Senior R&D Machining Engineer: Prototyping & CAD/CAM

COHERENT; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 83,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Coherent Corp. is seeking an experienced R&D Machining Engineer to lead prototype fabrication and coordinate CAD/CAM, FEA and manufacturing transfer for advanced ceramic and composite materials.

You will supervise engineers and technicians, drive prototyping efforts, specify equipment, and document results while interfacing with customers and suppliers to align projects with the company’s 5-year plan. Join a team that values hands-on problem solving, collaboration, and continuous improvement,

Qualifications

• MasterCam/CAD/FEA experience required.
• Experience with machining of prototypes from advanced materials.
• Lean/Kaizen and ISO quality exposure is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead machining functions for R&D including CAD/CAM/ CMM programming.
• Prototype machining of advanced composites and ceramics.
• Provide equipment programming and documentation of results.
• Transfer successful products to manufacturing with training and monitoring.

Skills

CAM (MasterCam)

CAD (Solidworks/Creo)

FEA

EC software

Team leadership

Problem solving

MS Office / data tools

Education

MS degree Mechanical Engineering or related

BS degree in Mechanical Engineering

Certifications CAM/CAD/GD&T/ISO/Lean

Tools

MasterCam

PC-DIMS

Calypso

MX

Creo

Solidworks

Agile

Oracle

Cumulus

Job description

Coherent Corp. is seeking an experienced R&D Machining Engineer to lead prototype fabrication and coordinate CAD/CAM, FEA and manufacturing transfer for advanced ceramic and composite materials.

You will supervise engineers and technicians, drive prototyping efforts, specify equipment, and document results while interfacing with customers and suppliers to align projects with the company’s 5-year plan. Join a team that values hands-on problem solving, collaboration, and continuous improvement,