Engineering Manager

Job Description

Coherent’s Laser Systems and Measurement (LSM) business designs and manufactures multi-laser light engines, laser diode modules, and laser measurement products for bioinstrumentation, microelectronics, industrial, and scientific markets.

The Engineering Manager is a technical and people leader within the development engineering team, working closely with the Engineering Director and other Engineering Managers in a multi-project development environment. In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary engineering teams, execute product development projects to meet timelines and requirements, delivering high-quality laser and measurement product designs.

• Manage and develop a team of engineers across optical/laser, mechanical, electrical, and test disciplines.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance, coaching, performance feedback, and career development for direct reports.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and results-oriented engineering culture.
• Support resource planning in coordination with engineering director and other engineering managers in the R&D team.

• Provide technical leadership for the development of laser engines, laser diode modules, multi-laser light engines, and laser measurement systems.
• Guide system-level design decisions, requirements flow-down, design reviews, and risk mitigation.
• Ensure sound engineering practices across design, prototyping, testing, verification, and documentation.
• Review and approve technical deliverables to ensure performance, quality, reliability, and safety requirements are met.
• Remain close at a technical level to provide credible technical guidance, design review input, and problem-solving support as needed.

• Lead execution of development projects from concept through design release and transfer to manufacturing.
• Develop and manage schedules, priorities, and resource allocation for assigned projects.
• Identify technical, schedule, and resource risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Ensure projects follow the phase-gate development processes and hold phase-gate reviews for project milestones.
• Ensure product deliverables such as design documentation, test results, analyses and outputs are reviewed and recorded.
• Support NPI transfer activities to ensure effective handoff of new products to Operations.
• Support customer engagement and technical discussions as needed in coordination with the Engineering Director, Product Management, and Sales.
• Provide clear and timely program status updates, technical assessments, and risk communication to the engineering management team.

• BS degree required (MS or PhD preferred) in Optical Engineering, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 7–10 years of experience in laser or photonics product development, including hands‑on engineering roles.
• 2–5 years of experience in an engineering leadership role, including direct people management or formal technical team leadership.
• Laser system product development experience (free‑space and/or fiber‑coupled) strongly preferred.

• Broad understanding of laser systems, laser diodes, modules, optics, and optical/mechanical integration.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary development teams (optical, mechanical, electrical, firmware/software, and test).
• Familiarity with system-level architecture, prototype development, and validation testing (including automated instrumentation/laser measurement where applicable).
• Working knowledge of laser safety and laboratory best practices.
• Strong technical judgment with system-level thinking.
• Clear written/verbal communication and comfort translating…