Thorlabs
Newton, New Jersey, USA
Thorlabs is one of the world's best manufacturers of optomechanical products for the photonics industry. Our machine shop houses nearly 60 CNC machines, Wire EDM, grinding capabilities, Chemical Passivation, and Anodization capabilities. In addition, it will double in size over the next 5 years thanks to the new building that it will move into this summer. The machine shop manufacturing engineer is responsible for implementing COGS reduction initiatives and the digital transformation and automation of the machine shop. They will work closely with process and automation engineer to continually improve the operation in order to deliver better value to our customers and to create a modern, safe, and productive working environment for shop employees.
Essential Job Functions include the following, but are not limited to:
Successfully implement COGS reduction initiatives
E.g., improve machine prints, process sheets, tooling choices, jigs/tooling, etc....