R&D Engineer

Salary Range: 100000 to 120000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct research, propose experiments, and analyze data to validate hypotheses and improve understanding, particularly for troubleshooting performance and quality as well as equipment and materials issues related to high power fiber lasers and telecommunications components
• Innovate the next generation of optical component technology to improve performance and manufacturing processes
• Interface with teams developing fiber laser components such as optical fibers, fiber Bragg gratings, and fiber coatings to ensure complete design solutions for fiber laser systems
• Characterize glass, fibers, and coatings, and devise methods to identify and solve technical problems 
• Assist in establishing and executing an R&D program to support their manufacturing sites, and provide input to the long-term technology roadmap
• Provide technical support to the marketing and sales team and assist in understanding new business opportunities 
• Perform other related duties as required by management  

Key qualifications include:

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Engineering, Optics, Physics, Physical Chemistry, or related field 
• Experience in handling, characterizing and performing data analysis on optical fibers 
• Experience with high-power fiber lasers and components such as pump and pump-signal combiners and fiber Bragg gratings, is highly desired 
• Expertise in material properties of glass and polymers, mechanical design, and fabrication techniques is highly desired 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, preferably as demonstrated by past publications or presentations 
• Demonstrated ability to innovate in a high technology field 
• Coursework and/or experience in photonics and optics
• Lab automation and computer skills 
• Ability to understand and perform numerical simulation 
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and work effectively with minimal supervision 
• Maintain discretion when working with confidential and proprietary information 
• Strict adherence to Company safety policies and procedures 
• Conform to all aspects of the company “Standards of Conduct”