# R&D Engineer

Primary Duties & Responsibilities Engineering prototyping with advanced composite materials, including design input, equipment programming, equipment operation, assembly and inspection Develop and improve production methods for ceramic-based composite materials Perform equipment programming in the assigned area of responsibility (MasterCAM, PC-DIMS, Calyspo, MX, others) Generate PC-based outputs on standard platforms (Agile, Oracle, Cumulus, Creo, Solidworks, others) Continuous improvement via participation in Lean/Kaizen, ISO, 8D and other related activities Interface with outside entities (customers, tooling suppliers, equipment vendors, toll manufacturers and test labs) Transfer successful products to Manufacturing, including writing documentation and conducting training Education & Experience BS in Engineering or Science AAS in Engineering or Science with relevant experience in manufacturing, machining, CNC programming or prototyping Skills Knowledge of advanced materials (ceramics, metal matrix composites, other) Knowledge of machining methods, including milling, turning, diamond grinding, EDM, laser and other Experience with design software, e.g., CAD (ProE/Creo, SolidWorks,

- **Id**: 330976
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/coherent-rd-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Monroe, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-04-13T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-30
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T06:50:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 211
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3024
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications, Optical Communications, Optics & Photonic Components

## Company

- **Id**: 58506
- **Name**: Coherent
- **Domain**: coherent.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/coherent-com>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 60
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.833
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 4
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 69000
- **Max usd**: 162000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_country_seniority_unknown
- **Sample n**: 15150

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 211

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T17:26:38Z
- Event: open; At: 2026-09-30T18:26:53Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 28 · green card filings: 4; Filings 12m: 28

## Liveness

- **Score**: 3
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.105
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 211
- **Expected fill days**: 4
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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