Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

Spectra-Physics is the Lasers Business Unit of MKS Instruments. We have an excellent opportunity for someone like you to join our innovative product development engineering team as a Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer. In this position, you will contribute to the design and continuous improvement of laser systems from initial concept through detailed design, integration, and successful product implementation. You will use your system-level engineering skills, practical problem-solving ability, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional team members.

We push the boundaries of technology to develop a wide range of nanosecond, picosecond, and femtosecond lasers that address the needs of Industrial, Scientific, and Life and Health markets. If you have a passion for working with cutting-edge laser systems, this is the role for you.

Spectra-Physics is the Lasers Business Unit of MKS Instruments. We have an excellent opportunity for someone like you to join our innovative product development engineering team as a Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer. In this position, you will contribute to the design and continuous improvement of laser systems from initial concept through detailed design, integration, and successful product implementation. You will use your system-level engineering skills, practical problem-solving ability, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional team members.

We push the boundaries of technology to develop a wide range of nanosecond, picosecond, and femtosecond lasers that address the needs of Industrial, Scientific, and Life and Health markets. If you have a passion for working with cutting-edge laser systems, this is the role for you.

• Lead and support the design, integration, testing, and qualification of laser products and subsystems.
• Translate product requirements into robust opto-mechanical assembly designs with full consideration of performance, cost, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Define tooling and test strategies, build and test system prototypes, measure optical and opto-electronic parameters and evaluate results, create qualification reports, and generate design documentation for Engineering Change Orders and production transfer.
• Lead structured root-cause investigations for product, manufacturing, and field failures, diagnose complex technical issues and analyze reliability, yield, and performance data to identify trends and implement corrective actions. Provide direct engineering support to manufacturing and operations teams.
• Work with optical components and precision mechanical parts vendors for procurement and performance and reliability evaluation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Photonics or a related technical discipline and 5+ years of industry experience or Master’s degree and 3+ years of experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in opto-mechanical design and analysis and proficiency with Solid Works and Solid Works PDM CAD software.
• Hands‑on experience in testing, assembly, alignment, integration, or manufacturing of advanced laser or optical systems, and with optical measurement and characterization instrumentation and techniques.
• Strong system-level troubleshooting, diagnostic skills, and experience with root-cause analysis methodologies (8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa, etc ). Strong communication skills to operate effectively in multi-disciplinary environment.

• Industrial laser product development and transfer to manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of mechanical engineering principles for selection of materials and fabrication…