Staff Test & Automation Engineer at Coherent in Santa Clara, California

Job Description:

Job Description and Responsibilities:

Coherent is a world leader of lasers, optics, and sensors for scientific, precision manufacturing, life sciences, and semiconductor manufacturing.

We are seeking an experienced Development Engineer to design Automated Test and Assembly Stations for Laser manufacturing. This position resides in the NPI Engineering Group within the Optically Pumped Semiconductor business unit. The ideal candidate will be a multi-disciplinarian, able to create the systems and stations needed to build lasers within a manufacturing environment. In terms of station bring-up, we are searching for someone who can define tooling Optics/Opto-Mechanics, Test Equipment & Station Layout. An important aspect of this position will be the ability to tie everything together on the station by developing modular Software code. The prospective candidate should have the ability to:

• Define layout, then develop and qualify stations that incorporate optics, opto-mechanics and capital test equipment


• Develop automation processes to improve consistency and reduce touch-time in manufacturing


• Develop and maintain software to automate station functions including data acquisition, analysis and storage


• Develop manufacturing data dashboards to drive continuous improvement


• Support and improve legacy software tools and applications


• Translate build & test requirements into final purchasing decisions for tooling & capital equipment


• Prepare, release and maintain station BOMs within a Product Lifecycle Management system


• Qualify stations using Gage R&R tools


• Interface with other engineering groups in 'pulling' new products into manufacturing, with the focus of having stations at the appropriate level of readiness per NPI phase gates


• Develop and implement machine vision based systems for image processing/analysis


• Mentor and train highly skilled technicians


• Tactfully negotiate and manage conflict in a pool of diverse opinions


• Aid in defining and achieving project milestones

Education and Work Experience:

• Minimum of BS in Physics, Mechanical, Electrical or Optical Engineering. MS highly desirable.


• Demonstrated 7+ years of experience as an Automation, Test or Process Development Engineer in a high-technology manufacturing environment


• 
  Significant experience in LabVIEW is required, including understanding of advanced programing concepts like State-Machines, Data-flow driven architectures, Event triggers, Notifiers, Queued Message & Error handling.


• Python, C#/C/C++ nice to have


• Fluent understanding of specifications as it pertains to catalog opto-mechanics, optics, sensors and actuators (Thorlabs, Newport, Edmund, etc)


• Experience with tolerance analysis for mounting of optics in beam delivery applications


• Basic theoretical understanding of Optics, such as calculation of focal length, field-of-view, resolution, depth-of-field, etc


• Demonstrated experience in building and delivering 'production-ready' Test/Assembly stations to manufacturing


• Working knowledge of SQL based database systems and the ability to generate SQL statements for read/write operations within application level programs


• Motion control as applied to automated test and assembly. Experience with motorized actuators and robotics desirable


• Implementing camera-lens based vision applications for image acquisition and analysis


• Understanding of image processing concepts like color plane extraction, morphology (erosion, dilation), pattern-matching,


• Savvy with measurement equipment like optical spectrum analyzers, optical power meters, DAQ cards, oscilloscopes, function generators, beam profilers (spatial/temporal), etc.


• Experience with writing code to communicate with instruments for data extraction using various communication protocols


• Demonstrated leadership in decision making with ambiguous or limited data


• Excellent oral and written communication skills: able to communicate and present findings to a wide range of audience, from technicians to senior management


• Strong organizational and time-management skills


• Project management experience is desirable as it pertains to station bring-up


• Must work well in teams, but be comfortable in holding own ground and negotiating when deemed necessary

#LI-SH

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Apply Now