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II-VI Aerospace & Defense · 4 hours ago

Lead Project Engineer

Tustin, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

II-VI Aerospace & Defense is a high technology company specializing in advanced engineering initiatives and optical systems. The Lead Project Engineer will lead technical teams in the design, development, and implementation of new products and manufacturing processes, ensuring compliance with customer specifications and providing technical guidance throughout the project lifecycle.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Leads technical teams and coordinates engineering activities for design, development, and implementation of new products and manufacturing processes

Responsible for product design and development activities on assigned projects

Ensures product designs meet customer specifications and technical requirements

Experience with problem analysis and resolution. Uses advanced knowledge to resolve a wide range of issues and develops new methods to solve problems

Lays out conceptual manufacturing plans to ensure design concepts are manufacturable and product can be built using existing Coherent processes

Develops design documentation, test procedures, Bills of Materials, and manufacturing work instructions with assistance from manufacturing engineering and operations personnel

Demonstrated ability to achieve results independently and working with others

Ability to recommend and implement improvements

Optical design and analysis; hands-on experience with Zemax, CODE V, OSLO, etc. is a plus

Experience in Clean room protocols and processes

Experience in Vendor/supplier sub-contract management including optics, mechanics, tooling fabrication, and optical coatings

Resolves technical issues as they arise during fabrication with assistance from manufacturing engineering, quality engineering and operations personnel

Identifies root causes of manufacturing problems using analytical techniques

Provides clear and concise corrective action reports

Works with Production Engineering to develop qualification and acceptance test procedures

Supports program management with technical advice and direction on assigned programs

Adheres to program financial goals and provides financial estimates and status updates to program management

Supports business development activities through participation in customer presentations and proposal preparation

Supports quotation process by reviewing customer drawings and internal quotations

Identifies technical issues that require either exceptions or development activities

Qualification

Optical designZemaxProject managementSOLIDWORKSOpto-mechanical assemblyOptical metrologyClean room protocolsProblem analysisCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in optical, mechanical, electrical, or manufacturing engineering, optical-physics, or a related discipline

Minimum of 7 years of related experience in a professional role with Bachelor's degree; or equivalent experience; or 5+ years with a Master's degree or higher

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Experience with networked PC based computer system (MS Office, spreadsheets, access, graphics, Email, MRP systems, and accounting software)

Leads technical teams and coordinates engineering activities for design, development, and implementation of new products and manufacturing processes

Responsible for product design and development activities on assigned projects

Ensures product designs meet customer specifications and technical requirements

Experience with problem analysis and resolution

Lays out conceptual manufacturing plans to ensure design concepts are manufacturable

Develops design documentation, test procedures, Bills of Materials, and manufacturing work instructions

Demonstrated ability to achieve results independently and working with others

Ability to recommend and implement improvements

Resolves technical issues as they arise during fabrication

Identifies root causes of manufacturing problems using analytical techniques

Provides clear and concise corrective action reports

Works with Production Engineering to develop qualification and acceptance test procedures

Supports program management with technical advice and direction on assigned programs

Adheres to program financial goals and provides financial estimates and status updates to program management

Supports business development activities through participation in customer presentations and proposal preparation

Supports quotation process by reviewing customer drawings and internal quotations

Identifies technical issues that require either exceptions or development activities

Preferred

Optical design and analysis; hands-on experience with Zemax, CODE V, OSLO, etc. is a plus

Experience in Clean room protocols and processes

Experience in Vendor/supplier sub-contract management including optics, mechanics, tooling fabrication, and optical coatings

Using CAD software; SOLIDWORKS experience preferred

Conducting trade studies and engineering analyses of optical alignment and tests for optical instruments

Error budgets & error analysis

Knowledge of thermal, mechanical, vibration, and shock effects on optical systems

Opto-mechanical assembly techniques

Optical alignment and optical alignment tools and methods

Crystalline, glass, and polymer materials for refractive systems in the IR, SWIR, NIR, Visible, and UV portions of the spectrum

Anti-Reflective (AR), High-Reflective (HR), and filter optical coatings

Metals, plating, conversion film, and coating materials for mechanical structures or reflective optical system substrates

Materials and mounting methods for opto-mechanical systems; preparation and use of primers, one and two part adhesives, and elastomers

Optical element cleaning, handling, and packaging

Optical metrology and/or alignment instruments and techniques (interferometers, spectrophotometers, autocollimators, theodolites, measuring/toolmaker microscope, lasers, etc.)

Optical component or system test and metrology instruments, techniques, and performance testing, e.g. Modulation Transfer Function (MTF), Transmitted Wavefront Error, Surface Figure, focal length, encircled or ensquared energy, transmission, relative illumination, veiling glare, etc

Mechanical metrology instruments and techniques and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing