Senior Engineer, Assembly Process

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

1. Manufacturing process, development and improvement

• Lead and coach team to achieve daily and monthly production targets through proper guidelines for action to fix issues.
• Continuous improvement of manufacturing and support processes with cost reductions and capacity enhancement at targeted cost through direct hands‑on approach.
• Make sure all new processes and products are transferred successfully with hand‑over over time and cost targets.
• Processes are conceived, proposed, developed and implemented to support Coherent strategic objectives.
• Provide support to QRB requirement submission, Qual build and ensure that new processes and process changes are released on time.
• Any processes affecting yields are targeted as potential projects to be examined.
• Apply and coach team to use lean, 6‑sigma and SPC to troubleshoot and improve processes.

2. Quality control

• Provide coaching and training to team for solving problems on time and selecting the right solution to ensure continuous production.
• Problem notes and ISO/Customer audit findings addressed immediately.
• Handover customer return activities, including failure analysis, return‑material evaluation, repair/rework coordination, customer communication, and implementation of long‑term corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Monitor warranty trends, customer complaints, field failures, and recurring quality issues to identify opportunities for product and process improvement.

3. Documentation and Human Resource

• Control and ensure tasks and improvement activities are closed on time and achieve targets.
• Foster a manufacturing environment focused on developing personnel and individual growth through cross‑training.
• Create and maintain new assembly part numbers, BOM structures, specifications, drawings, work instructions, inspection documents, and change notices in Agile and Oracle systems.
• Prepare documentation and provide best‑practice training, technical seminars to all levels of the organization.
• Develop backup plan for process engineer team through cross‑training and headcount planning.

4. Special Projects

• Support building a data management system and BOM/routing on ERP if requested.
• Support production team to train technical staff for line lead.
• Support special projects as required.

Education & Experience

1. Education

• A bachelor’s degree in one of the following majors: Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Technologies.

2. Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience in Engineering field.
• Experience in setting up manufacturing facilities, including equipment design, procurement, facilities and training.

Skills

• Experience with CMM inspection, precision metrology, optical measurement, interferometry, or other high‑accuracy inspection methods is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Statistical Process Control and project management methodologies, including SPC, CP, Cpk, FMEA, and DMAIC, is an advantage.
• Knowledge of technical research and report.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and achieve results through others.
• Ability to achieve goal results through day‑to‑day complete assignments.
• Proven ability training operators/technicians/engineers.
• Data analysis and dashboard development skills are preferred, including proficiency in Microsoft Access, SQL, Power BI, or similar tools.
• Experience in process improvement, troubleshooting and equipment management.

Job Complexity

• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Experience in process improvement, troubleshooting and equipment management.
• Hands‑on and very direct approach to problems and needs of production demand.
• Ability to anticipate and handle multiple priorities and complex/abstract issues involving external and internal priorities under time constraints.
• Handle special assignments promptly and professionally.
• Ability to excel in a cross‑organizational, cross‑cultural, global team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to deal effectively with differences of opinion, to influence, to draw ideas from others, and to negotiate and mediate.
• Total quality management experience. Set a high standard of ethics, professionalism, leadership and competency.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Confidential information:
  • Access to manufacturing methodologies and proprietary process information.
• Contact with others:
  • Jointly responsible with the staffs of other departments as P.I. C, QA and HR.
  • Directly contract with experts in the US.
• Errors:
  • Deal with technological problems and give solutions to improve quality issues in shifts. Identify and trace root cause of problems.

AUTHORIZATION

• Reject parts or work orders if they don’t meet workmanship standards or drawing requirements.
• Stop production line per quality threshold.
• Stop operators if the operators were found not to follow documented procedures.
• Report quality high‑risk events to supervisors.
• Report unsafe behaviors to supervisors.
• Perform controlling and managing duties as assigned by supervisors. Report to next managing levels when a direct supervisor does the wrong thing without correction.

Working Conditions

• This role is 100% onsite.
• Exposure to some chemicals and machine oils. Works in a manufacturing environment.

Culture Commitment

• Integrity – Create an Environment of Trust
• Collaboration – Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas
• Accountability – Own the Process and the Outcome
• Respect – Recognize the Value in Everyone
• Enthusiasm – Find a Sense of Purpose in Work