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The position will work across engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, supply chain, product management, and customer-facing teams to define manufacturing processes, improve manufacturability, support pilot builds, and prepare products for scale-up.\nPrimary Duties & Responsibilities\nResponsible for manufacturing engineering support, process development, production readiness, pilot build execution, and scale-up planning for advanced thermal management products.\nLead and support manufacturing activities for semiconductor packaging hardware, liquid cold plates, thermal spreaders, advanced ceramic/diamond materials, embedded cooling structures, and related thermal assemblies.\nDevelop manufacturing process flows, routings, work instructions, inspection plans, tooling requirements, and process control methods.\nSupport transition of development processes into controlled manufacturing processes.\nWork with engineering and operations to identify manufacturability risks, process gaps, yield issues, cost drivers, and capacity constraints.\nSupport pilot builds, customer qualification builds, and early production builds.\nCoordinate with internal teams, suppliers, and external processing partners on machining, polishing, metallization, bonding, joining, cleaning, inspection, testing, and final assembly.\nSupport make-vs-buy analysis and supplier readiness for critical manufacturing steps.\nDrive yield improvement, cycle-time reduction, cost reduction, and process repeatability.\nSupport root cause analysis and corrective actions for manufacturing defects, process variation, supplier issues, and customer build issues.\nPartner with quality and reliability teams to ensure manufacturing processes support customer qualification and product requirements.\nSupport capital planning, equipment selection, process validation, and manufacturing readiness reviews.\nEducation & Experience\n\nMinimum 7-10 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, NPI, advanced materials manufacturing, precision components, semiconductor hardware, electronics cooling, ceramics, liquid cooling, or related technical fields.\nBS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, or equivalent technical degree.\nExperience supporting new product introduction, pilot production, process development, supplier readiness, and production scale-up.\nExperience with precision machining, grinding/lapping, polishing, metallization, bonding, joining, cleaning, inspection, leak testing, pressure testing, or thermal assemblies is preferred.\nExperience with semiconductor, advanced packaging, electronics cooling, liquid cold plates, ceramics, diamond materials, or high-reliability engineered products is preferred.\nSkills\nTechnical capability to define reliability test plans, identify failure mechanisms, and support qualification of new product platforms.\nStrong interpersonal, teaming, and problem-solving skills.\nWork effectively with other members of Coherent Corp. across R&D, engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, product management, applications engineering, supply chain, and commercial teams.\nStrong technical judgment in reliability testing, materials behavior, thermal-mechanical stress, liquid cooling assemblies, and package-level qualification.\nAbility to research standards, assess customer requirements, and create practical qualification plans for new technologies.\nAbility to communicate technical findings clearly to internal teams, customers, suppliers, and external test labs.\nWorking Conditions\nOffice, laboratory, and manufacturing environments.\nTravel may be required to Coherent sites, suppliers, external labs, and customer locations.\nPhysical Requirements\nAbility to work in office, laboratory, and manufacturing environments.\nAbility to sit, stand, walk, and use standard office and computer equipment.\nMay occasionally access production areas, laboratories, test equipment, and reliability test setups.\nSafety Requirements\nAll employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.\nQuality and Environmental Responsibilities\nDepending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.\nCulture Commitment\nEnsure adherence to company’s values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.:\nIntegrity - Create an Environment of Trust\nCollaboration - Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas\nAccountability - Own the Process and the Outcome\nRespect - Recognize the Value in Everyone\nEnthusiasm - Find a Sense of Purpose in Work\nCoherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. 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