue the basic understanding or root cause of problems and to continually improve products and processes. • Proven problem-solving abilities, utilizing both creativity and fundamental analytical skills. • Self-motivation and the ability to maintain effectiveness in working several complex tasks in parallel while bringing each to a thorough conclusion, in a timely manner. • Personal time management, project management, and organizational skills. And the ability to create and clearly articulate work plans, schedules, and resource requirements. • Strong communication and interpersonal skills with perspective and comfort in dealing with the big picture and business view of both project and the relationship with others. • Ability to work on and complete multiple complex independent tasks in to mutually agreed upon schedules. • Ability to specify and check changes in a way that helps ensure mistakes are not carried over into the manufacturing environment. • Demonstrated knowledge of lean manufacturing and 6-Sigma principles desired • Learns quickly and demonstrates aptitude for growth and development • Responsive and reliable - Can be counted on by others. • Identifies creative solutions/approaches to problems/projects.

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Marta Gordon
Coherent, Inc.
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