Precision Optics Equipment Maintenance Engineer

IPG Photonics; Oxford (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IPG Photonics is a leading developer of fiber lasers and amplifiers with a global footprint and Marlborough, MA headquarters. The Equipment Maintenance Engineer plays a hands-on role ensuring reliability of optical fabrication and coating equipment.

The role collaborates with production, process engineering, quality, and safety teams to improve uptime, safety, and throughput. Strong troubleshooting in vacuum/thermal systems is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in mechanical/electrical/mechatronics/ manufacturing/industrial engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of equipment engineering or maintenance experience in precision/high-tech manufacturing.
• Ability to troubleshoot automated equipment involving mechanical, electrical, controls, vacuum, and thermal systems.
• Experience reading electrical schematics, P&IDs, mechanical drawings, and technical procedures.
• Experience with CMMS, preventive maintenance, root-cause analysis, and equipment upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical resource for optical fabrication and thin-film coating equipment.
• Support CNC optical generators, grinders, mills, lapping and polishing machines, centering and edging equipment, MRF systems, precision cleaning systems, slurry and filtration systems, robotics, automation, and metrology-support equipment.
• Support e-beam evaporation, thermal evaporation, sputtering, ion-assisted deposition, plasma, and other vacuum-deposition systems.
• Maintain and troubleshoot vacuum chambers, pumps, valves, seals, feedthroughs, gauges, leak-detection systems, power supplies, electron guns, ion sources, substrate heaters, motion systems, mass-flow controllers, process-gas systems, thickness monitors, chillers, and cooling-water systems.
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, vacuum, PLC, servo, VFD, high-voltage, and motion-control failures using established troubleshooting methods.
• Develop and refine preventive and predictive maintenance activities using equipment criticality and failure history.
• Participate in root-cause analysis for downtime, contamination events, and quality issues.
• Coordinate with OEMs and service providers for repairs and spare-parts planning.

Skills

Troubleshooting automated equipment

Reading electrical schematics

Vacuum/pumps experience

Preventive maintenance planning

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation and reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Tools

CMMS

Job description

IPG Photonics is a leading developer of fiber lasers and amplifiers with a global footprint and Marlborough, MA headquarters. The Equipment Maintenance Engineer plays a hands-on role ensuring reliability of optical fabrication and coating equipment.

The role collaborates with production, process engineering, quality, and safety teams to improve uptime, safety, and throughput. Strong troubleshooting in vacuum/thermal systems is essential.