Sr Mechanical Engineer
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Job Description
Coherent is a world leader of lasers and laserbased technology for materials processing microelectronics scientific life sciences and medical customers. The light we deliver touches almost every aspect of human lifevision correction to cell analysis precision welding to 3D metal printing gravity wave detection to brain research. Put your talents to work at Coherent where you can create and innovate enabling technologies that will push the frontiers of science and technology.
Our team is seeking a Sr. Mechanical Engineer at our Bloomfield CT location. The successful candidate will develop the mechanical design of laser & beam delivery systems production & test equipment and product packaging for new product introductions and legacy products. The position reports directly to Mechanical Engineering Management.
Primary Responsibilities
- Participate in Design Reviews Phase Gate Reviews Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEAs) and Program Reviews.
- Assist in the creation of (design) Requirements Documents where highlevel functionality requests from management or our customers are used to create a detailed and actionable list of features and performance metrics required to achieve said requests.
- Provide design support for existing products and ancillary production equipment (support Manufacturing Engineering team).
- Provide design support for New Product Introductions (NPI) and ancillary production & test equipment (support R&D Product and Reliability Engineering teams).
- Design support includes:
- Conceptual Design development of products tools handling equipment and test benches
- Creating Assembly Drawings dimensional drawings
- Providing Oracle Engineering Change Order (ECO) support
- Occasionally customer interfacing to present / review designs
- Troubleshooting issues affecting assembly & yield
- Provide design support to Sales:
- Customer interface drawings
- 3D Models of laser configurations to support new applications or upgrades to existing equipment
- Designing shipping crate to isolate critical vibration frequencies & protect against specified shock conditions
- Collaborate with an external Mechanical Engineering Team. Topics may include alignment on drafting standards & procedures conceptual design reviews and delegation of work.
- Conduct Finite Element Analysis of critical design elements as is required to ensure the robustness of new designs and in accordance with the NPI Process.
- Highly proficient with SolidWorks & EPDM
- Assist in NPI purchasing of custom fabricated and commercial parts:
- Participate in purchasing reviews
- Add new components to a Program Purchasing Tracker
- Checking conceptual designs and dimensional drawings of Junior Mechanical Engineering staff & contract Engineers prior to pursuing fabrication.
- Participate in the installation & testing of new component & subassembly designs to ensure fitment ease of assembly and functionality goals have been achieved.
- Design custom shipping crates for prototype products. May include:
- Support product fragility testing. (Modal analysis or sine sweep vibration analysis).
- Fortifying product design to reduce excessive fragility.
- Estimate hours schedule and (occasionally) cost of active design activities.
Job Requirements:
- The ideal candidate thrives in a highly collaborative fast paced & technical work environment.
- Strong written & verbal communication. (Ability to effectively present highly technical material).
- High degree of ownership a cando attitude and great time management.
- Handson experience with industrial lasers optomechanical systems.
- Experience designing / developing optomechanical systems.
- Detail oriented with well refined troubleshooting skills and techniques.
Proficiency with the following programs:
- MS Outlook & Teams
- MS Excel
- MS Power Point
- Solid Works & EPDM
- SolidWorks Simulation or Ansys (nice to have)
- Oracle / Agile (nice to have)
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering required
- Master of Science Mechanical Engineering (preferred)
- 3 5 Years of experience in laser / opticaldesign
- 3 5 Years of automation machine design
- Design for Manufacturing / Design for Assembly
- Design experience for sheet metal welded extruded aluminum and additive manufactured construction
- Packaging design & analysis
- Lasers and/or Electronics industry experience strongly preferred
- Lean Manufacturing training / experience
- Professional Engineer (PE) license is a plus
CultureCommitment
Ensure adherence to companys values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.:
Integrity Create an Environment of Trust
Collaboration Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas
Accountability Own the Process and the Outcome
Respect Recognize the Value in Everyone
Enthusiasm Find a Sense of Purpose in Work
Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
