Entry-Level Fiber Optics Assembler (Medical Devices)

IPG Photonics; Marlborough (MA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

IPG Photonics, based in Marlborough, MA, is seeking an entry-level assembler to prepare fibers for medical surgical products. You will use hand tools and light power tools to process fiber, align parts, and support production workflows in a manufacturing environment.

No prior experience required; a high school diploma is acceptable. You’ll read work instructions, interpret blueprints, and document production data while following safety regulations and quality standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; vocational school graduate preferred.
• No experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret work instructions, blueprints, or schematics.
• Basic computer literacy (Microsoft Office, data entry, production software).

Responsibilities

• Aligns and joins parts into housing, modifies, fabricates, and builds equipment and subassemblies using power tools, hand tools, and various soldering equipment.
• Follows instructions on work order cleaves and tests fiber.
• Adds RFD tag, measures and aligns fiber for laser.
• Sends completed fiber to stock location.
• Records order in production database.
• Retrieves completed fibers from stock for packaging and labeling.
• Sends completed fiber to sterilizer then on to Quality Assurance department.
• Solves minor problems and recognizes bigger problems that require supervisor assistance.

Skills

Read blueprints

Basic computer literacy

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

IPG Photonics, based in Marlborough, MA, is seeking an entry-level assembler to prepare fibers for medical surgical products. You will use hand tools and light power tools to process fiber, align parts, and support production workflows in a manufacturing environment.

No prior experience required; a high school diploma is acceptable. You’ll read work instructions, interpret blueprints, and document production data while following safety regulations and quality standards.