Laser Engineer

Photonics Industries International; Town of Islip (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Photonics Industries International seeks a hands-on Optical Engineer focused on laser build yield, production transfer, and fault analysis in a clean room environment. You will evaluate yield, characterize new builds, and assist transitions to production with close collaboration with laser technicians.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in physics or optics, strong knowledge of lasers and photonics, keen problem-solving, and precise documentation of findings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in physics, optics, or related discipline.
• Basic knowledge of general physics and optics.
• Ability to follow directions and work within a group.
• Manual dexterity and careful handling of fragile components.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate laser build yield and product stability.
• Characterize builds on new products.
• Help transition new lasers to production.
• Assist laser technicians with questions or problems in the build process.
• Document and investigate failures; test and implement corrective solutions.
• Contribute to production build documentation updates.
• Track in-house and field failure mechanisms; ensure issues are addressed.
• Identify problems in manufacturing affecting yield and consistency.
• Test failure modes to reproduce field problems and address causes.
• Occasional on-site customer support travel (<5%).

Skills

Lasers & optics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Physics or related field

Job description

• Evaluate laser build yield and product stability.
• Characterize builds on new products.
• Help transition new lasers to production.
• Work closely with class IV lasers in a clean room lab environment wearing a lab coat, clean room shoes, gloves, and a hair net. Safety precautions are to be observed at all times when in the clean room lab environment, especially laser protective eyewear, to protect against eye-exposure from diffuse or reflected laser light.
• Assist laser technicians with questions or problems that they run into during their build process.
• Document and investigate the cause of any failures in the products. Assist to find solutions, test their effectiveness, and implement into existing builds.
• Assist in proposing and modifying production build documentation.
• Actively track in-house and field failure mechanisms to assure problems are addressed and solved.
• Identify problems within manufacturing that decrease component yield and consistency.
• Test failure modes in lasers to reproduce field problems and address them with corrective solutions.
• Intermittent travel requirements to provide on-site customer support if needed. (<5%)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics, Applied Physics, Optics/Optical Science, Optical Engineering, Photonic Science and Engineering, or another related scientific/technical discipline.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of general physics and optics.
• Ability to follow directions and work within a group.
• Manual dexterity, and good hand/eye coordination, with the ability to handle small, fragile, and costly components.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of lasers, optics, and photonics systems
• Clean room and Class IV laser safety experience
• Optical alignment and laser troubleshooting skills
• Strong technical problem-solving and documentation abilities

Additional Qualifications

• Basic knowledge and understanding of general photonics, ie lasers, semiconductor photon sources/laser diodes, beam optics, resonator optics, laser amplification, ultrafast optics, guided-wave optics, acousto-optics, electro-optics, nonlinear optics, etc.