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Join the team that leading technology companies turn to for cutting-edge photonic innovation. At Excelitas Technologies you are how we EXCEL.\nWe are presently seeking a Multi-Functional Engineering Manager that be responsible for the recruitment, development, and retention of the individual team members.\nMain responsibilities:\nMonitor and manage the workload of the Engineering team. Hold regular one on one sessions with team members, delegate responsibilities, and ensure priority focus is aligned with strategic objectives. Communicate progress and status of initiatives to others outside the group. \nSet project priorities with a focus on identifying and improving equipment and processes such as yield, cycle time, on-time delivery, and cost. Contribute to the strategic planning process and align Engineering group priorities, projects, and daily activities to achieving those goals. \nLead continuous yield improvement efforts by identifying opportunities and coordinating improvement teams to deliver results.\nContinually collaborate with peers, production managers and other leaders to achieve our objectives and foster continuous improvement and a culture of accountability. \nDrive deeper understanding and strategic improvement of Excelitas’ process technology. Help increase the depth of individual team members' process knowledge and breadth of team member's knowledge of what others are working on.\nIdentify opportunities for improvement to our systems and support activities that produce results. Lead cross-functional teams when appropriate.\nEnsure Engineering team works closely with manufacturing and facilities maintenance team to sustain and improve performance of processes and equipment, and to ensure effective troubleshooting of processes, equipment, and quality performance breakdowns. Drive documentation of existing and new process procedures, training of operations on proper process execution and troubleshooting response.\nDevelop strong alignment of Engineering team with R&D team and transfer new and improved processes into manufacturing. Collaborate with R&D team with a goal of continual information sharing. Ensure that the Fabrication Engineering team is supporting the ECO and NPI processes with speed and thoroughness to achieve excellence in new product introduction.\nCollaborate with peers across thin film and fabrication to ensure root causes as appropriately identified, actioned, and mitigated.\nEnsure fast turnaround of technical review and costing of products in the quotation process.\nIdentify and create opportunities for individual technical and professional growth of Engineers.\nFollow and support the company’s Environment, Health and Safety culture by being aware of and reporting any concerns as well as carrying out work in a safe manner.\nOther duties as assigned\nRequirements:\nBS in Engineering, Physics, or other equivalent technical field required. \nMS in Engineering, Physics, Business, Engineering Management, or applicable field preferred.\n8+ years of industry experience\n3+ years of leadership experience\nSix sigma green or black belt a plus\nDemonstrated leader with a track record of building and leading strong technical teams.\nStrong communication skills and ability to coordinate with and influence members of cross-functional teams coupled with the ability to collaborate with others in a team environment.\nSix sigma and lean manufacturing knowledge with a history of driving improvement.\nAbility to read and interpret drawings and pertinent specification related to coated precision optics and provide detailed technical feedback regarding appropriate coating designs, technical feasibility, and manufacturability.\nExcellent quantitative skills including ability to analyze complex data and apply quality tools to highlight opportunities and track improvement.\nProficient in use of Microsoft Office, statistical tools, ERP, and databases such as product lifecycle management tools and custom SQL applications.\nAbility to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, peers, and the general public.\nOptical metrology and assembly experience\nBenefits start day 1: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Holiday Pay, PAID Maternity/Paternity leave, Tuition Reimbursement, Long-term and Short-term disability.\nPay Range: $130,000 - $160,000 per year, depending on experience.\nExcelitas is a global technology leader with more than 7,500 employees, focused on delivering market-driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end-users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security, defense and aerospace sectors.\nENGAGE with us today and make your contribution to the future! Join the team that leading technology companies turn to for cutting-edge photonic innovation. At Excelitas Technologies you are how we EXCEL.\nOur facility in Boulder, Colorado has key functions in Research and Development, Operations, Production, and other disciplines. This facility specializes in the manufacturing of ultra-precision optical components, optical thin film coatings and optical sub-assemblies for demanding applications in lasers, materials processing, instrumentation, life sciences, avionics, and defense.\nThis site offers capabilities that include substantial design and engineering resources, comprehensive optical fabrication and coating capabilities, advanced assembly technology and an extensive in-house metrology lab.\n#LI-FM1 #LI-Onsite\nThis position requires the use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)\nVisa sponsorship is not available for any position at Excelitas\nEqual Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer\nMinorities/Females/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation\nExcelitas is seeking leaders and innovators to join our global team!\nVisit: https://jobs.excelitas.com/","description_format":"text","description_chars":6437,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":3,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Industrial Engineering","Consumer Goods"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-04T21:54:02Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":58,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.77,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":29,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-08T05:49:30Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":160000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/excelitas-manufacturing-engineering-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/excelitas-manufacturing-engineering-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-09T00:16:15Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":207,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4793,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-10T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1918741},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1918741"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fexcelitas-manufacturing-engineering-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fexcelitas-manufacturing-engineering-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fexcelitas-manufacturing-engineering-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/excelitas-manufacturing-engineering-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fexcelitas-manufacturing-engineering-manager"}]}