Scientific Production Engineer

G&H Staffing Companies (Temp-Secure Staffing and LSE Staffing); Marlborough (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

G&H Staffing Companies (Temp-Secure Staffing and LSE Staffing) seeks a Scientific Production Engineer to support development, assembly, characterization, and production of state-of-the-art fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers for research and industrial applications.

You will bridge R&D and Manufacturing, improving processes, test methods, documentation, and troubleshooting, with hands-on fiber-optic assembly, fusion splicing, and laser characterization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required.
• Up to 5 years of relevant experience in fiber optics, photonics, lasers, or optical systems.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, work coordination, and troubleshooting ability.

Responsibilities

• Support development, assembly, integration, testing, and characterization of fiber lasers and amplifiers.
• Act as interface between R&D and Manufacturing to enable reliable production.
• Develop assembly processes, test methods, and qualification procedures.
• Document results and ensure traceability for production.
• Perform comprehensive optical/electrical characterization and tests.
• Investigate root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Improve manufacturing processes and engineering documentation.

Skills

Fiber optics

Photonics

Lasers

Optical systems

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Fusion splicer

Job description

Responsibilities:

• The Scientific Production Engineer supports the development, assembly, characterization, production, and continuous improvement of state-of-the-art single-frequency fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers for scientific and industrial research applications.
• The position serves as a technical interface between R&D and Manufacturing, supporting the transition of advanced photonic technologies into reliable, repeatable production.
• Support development, assembly, integration, testing, and characterization of single-frequency fiber lasers and optical amplifiers.
• Support transition of R&D technologies into production by developing assembly processes, test methods, qualification procedures, and documentation.
• Support comprehensive optical and electrical characterization, including output power, spectral performance, linewidth, polarization extinction ratio, beam quality, stability, relative intensity noise, environmental performance, and other standard and custom tests.
• Investigate complex technical issues using systematic root-cause analysis and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes, test procedures, acceptance criteria, and engineering documentation.

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Up to 5 years of relevant engineering experience in fiber optics, photonics, lasers, optical systems, or related R&D/manufacturing environments is required, together with demonstrated technical leadership, work coordination, and troubleshooting experience.
• Hands-on experience with fiber-optic assembly, fusion splicing, laser characterization, troubleshooting, is strongly preferred.