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Location

Glasgow | United Kingdom

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Job description

At Coherent Scotland, we develop laser systems. Our systems are deployed in a wide variety of markets including renewable energy, microelectronics, fundamental research, life sciences and medicine. We aim to make a positive impact on everybody’s life by providing customers with lasers with superior reliability and performance.

Coherent Scotland has grown strongly and consistently over the past ten years, even through times of global economic slowdown. We have a healthy product development pipeline which will enable this growth to continue in the future. This will generate many exciting opportunities for personal growth within the organisation in the years to come. We develop and manufacture many different lasers on site as well as manufacturing lasers developed in other Coherent divisions.

Coherent Scotland is based at the West of Scotland Science Park in Glasgow and is a subsidiary of Coherent Corp., a global leader in the manufacture of materials, networking equipment and laser products. We are housed in a purpose-built facility with research and development, manufacturing, and marketing all on one site.

We have a friendly, business-orientated work environment and great staff facilities within our modern building, including as an on-site cafeteria. In addition, we offer a competitive remuneration package which includes a contributory pension scheme, subsidised private health care and free life assurance. However, if a work-life balance is important to you, you’ll also be pleased to know that we operate flexible core hours which provide the opportunity to start your weekend early.

About the role

Reporting into Manufacturing Engineering, this role is for a Manufacturing Engineer supporting laser products manufactured in Glasgow.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and approachable individual with the ability to work well with others, understand new issues and work alone or in a team to resolve these. Good communication skills are required to effectively record problems being described and to report back issues to the wider team. Lean methodology is practiced at Coherent Scotland and a structured approach to problem solving is used, so experience of using appropriate tools and techniques would be advantageous. However, Lean training is provided for all employees across the company.

You will be responsible for the technical support of the product family and will contribute to the smooth running of the manufacturing line from end-to-end including kitting of parts, optical sub-assembly, mechanical pre-assembly, optical alignment, system test, performance reports, packing and shipping of the final product.

Responsibilities will include:

• Contribution to the smooth operation of the line.
• Contribution to continuous improvement, lean and 5S initiatives in the area.
• Contribution to cycle time reduction, cost reduction, quality and reliability initiatives.
• Monitoring first pass yield and reporting issues seen on the line.
• Generation of corrective actions for problems encountered by production or suppliers.
• Further developing of improved processes. 
• Designing and purchasing jigs, tooling and fixtures.
• Defining calibration and maintenance requirements for jigs, tooling and fixtures.
• Providing training to Production staff as new processes, tools and product variants are introduced.

Education and Work Experience:

• Experience working in an optical or laser manufacturing environment is highly advantageous
• Experience aligning, optimising and measuring laser parameters is highly advantageous.
• A degree in physics, optics, lasers or equivalent industrial experience desirable.
• Computer literate with strong knowledge of MS Excel, Word and Powerpoint.
• Experience using CAD, reading electronic circuit diagrams, building opto-mechanical assemblies or writing scripts for automated measurements would be advantageous.
• Experience using ERP systems would be advantageous.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build proactive working relationships with cross functional teams.
• Ability to work as part of a team but also confident working with own initiative.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload and multiple projects effectively at pace.

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