Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Material Planning
Establish and use systems to identify & track material and parts to ensure timely ordering and
stocking to prevent production line stoppages
Create and maintain material Inventory Item database, including: part numbers, pricing, lead-
time, etc.
Analyze material usage and employ the most cost efficient methods to plan, purchase, and utilize
materials, including consideration of all incurred charges.
Perform scheduled material inventory count and update master material list as necessary.
Purchasing/Material Control
Procure materials, shop supplies, tools, samples, maintenance/repair items, and other items as
needed.
Follow-up on open purchase orders and back orders to ensure material delivery per required
schedules.
Negotiate w/ suppliers to obtain best cost/value
Review delivery receipts and POs to make sure price, quantity and delivery dates match.
Maintain purchasing and material history records and update appropriately.
Establish multiple sources for all materials and supplies, whenever possible.
REQUIREMENTS
• Qualifications:
• Masters degree or higher in engineering or physics with industrial experience.
• Strong background in opto-mechanical engineering.
• Proven project management skills with participation in cutting-edge product
development from concept design through product performance testing.
• Strong optical and mechanical designs for packaging of precision optical elements
for high power diode lasers.
• Proven ability to analyze, design, support fabrication and testing of high power
diode laser assembly.
• Ability to plan and monitor the execution of small to moderate teams of
technicians, design and drafting personnel to successful cost technical and
schedule performance to plan.
• Proficient in mechanical design using CAD software such as Solidworks or
similar packages. FEA experience a plus
• Hands-on skill with the ability to rapidly build designs or modifications from
concept to desktop to reality. Debug and resolve issues along the way
• Industrial experience preferred (e.g, background in fine mechanics, micro/opto-
electronics, military, laser, or semiconductor capital equipment industries).
• Experience with lasers, electronics, optics, and athermal design
• Project management skills with ability to plan activities and monitor execution
with small teams to in a gate-driven development process
Principle Duties & Responsibilities
1. Set up and maintenance of manual, semi automated and automated die bonding,
soldering & packaging processes according to process
2. Set up, control, documentation, maintenance and optimization of production equipment
in cooperation with development, using Statistical Process Control (SPC).
3. Assurance of high product performance, output and quality.
4. Participate in process development and improvement
5. Support incoming goods inspection.
6. Training, guidance and technical supervision of production technicians.
Process development
Communicating with customers and suppliers
Work with purchasing department to specify and procure necessary piece parts, jigs,
tools, equipment and outside services
· Design and develop test methods, processes, software and hardware for optoelectronic
packages, modules and subassemblies, automating wherever possible
· Identify, design and develop interfaces, fixtures, tooling and equipment required for the testing of
optoelectronic packages, modules and subassemblies
· Working with Purchasing, specify and procure necessary materials, circuit boards, fixtures,
tools, equipment and outside services to create test solutions for the company’s products
· Assemble, integrate and commission test hardware, software, fixtures and equipment
· Conduct necessary qualification of test hardware and software using industry standard methods
and protocols
· Create work instructions, train Production personnel as required in the use of test hardware, test
software, processes and procedures
Failure analysis, root cause and corrective action efforts o PacTest Engineer- optoelectronic
packageskage design o Process development o Communication with customers and suppliers