Coherent Corp. · 22 hours ago
Director of Materials Engineering
Budd Lake, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expCoherent Corp. is a global leader in lasers and engineered materials, and they are seeking a Director of Materials Engineering to lead their engineering teams at the Budd Lake, NJ facility. This high-level R&D director role focuses on technology development, product development, and business development for high power laser components.
Semiconductors
Responsibilities
Manage customer project-driven laser systems and components
Direct (manage, mentor, train, review) staff and their engineering development teams
Support staffing of customer project teams and project managers
Maintain design standards, facilities (labs and work stations), design tools (software/hardware), and operating procedures for the Engineering function
Support the engineering managers in managing and planning engineering department spending
Nurture global intracompany technology partnerships and collaborative product innovation by direct interactions with customers
Contribute to product designs as a senior technologist
Manage global customer project teams when needed
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in physics and / or material science, PhD preferred
15+ years of relevant leadership experience, with 5 years of directly related materials experience, plus requires 7+ years diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization and people motivation skills
Build efficient and globally located cross functional teams
Mentor direct reports
Competency with laser components including NLO crystals, GaAs and other III-V materials
Proven leadership experience and in 1 or more of these disciplines: Crystal and non-crystalline laser components, Nonlinear Optics, GaAs and other III-V materials
Significant experience with fast paced project management and product development teams
Expert knowledge of mechanical, electrical, optical, and/or software engineering
Working knowledge of project management software tools (MS Project and Sharepoint) and PDM systems
Management and design leadership experience in new product development
Proven examples of innovation
Benefits
Competitive compensation program
Comprehensive career development platform
Company
Coherent Corp.
Coherent empowers market innovators to define the future through breakthrough technologies, from materials to systems.
10001+ employees
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