Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Advanced Thermal Systems

Coherent; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Coherent Corp. is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer — Advanced Thermal Management to transition its thermal management products from development to repeatable manufacturing.

You will define processes for semiconductor hardware, liquid cold plates, and related thermal assemblies, and collaborate across engineering, operations, supply chain, and quality teams. The role focuses on manufacturability, pilot builds, and scale-up readiness, with responsibilities spanning process development,

Qualifications

• 7–10 years in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, NPI, or related fields.
• BS or MS in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials, Industrial, Chemical, Ceramic Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with new product introduction, pilot production, process development, supplier readiness, and production scale-up.
• Experience with precision machining, grinding/lapping, polishing, metallization, bonding, joining, cleaning, inspection, leak testing, pressure testing, or thermal assemblies preferred.
• Experience with semiconductor hardware, electronics cooling, ceramics, diamond materials, or high-reliability engineered products preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define manufacturing processes, routings, work instructions, inspection plans, tooling, and process control methods.
• Lead and support manufacturing activities for semiconductor packaging hardware, liquid cold plates, thermal spreaders, and related thermal assemblies.
• Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, supply chain, and customers to ensure manufacturability and readiness.
• Support pilot builds, customer qualification builds, and early production builds; drive yield, cycle time, and cost improvements.
• Partner with internal teams and suppliers on machining, polishing, bonding, cleaning, testing, and final assembly.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Process development

NPI

Semiconductor hardware

Thermal management

Cross-functional teamwork

Reliability testing

Quality knowledge

Education

BS/MS in Mechanical/Materials/Manufacturing Eng

Tools

Metallization

Bonding

Inspection/testing

Job description

Coherent Corp. is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer — Advanced Thermal Management to transition its thermal management products from development to repeatable manufacturing.

You will define processes for semiconductor hardware, liquid cold plates, and related thermal assemblies, and collaborate across engineering, operations, supply chain, and quality teams. The role focuses on manufacturability, pilot builds, and scale-up readiness, with responsibilities spanning process development,