Quality Manager

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Establish maintain and improve the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Ensure compliance with standards such as:
• ISO 9001 / ISO 13485 / AS9100 (as applicable)
• Lead internal and external audits
• Control documentation (SOPs WI specifications)

• Define and enforce optical quality criteria
• Surface quality (scratch pits stains etc.)
• Parametric (Power/IRR center thickness outside diameter ETV etc.)
• Approve inspection methods and acceptance standards
• Ensure all outgoing products meet customer optical specifications

• Oversee use and validation of:
• Interferometers
• Test glass
• ETV measurement
• Ensure proper calibration and measurement system analysis (MSA/GR&R)
• Drive accuracy and repeatability of measurements

• Monitor key metrics:
• Yield
• Scrap/rework rates
• Cp/Cpk
• Lead Statistical Process Control (SPC) implementation
• Partner with production to improve process capability

• Lead investigations on:
• Customer complaints
• Internal defects
• Use structured methods:
• 8D Fishbone 5 Whys
• Implement and verify corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)

• Qualify and audit suppliers of:
• Raw Materials (ZnSe Silicon blanks)
• Consumables (diamond slurry polishing pad red soap coolant etc.)
• Coatings and components
• glass and aluminum tooling
• Ensure incoming materials meet specs
• Drive supplier quality improvement

• Lead and develop:
• Quality Engineers
• Inspectors/Technicians
• Build a quality mindset across production
• Train teams on:
• Standards
• Defect awareness
• Measurement techniques

• Act as primary contact for:
• Customer audits
• Quality issues
• Technical clarifications
• Communicate quality performance and improvements
• Support new product introduction (NPI)

• Drive Lean / Six Sigma initiatives
• Identify systemic improvement opportunities
• Align quality objectives with business goals

Education & Experience

• Preferred Degrees:
  • Optics / Optical Engineering (best fit)
  • Physics (Applied / Optics-related)
  • Materials Science / Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering (with precision manufacturing exposure

• The candidate must come from environments with tight tolerances and precision manufacturing.

• Preferred Industry Backgrounds
  • Optical fabrication (lenses prisms mirrors)
  • Photonics / laser optics
  • Semiconductor manufacturing
  • Precision machining / ultra-precision polishing
  • Aerospace or medical device manufacturing (high-spec components)

Skills

• Leadership- Able to quickly earn the respect and loyalty of subordinates; promotes harmony and teamwork.
• Problem solving. Able to find and remove roots cause for individual and complex quality problems.
• Ability to lead cross functional teams in problem solving activities.
• Experience in SPC Six Sigma Lean CQE preferred.
• Experience in data collection and analysis including process capability studies and analysis of DOE data.
• Auditing knowledge including ISO 9001. CQA preferred.
• Calibration and verification expertise.

Working Conditions

• This role is 100% onsite

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