Lead NPI Engineer - Optical Components

** Primary

Duties & Responsibilities ** +
** Product, Technology Development, and Program Management (60%)** + Design and deploy new thermal and thermoelectric products with minimal manager supervision to meet or exceed customer technical requirements. + Conceive of and perform thermal-mechanical design/modeling analyses using both internal TE design software and Ansys Mechanical simulation tools. + Independently verify model and design results for accuracy using first-law principles and empirical testing.

+ Manage assigned projects with minimal manager supervision to ensure and adherence to project delivery dates and budgets. + Effectively use application tools (spreadsheets, modeling tools, product management processes, etc.) to meet or exceed schedule targets. + Follow the Product Development Process and actively maintain project statuses in the Phase Gate project development tool. + Participate in internal and external Quality audits.

+ Proactively identify and communicate technical and schedule risks to management and work to identify and solve problems before they occur. + Conceive of, propose, and champion product-related technology development projects. + Communicate design and testing results to the technical community through technical reports/memos, presentations, and training sessions. + Provide status updates on project progress during weekly engineering team meetings.

+ Support other team members in completing assigned tasks independently and on-time. + Follow and propose updates for internal engineering design guidelines. + Contribute to the improvement of engineering design tools. + Support identifying causes and proposing resolutions to Return Goods and Failure Analysis issues. + Respond directly to product reliability and qualification requests with limited manager supervision, author reliability reports/data, and manage product specific reliability and qualification testing.

+ Participate in problem solving sessions with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems. + Support the manufacturing floor during prototype builds and testing of new products. + Develop working (hands-on) familiarity with our internal manufacturing processes - ceramic and element dicing, metallization plating, thick-film metallization, lapping, stencil printing, soldering, dispensing, pick-n-place machinery, cleaning processes, etc. + Develop a working (hands-on) familiarity with internal laboratory equipment - power supplies, Delta T tester, EZ tester, thermal chambers, DAQ's, flow meters, IR camera, ACR meter, fume hoods, thermal cycle tester, etc.

+ Work with Procurement Team and external suppliers to ensure purchased parts meet technical and quality requirements. +
** Business Operations and Product Sales (30%)** + Directly communicate with strategic customers in a timely and professional manner. Portray a positive image of Coherent and Coherent Thermal Solutions. + Develop, review, and publish costing for new NPI products in a timely manner. + Support sales with sales opportunity requests, customer calls, and customer visits + National and International travel as needed to support Vietnam manufacturing factory and global customer base.

+ Demonstrate high standards for ethics, professionalism, leadership, and quality focus and encourage it in others. + Effective collaboration with our Vietnam manufacturing team and the Asian Design Center. Includes participation in scheduled weekly calls (typically in the evening) with these teams as needed. +
** Intellectual Property (5%)** + Apply standard technologies (internal and external) to new products and capabilities. + Document new internal technology developments for possible patent application. + Develop and demonstrate knowledge of performance differences between Coherent Thermal Solutions products and similar competitive products. + Publish internal technical reports. +
** Personal Development (5%)** + Actively review and update yearly goals with manager. + Actively participate in available training sessions. + Participate in technical conferences and workshops. + Follow company policies, with special attention to ergonomics and housekeeping.
** Education & Experience** +
** Technical Degree** + BS or higher degree in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering preferred) + Related non-engineering BS or higher technical degrees considered. +
** Demonstrated Experience** + Background in thermal design and engineering. + Background in general manufacturing processes. + Background in direct customer communication, with strong communication and customer management skills. + Design Engineering - 7+ years experience in thermal management design, engineering thermal and stress analysis, engineering modeling tools, and associated engineering disciplines (5+ years with Masters or above). Direct experience with thermoelectric is preferred.

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** Project Management** - Direct experience with product design and development processes, project management tools, and direct…